[Verse]
G Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
C G/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em C G/B Am
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
G Em7
But my hand was made strong
C G/B Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
G Em C D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
[Chorus]
G C D G
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C D Em C D G
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
C D G C
redemption songs.
D G Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C G/B Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
C G/B Am
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
C D
We've got to fulfill the book.
[Chorus]
G C D G
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C D Em C D G
None but ourselves can free our minds.
C D G C
Have no fear for atomic energy,
D G Em7
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
C G/B Am
How long shall they kill our prophets
G Em
While we stand aside and look?
C G/B Am
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
G Em7
We've got to fulfill the book.
C G/B Am
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
G Em
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
C D
