“Redemption Song” by Bob Marley
My cover of “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley
How to Play Redemption Song by Bob Marley
The Chords
EADGBE
320003 = G
022000 = Em
x32010 = C
x2000x = G/B
x02210 = Am
x02212 = Am6
xx0232 = D
The Intro Lick
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d|-----------------------0h2--0---------------------0---------------------
a|-------0--0h2-----2h3----------2----------0--0h2-------2--2h3--2--0-----
e|--3------------3---------------------3-------------------------------3--
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d|-----------------------0h2--0---------------------0---------------------
a|-------0--0h2-----2h3----------2----------0--0h2-------3---2---0--------
e|--3------------3---------------------3-----------------------------3----
Chords and Lyrics
G Em
Old pirates yes they rob I
C G/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em
Minutes after they took I
C G/B Am
From the bottomless pit
G Em
But my hand was made strong
C G/B Am
By the hand of the Almighty
G Em
We forward in this generation
C G/B D
Triumphantly
D G
Won’t you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom
C D Em
Cause all I’ll I ever have
C D G
Redemption songs
C D G
Redemption songs
G Em
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 D
‘Cause none of them can stop the time
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look
G Em
Ooh, some say it’s just a part of it
C G/B D
We’ve got to fulfill the Book
D G
Won’t you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom
C D Em
Cause all I’ll I ever have
C D G
Redemption songs
C D G
Redemption songs
Em C D
Em C D
Em C D
Em C D
G Em
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 D
‘Cause none of them can stop the time
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Some say it’s just a part of it
C G/B D
We’ve got to fulfill the Book
D G
Won’t you help to sing
C D G
These songs of freedom
C D Em
Cause all I’ll ever have
C D G
Redemption songs
C D Em
All I’ll ever have
C D G
Redemption songs
C D G
These songs of freedom
C D G
Songs of freedom
C G/B Am
Am Am6