Redemption song(Cavaco chords)

	        Intro x4 
 C    C    F   G                  
 
 
VERSE 1: 
 
    C                      Am 7 
Old pirates, yes, they rob I 
     F 	        	 Dm  
sold I to the merchant ships 
 C 	               Am       F  
Minutes after they took I 
                      G   
from the bottomless pit. 
        C              Am 7       F  
But my hand was made strong 
        	      Dm  
by the hand of the Almighty. 
    C                   Am      F 		  G            
We forward in this generation...triumphantly. 
(G  ) C        F  
Won't you help to sing 
 G                 C        F  
these songs of freedom? 
 G                 C        F  
these songs of freedom? 
       F      G         Am      F  
'Cause all I ever have, 
  G            C 	     F       
redemption songs. 
  G            C 	     F      G   
redemption songs.
 
VERSE 2: 
 
      C                              Am 7 
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery 
           F                      Dm  
none but ourselves can free our minds. 
         C                 Am  
Have no fear for atomic energy 
      F                 G   
'cause none of them can stop the time. 
        C                       Am 7 
How long shall they kill our prophets, 
           F 		  Dm  
While we stand aside and look? 
      F 	              Am  
Some say it's just a part of it 
       F 	          G          
we've got to fulfill the book. 
                 C        F  
Won't you help to sing 
 G                 C        F  
these songs of freedom? 
G                 C   
these songs of freedom? 
        F      G         La     F  
'Cause all I ever have, 
  G            C 	      F             
redemption songs. 
             C       F       G   
Redemption song
 
Instrumental  
 
Am  F  G   x4 
 
 
 
VERSE 3: 
 
      C                              Am 7 
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery 
           F                      Dm  
none but ourselves can free our minds. 
         C                Am  
Have no fear for atomic energy 
           F                   G   
'cause none of them can stop the time. 
        C                       Am 7 
How long shall they kill our prophets, 
           F            Dm  
while we stand aside and look? 
(Voice Only) 
Oh,some say it's just a part of it 
       	           
we've got to fulfill the book. 
                   C        F  
Won't you help to sing 
 G                 C       F  
--------------------------------- 
 G                 C  
another song of freedom? 
        F      G         Am      F  
'Cause all I ever have, 
  G            C        F  
redemption songs. 
 G                 C         F  
These songs of freedom 
 G  		 C          
these songs of freedom 
 F          Am  
All I ever have..

	        

Written by Bob Marley