Redemption Song

artist:Bob Marley

, writer:Bob Marley

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 {t: Redemption Song}  
{key: D}  
{artist:Bob Marley}  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFu6b3w6c0 
{c: }
Old [G] Pirates, yes, they [Em7] rob I
[C] Sold I to the [G] merchant [Am] ships
[G] minutes after they [Em] took I, [C] from the [G] bottomless [Am] pit
But my [G] hand was [Em7] made strong
By the [C] hand of [G] the Al-[Am]mighty
We [G] forward in this gener-[Em]ation [C] triumphant-[D]ly

[D] Won't you help to [G] sing [C] these [D] songs of [G] freedom?
'Cause [C] all I [D] ever [Em] had, [C] re-[D]demption [G] songs,
[C] re-[D]demption [G] songs [C] [D] 

Emanci-[G]pate yourselves from mental [Em7] slavery,
None but our-[C]selves can [G] free our [Am] minds
Have no [G] fear for atomic [Em] energy,
'Cause none of[C] them can [G] stop the [Am] time
How [G] long shall they kill our [Em7] prophets
While we [C] stand a-[G]side and [Am] look?
Yes, some [G] say it's just a [Em] part of it.
We've [C] got to fulfill the [D] book

Won't you help to [G] sing [C] these [D] songs of [G] freedom?
'Cause [C] all I [D] ever [Em] had, [C] re-[D]demption [G] songs,
[C] re-[D]demption [G] songs [C] re-[D]demption [G] songs [C] [D] 

[Em] [C] [D] x4

Emanci-[G] pate yourselves from mental [Em7] slavery,
None but our-[C] selves can [G] free our [Am] minds
Have no [G] fear for atomic [Em] energy,
'Cause none of[C] them can [G] stop the [Am] time
How [G] long shall they kill our [Em7] prophets
While we [C] stand a-[G]side and [Am] look?
Yes, some [G] say it's just a [Em] part of it.
We've [C] got to fulfill the [D] book

[D] Won't you help to [G] sing [C] these [D] songs of [G] freedom?
'Cause [C] all I [D] ever [Em] had, [C] re-[D]demption [G] songs,
[C] All I [D] ever [Em] had, [C] re-[D]demption [G] songs,
[C] These [D] songs of [G] freedom
[C] [D] Songs of [G] freedom [C]  [G]  [Am]

Song Info

Title: Redemption Song

Artist: Bob Marley

Writer: Bob Marley

Song Types: Folk

Key: G

Info: "Redemption Song" is a song by Bob Marley which was written for a young Jamaican girl called Caroline Millington. It is the final track on Bob Marley & the Wailers' ninth album, Uprising, produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records.[2] The song is considered one of Marley's greatest works. Some key lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey entitled "The Work That Has Been Done".[3]

At his concert in Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany, on 13 June 1980, Bob Marley introduced this song with the words: "This song is called 'The Pirates Yes They Rob I, Sold I to the Merchant Ship'."

At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Bob Marley had been diagnosed with the cancer in his toe that later took his life. According to Rita Marley, "he was already secretly in a lot of pain and dealt with his own mortality, a feature that is clearly apparent in the album, particularly in this song".

Unlike most of Bob Marley's tracks, it is strictly a solo acoustic recording, consisting of his singing and playing an acoustic guitar, without accompaniment. The song is in the key of G major.

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Redemption Song

artist:Bob Marley

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