Lieder/Redemption_Song.txt

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{title: Redemption Song}
{subtitle: Bob Marley}
[G]Old Pirates, yes, they [em]rob I.
[C]Sold I to [G]the merchant [am]ships [G]minutes after they [em]took I
[C]from the [G]bottomless [am]pit.
[G]But my hand was [em]made strong [C]by the [G]hand of the [am]almighty.
We [G]forward in this gene[em]ration [C]triumphant[D]ly.
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Won't you help to sing [G][C] [D]these songs [G]of freedom? [C]'Cause all I [D]ever had,
[em][C] re[D]demption [G]songs, [C]re[D]demption [G]songs.[C]
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\lrep[D]Emanci[G]pate yourselves from mental [em]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 time.[am]
How [G]long shall they kill our [em]prophets, while we [C]stand [G]aside and [am]look?
Yes, some [G]say it's just a [em]part of it. We've [C]got to fulfil the [D]book.\rrep