Redemption Song Uke tab by Bob Marley

6 Chords used in the song: G, Em, C, Am, D, Em7

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Year:  1980
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Key: G, EmChords
G chordG                          Em chordEm 
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
C chordC G chordG Am chordAm
Sold I to the merchant ships
G chordG Em chordEm C chordC G chordG Am chordAm
Minutes after they took I from the bottom less pit.
G chordG Em chordEm
But my hand was made strong
C chordC G chordG Am chordAm
By the hand of the Almighty.
G chordG Em chordEm C chordC G chordG D chordD
We forward in this generation triumphantly.


G chordG C chordC D chordD G chordG
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C chordC D chordD Em chordEm Em7 chordEm7 Em chordEm Em7 chordEm7 Em chordEm C chordC
'Cause all I ever have,
D chordD 4x
Redemption songs. 3x

G chordG Em chordEm
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C chordC G chordG Am chordAm
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G chordG Em chordEm
Have no fear for atomic energy,
C chordC G chordG Am chordAm
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
G chordG Em chordEm
How long shall they kill our prophets
C chordC G chordG Am chordAm
While we stand aside and look?
G chordG Em chordEm
Yes, some say it's just a part of it.
C chordC G chordG D chordD
We've got to fulfill the book.


G chordG C chordC D chordD G chordG
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
C chordC D chordD Em chordEm Em7 chordEm7 Em chordEm Em7 chordEm7 Em chordEm C chordC
'Cause all I ever have,
D chordD 4x
Redemption songs. 3x

Em chordEm C chordC D chordD 4x
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About this song: Redemption Song

"Redemption Song" is the last track on Bob Marley's ninth Island music album, Uprising. At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Marley already had been diagnosed with the cancer that later was to take 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 Read more on Last.fm.

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