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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6--.-/watch?ds49akOFu6b3w6c0 C/B x20010 (technically Cmaj9/B or G6add11/B) Am6 x02212 [Intro] e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----2---0-------|-----------0-----|-----------------| A|-------0-2-------|-3-----------2---|-------0-2-----2-|-3-2-0-----------| E|-3-----------3---|-----------------|-3---------------|---------3-------| e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----2---0-------|-----------0-----|-----------------| A|-------0-2-------|-3-----------2---|-------0-2-------|-3-2-0-----------| E|-3-----------3---|-----------------|-3---------------|---------3-------| [Verse 1] G Em Old pirates, yes, they rob I. C C/B Am Sold I to the merchant ships G Em C C/B Am Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. G Em But my hand was made strong C C/B Am By the hand of the Almighty. G Em C D We forward in this generation triumphantly. [Chorus] G C D G Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? C D Em C D G 'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, C D G C D redemption songs. [Verse 2] G Em Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, C C/B Am None but ourselves can free our minds. G Em Have no fear for atomic energy, C C/B D 'Cause none of them can stop the time. G Em How long shall they kill our prophets C C/B Am While we stand aside and look? G Em Some say it's just a part of it. C C/B D We've got to fulfill the book. [Chorus] G C D G Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? C D Em C D G 'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, C D G C D G C D redemption songs, redemption songs. [Instrumental] | Em | C D | x4 [Verse 3] G Em Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, C C/B Am None but ourselves can free our minds, whoa! G Em Have no fear for atomic energy, C C/B D 'Cause none of them can stop the time. G Em How long shall they kill our prophets C C/B Am While we stand aside and look? G Em Some say it's just a part of it. C C/B D We've got to fulfill the book. [Chorus] G C D G Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? C D Em C D G 'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs. C D Em C D Em All I ever had, redemption songs. C D G C D G Songs of freedom, songs of freedom. C C/B Am Am Am6 Am6 N.C.