Redemption Songs

Johnny Cash

Tom: G

(intro 2x)  G C D

            G                        Em           C                            Am
1. Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships,
      G                         Em       C                                  D
    minutes after they took I        from the bottomless pit.
                  G              Em                          C                   Am
    But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty.
            G                           Em       C                  D
    We forward in this generation        triumphantly.

       G             D         G      C           D              G
    Won't you help to sing       these songs of freedom?
                Em   D     Em    C      D             G        C
    'Cause all  I ever had,       redemption songs,
         D             G          C   D
    redemption songs.

                  G                                           Em
2. emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
                          C                             Am
    none but ourselves can free our minds.
                    G                   Em
    Have no fear for atomic energy,
                               C                          D
    'cause none of them can stop the time.
               G                                Em
     How long shall they kill our prophets,
                      C                      Am
    While we stand aside and look?
               G                  Em                     C                     D
    Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book.

           G             D         G      C           D              G
    So won't you help to sing       these songs of freedom?
                Em    D      Em    C      D             G         C
    'Cause all   I  ever had,       redemption songs,
         D             G          C      D             G          C   D
    redemption songs,        redemption songs.

            G                        Em           C                            Am
3. Old Pirates, yes, they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships,
      G                         Em       C                                   D
    minutes after they took I         from the bottomless pit.
               G                                Em
     How long shall they kill our prophets,
                      C                      Am
    While we stand aside and look?
              G                           Em                     C                     D
    Yes, some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfil the book.

           G             D         G      C             D              G
    So won't you help to sing        these songs of freedom?
                Em    D      Em    C      D             G
    'Cause all   I  ever had,       redemption songs,
    Em     D     Em    C       D             G        C
    all   I  ever had,       redemption songs,
               D              G          C    D             G             C   D   G
    these songs of freedom,       songs of freedom.