From: bcurry@hpb.hwc.ca (Brent Curry)
Subject: CRD: Redemption Song Bob Marley
REDEMPTION SONG
by Bob Marley
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G Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
C G/B Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em C G/B Am
minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
G Em7
But my hand was made strong
C G/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
redemption songs.
D G Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C G/B Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
C G/B Am
`Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Yes, some say it`s just a part of it.
C D
We`ve got to fulfill the book.
Chorus
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
`Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it`s just a part of it.
We`ve got to fulfill the book.
Won`t you help to sing these songs of freedom?
`Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom.
G 320003 Em7 020000
C x32010 G/B x20003
Am x02210 Em 022000
D xx0232
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Reply-To: pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov (patrick m. ryan)
I got this a while ago from Chris Bray. I added the intro line
myself.
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Redemption Song
Bob Marley
transcription by csb1@engr.uark.edu (Chris Bray)
with intro tab by pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov (patrick m. ryan)
Redemption Song is my favorite Marley tune, although it is not the
best example of reggae, since he`s playing in more a folk vein. We
do a cover version that is more reggae style. (this is from memory
and my band has totally reworked the middle section, so forgive me
if there are mistakes...) -Chris Bray
intro
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first verse:
G Em C Bmsus4 Am
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repeat twice
G Em C Bmsus4 D
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chorus:
(Won`t you help me...)
D
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G C D G C D
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Em C D G C D
| . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
G C D
| . . . | . . .
second verse:
(Emancipate yourself...)
G Em C Bmsus4 Am
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G Em C Bmsus4 D
| . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
G Em C Bmsus4 Am
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G Em C Bmsus4 D
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repeat chorus.
middle section with acoustic guitar solo-type thing -- I can`t recall
this from memory -- sorry
third verse: repeat the second verse
repeat chorus (extend ending to repeat Redemption Song lyrics...)
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here`s what i know about redemption song
intro: play around on the bottom three strings, while fingering the g... all
the notes occur in the g-pentatonic scale (i figured this out by ear...
it`s very easy)
verse: ...(D)emanci(G)pate yourself from mental (Em)slavery,
none but our(C)selves can free our (Am)minds.
(G)Have no fear for atomic (Em)energy,
`cos none of (C)them can stop the (D)time... etc...
chorus: (...D)won`t you help to (G)sing,
(C) these songs of (D)freedom,
(G)`cos all i (C)ever (D)had (Em,C,D)
(was) (G)redemption (C)songs, (D) etc...
