Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros - Redemption Song Chords & Tabs

This version is not only incredibly easy, but also sounds the most accurate.


(Capo 3rd Fret)

Intro: G, C, D (x2)


      G              Em
Old pirates yes they rob I
     C                 Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                   Em
Minutes after they took I
C                    D
From the bottomless pit
        G        Em
But my hand was made strong
        C            Am
By the hand of the almighty
     G               Em       
We forward in this generation
C     D     
Triumphantly



Chorus:
D                  G     C
Won’t you help to sing
        D         G
These songs of freedom?
       C     D    Em
Cause all I ever have
C   D         G
Redemption songs
C   D         G
Redemption songs
  C           D


[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_strummer_and_the_mescaleros/redemption_song_crd_ver_3.html ]
      G                           Em
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
Some say it’s just a part of it
       C                  D
We’ve got to fulfill the book



Chorus:
D                  G     C
Won’t you help to sing
        D         G
These songs of freedom?
       C     D    Em
Cause all I ever have
C   D         G
Redemption songs
C   D         G
Redemption songs
  C           D



      G              Em
Old pirates yes they rob I
     C                 Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                   Em
Minutes after they took I
C                    D
From the bottomless pit
     G                        Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
          C               Am
While we stand aside and look?
      G              Em
Some say it’s just a part of it
       C                  D
We’ve got to fulfill the book



Outro/Chorus:
    D                  G     C
So Won’t you help to sing
        D         G
These songs of freedom?
       C     D    Em
Cause all I ever have
C        D         G
These songs of freedom?
       C     D    Em
Cause all I ever have
     C         D         G
            Redemption songs
C        D         G
These songs of freedom?
C        D         G
These songs of freedom?

C         D         G 


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