[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

Old [G]pirates yes they [Em]rob I

[C]Sold I to the [C/B]merchant [Am]ships

[G]Minutes after they [Em]took I

[C]from the bottom[C/B]less pit[Am]

But my [G]hand was made[Em] strong

[C] By the hand [C/B] of the Al[Am]mighty

We [G]forward in this gene[Em]ration

[C]triumphant[D]ly

[Chorus]

[D]Won't you help to [G]sing [C]these [D]songs of [G]freedom

It's [C]all I [D]ever had [Em] [C] re[D]demption [G]songs

[C] re[D]demption [G] songs [C] [D]

[Verse 2]

Emanci[G]pate yourselves from mental [Em]slavery

none but [C]ourselves can [C/B]free our [Am]minds

Have no [G]fear for atomic en[Em]ergy

cause none of [C]them can [C/B]stop the [Am]time

How [G]long shall they kill our pro[Em]phets

while we [C]stand [C/B]aside and [Am]look

some [G]say it's just a [Em]part of it

we've [C]got to ful[C/B]fil the [D]book

[Chorus]

[D]Won't you help to [G]sing [C]these [D]songs of [G]freedom

It's [C]all I [D]ever had [Em] [C] re[D]demption [G]songs

[C] re[D]demption [G] songs [C] [D]

[Em][Em][C][D]

[Em][Em][C][D]

[Em][Em][C][D]

[Em][Em][C][D]

Verse 3

Emanci[G]pate yourselves from mental [Em]slavery

none but [C]ourselves can [C/B]free our [Am]minds

Have no [G]fear for atomic en[Em]ergy

cause none of [C]them can [C/B]stop the [Am]time

How [G]long shall they kill our pro[Em]phets

while we [C]stand [C/B]aside and [Am]look

some [G]say it's just a [Em]part of it

we've [C]got to ful[C/B]fil the [D]book

[Chorus (slightly different)]

[D]Won't you help to [G]sing [C]these [D]songs of [G]freedom

It's [C]all I [D]ever had [Em] [C] re[D]demption [G]songs

[C]all I [D]ever had [Em] [C] re[D]demption [G]songs

[C]these [D]songs of [G]freedom [C] [D]songs of [G]freedom

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