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Did You Know? Bob Marley took some of the lines for this song from a speech by Marcus Garvey The Jamacan political leader including the lines: ‘We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind'
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Belt
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Belt (White Belt when played with 'Straight 8s' Rhythm
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Belt (White Belt when played with Django chords only)
Image: Bob Marley by Monosnaps
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White Pick Level
Redemption Song Chords And Strumming, Bob Marley
Chords:
Django G Chord
Django Em Chord
Django D Chord
Django C Chord
Django A Chord
Key: G
Strumming:
"Straight 8's": |D U D U D U D U |
See Orange Belt Version For 'The Everyman' Rhythm
Tempo: 112 bpm
Intro -
E|----------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|------------------------|
G|----------------------|------------------------|
D|--------------/2-0---|--------0--------------|
A|---0-2----/3------2-|---0-2----2-3-2-0----|
E|-3------3------------|-3-------------------3-|
Verse -
|G - - - |Em - - - |C - - - |A - - - | x 3
|G - - - |Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
(G)Old pirates, yes, they (Em)rob I
sold (C)I to the merchant (A)ships
(G)Minutes after they (Em)took I
(C)from the bottomless (D)pit
But my (G)hand was (Em)made strong
(C)by the hand of the Al(A)mighty
We (G)forward in this gene(Em)ration (C)triumphant(D)ly.
Won't you help to (G)sing...
Chorus -
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|G - - - |C - D - |
(C)...these (D)songs of (G)freedom?
'Cause (C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(G)songs
(C)Re(D)demption (G)songs (C) (D)
Verse -
|G - - - |Em - - - |C - - - |A - - - | x 3
|G - - - |Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |D - - - |
(G)Emancipate yourselves from mental (Em)slavery
none but our(C)selves can free our (A)minds
Have no (G)fear for atomic (Em)energy
'cause none of (C)them can stop the (A)time
How (G)long shall they kill our (Em)prophets
While we (C)stand aside and (A)look?
Some(G)say it's just a (Em)part of it
we've (C)got to fulfil the (D)book
Won't you help to (G)sing...
Chorus -
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
(G)sing...(C)...these (D)songs of (G)freedom?
'Cause (C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(G)songs
(C)Re(D)demption (G)songs
(C)Re(D)demption(G)songs (C) (D)
Middle 8 -
||Em - - - |C - D - |Em - - - |C - D - || x2
Verse 2 (repeat)
Chorus -
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |Em - - - |C - D - |
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - - - |
(G)sing...(C)...these (D)songs of (G)freedom?
'Cause (C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(G)songs
(C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(Em)songs
(C) These (D)songs of (G)freedom
(C) (D)songs of (G)freedom (C)
Ending -
|A - - - |A - - - |A - - - |A - - (stop) |
Final Chord Strum: A
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Orange Pick Level
Redmption Song Chords And Strumming, Bob Marley
Chords -
Open G Chord
Open Em Chord
Open D Chord
Open Amin Chord
Open C Chord
Open C/B Chord: x2x010
Strumming -
"'The Everyman":
|D D U U D U |
Play 'The Bouncer' for each bar with 2 chords in:
|D D U D D U |
Intro -
E|----------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|------------------------|
G|----------------------|------------------------|
D|--------------/2-0---|--------0--------------|
A|---0-2----/3------2-|---0-2----2-3-2-0----|
E|-3------3------------|-3-------------------3-|
Verse -
||G - - - |Em - - - |C - C/B - |Am - - - || x 3
|G - - - |Em - - - |C - C/B - |D - - - |D - - - |
(G)Old pirates, yes, they (Em)rob I
sold (C)I to the merchant (A)ships
(G)Minutes after they (Em)took I
(C)from the bottomless (D)pit
But my (G)hand was (Em)made strong
(C)by the hand of the Al(A)mighty
We (G)forward in this gene(Em)ration (C)triumphant(D)ly.
Won't you help to (G)sing...
Chorus -
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|G - - - |C - D - |
(C)...these (D)songs of (G)freedom?
'Cause (C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(G)songs
(C)Re(D)demption (G)songs (C) (D)
Verse -
|G - - - |Em - - - |C - C/B - |Am - - - | x 3
|G - - - |Em - - - |C - C/B - |D - - - |D - - - |
(G)Emancipate yourselves from mental (Em)slavery
none but our(C)selves can (C/B)free our (Am)minds
Have no (G)fear for atomic (Em)energy
'cause none of (C)them can (C/B)stop the (Am)time
How (G)long shall they kill our (Em)prophets
While we (C)stand a(C/B)side 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
Won't you help to (G)sing...
Chorus -
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
(G)sing...(C)...these (D)songs of (G)freedom?
'Cause (C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(G)songs
(C)Re(D)demption (G)songs
(C)Re(D)demption(G)songs (C) (D)
Middle 8 -
||Em - - - |C - D - |Em - - - |C - D - || x2
Verse 2 (repeat)
Chorus -
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C - D - |
|Em - - - |C - D - |Em - - - |C - D - |
|G - - - |C - D - |G - - - |C -C/B - |
(G)sing...(C)...these (D)songs of (G)freedom?
'Cause (C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(G)songs
(C)all I (D)ever have
(Em) (C)Re(D)demption(Em)songs
(C) These (D)songs of (G)freedom
(C) (D)songs of (G)freedom (C)
Ending -
|Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - (stop) |
Final Chord Strum: Am
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