Chris Cornell

Redemption Song

Chris Cornell


Tom: G

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[Verse 1]

    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 D
redemption songs.

[Verse 2]
     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]
                  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 D
redemption songs.

[Riff]
Em C D x4

[Verse 3]
        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                 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     G/B         D
We've got to fulfill the book.


[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    Em   C   D        G
All I ever had,   redemption songs,
C  D  G
redemption songs