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Version 1This version is not only incredibly easy, but also sounds the most accurate. (Capo 3rd Fret) [Intro] e|----------------------|-------------------| B|----------------------|-------------------| G|----------------------|-------------------| D|--------------1/2-0---|-------0-----------| A|----0-2---2/3-------2-|----0-2---2-3-2-0--| E|-3------3-------------|-3----------------3| e|----------------------|-------------------| B|----------------------|-------------------| G|----------------------|-------------------| D|--------------1/2-0---|-------0-----------| A|----0-2---2/3-------2-|----0-2-----3-2-0--| E|-3------3-------------|-3----------------3| G C D 2x [Verse] 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 [Verse] 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 [Verse] 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 ************************************ | / Slide up ************************************