REDEMPTION SONG CHORDS AND STRUMMING PATTERN by Bob Marley, The Wailers

Learn to play “Redemption Song Chords” by Bob Marley and The Wailer. Easy Guitar Chords, Intro Tab and Strumming Pattern.

Redemption Song Chords
Redemption Song Chords

Redemption Song Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard( EADGBE)
  • Key: G
  • Chords: G, Em, Em7, C, Am, Am7, D
  • Suggested Strumming: D DU UDU
    D= Down Stroke, U = Up Stroke

Chords Structures

Chords ( G )
G – 320003
Em – 022000
Em7 – 020000
C – x32010
Am – x02210
Am7 – x02010
G/B – x20003
C/B – x22010

Redemption Song Intro Tab

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|

[Verse]


G Em 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 Em Em7
But my hand was made strong
C G/B Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
G Em C Am7 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 C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
D G C D
redemption songs.

[Verse]


G Em 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 D
Cause none of them can stop the time.
G Em Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
C G/B Am
While we stand aside and look?
G Em
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.
C Am7 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 C
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs,
D G C D G C D
redemption songs, redemption songs.

[Instrumental]


Em C D
Em C D
Em C D
Em C D

[Verse]


G Em Em7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
C G/B Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
G Em
Woh, Have no fear for atomic energy,
C G/B D
Cause none of them-ah can-ah stop-ah the time.
G Em 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 Am7 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 Em C
All I ever had, redemption songs,
D G C D G
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom

[Outro]


C C/B Am Am6

Redemption Song Track Info

  • Song: Redemption Song
  • Artist: Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Produced by Bob Marley & Chris Blackwell
  • Acoustic Guitar by Bob Marley
  • Album: Uprising

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