Johnny Cash – Redemption Song (Ukulele)

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F F G (2x)
   F                      Dm Dm7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.

     F        C/E      Dm
Sold I to the merchant ships

F                  Dm      F         C/E        Dm
minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.

       F            Dm Dm7
But my hand was made strong

F      C/E           Dm
By the hand of the Almighty.

   F                   Dm    F   Dm7    G
We forward in this generation triumphantly.

(G)                F    F       G        F
Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

      F     G        Dm   F  G       F      F 
Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,

  G       F      F G  
redemption songs.

(G)   F                           Dm Dm7
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,

            F          C/E          Dm
None but ourselves can free our minds.

F                        Dm
Have no fear for atomic energy,

              F        C/E         G
Cause none of them can stop the time.

    F                        Dm Dm7
How long shall they kill our prophets

         F      C/E         Dm
While we stand aside and look?

          F              Dm
Ooh, some say it's just a part of it.

      F         Dm7         G
We've got to fulfill the book.

(G)                F    F       G        F
Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

      F     G        Dm   F  G       F      F 
Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,

  G       F      F  G       F      F G
redemption songs, redemption songs.
Dm F G (4x)
   F                      Dm Dm7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.

     F        C/E      Dm
Sold I to the merchant ships

F                  Dm      F         C/E        Dm
minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.

       F            Dm Dm7
But my hand was made strong

F      C/E           Dm
By the hand of the Almighty.

   F                   Dm    F   Dm7    G
We forward in this generation triumphantly.

 (G)                F    F       G        F
 Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?

       F     G        Dm   F  G       F       
 Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,

 F     G        Dm   F  G       Dm     F
 All I ever had,      redemption songs,

       G        F      F  G        F
 These songs of freedom,  songs of freedom
F Dm Dm G