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   Esta versão foi tocada pelo Chris Cornell no show acústico feito na Suécia em 2006.
     G                 Em7
Old Pirates, yes, they rob I.
     
C          G     Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G                  Em      C           G        Am
  minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.
          
G        Em7
(But) my hand was made strong
        
C      G    Am
By the hand of the Almighty.
    
G               Em       C         D
We forward in this generation triumphantly.
Refrão
   
D                  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.
D         G                           Em7
   Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
           
C          G        Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
        
G               Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
               
C        G       Am
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
     
G                        Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
           
C    G       Am
While we stand aside and look?
            
G              Em
(Uh,) some say it's just a part of it.
       
C                  D
We've got to fulfill the book.
Refrão
   
D                  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       Em   C  D
   redemption songs,    redemption songs
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Em C D )  3x
D         G                           Em7
   Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
           
C          G        Am
None but ourselves can free our minds.
        
G               Em
Have no fear for atomic energy,
               
C        G       Am
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
     
G                        Em7
How long shall they kill our prophets
           
C    G       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.
Refrão
   
D                  G   C        D         G 
   Won't you help to sing    these songs of freedom?
          
C     D        Em  C    D       G        C    D       G
   'Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,     redemption songs,
          
C     D        Em  C    D       G        C    D       G
   'Cause all I ever had,      redemption songs,     redemption songs,
 
C    D       D
   redemption songs.