00:49 Lesson Intro
01:19 Chords
01:29 Intro
05:12 Verse
06:46 Chorus
09:07 Bridge
13:48 Lesson Outro
It's not WHAT you strum...
...But HOW you strum it!
Not sure what to strum for these songs?
How do you come up with strumming patterns?
Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?
You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!
[INTRO]
E||-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
B||-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
G||-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
D||-----------------------|-------2----0---------|---------------0-------|-----------------------||
A||----------0--2---------|--3--------------2----|---------0--2-------2--|--3--2--0--------------||
E||---3--------------3----|----------------------|--3--------------------|-------------3---------||
[VERSE 1]
G Em
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
C Am
Sold I to the merchant ships
G Em
Minutes after they took I
C Am
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
D
Won't you help to sing
[CHORUS]
G C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D
'Cause all I ever have
Em C D G
Redemption songs
C D G C D
Redemption songs
[VERSE 2]
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? Ooh!
G Em
Some say it's just a part of it
C D
We've got to fulfill the book
D
Won't you help to sing
[CHORUS]
G C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D
'Cause all I ever have
Em C D G
Redemption songs
C D G
Redemption songs
C D G C D
Redemption songs
[INTERLUDE]
|Em |C D | (X4)
[VERSE 3]
G Em
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
C Am
None but ourselves can free our minds
G Em
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy
C D
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
G Em
How long shall they kill our prophets
C Am
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
G Em
Some say it's just a part of it
C D
We've got to fulfill the book
D
Won't you help to sing
[CHORUS]
G C D G
These songs of freedom?
C D
'Cause all I ever have
Em C D G
Redemption songs
C D
All I ever have
Em C D Em
Redemption songs
C D G
These songs of freedom
C D G C D G
Songs of freedom
Notes:
*In the verses you can add a C/B (X20010) in between the C and Am chords
*In the final chorus, the recorded version actually ends with an Am then Am6 (X02212) but for simplicity, you can just end it on G