REDEMPTION SONG chords lyrics & live video – Bob Marley
This post includes Redemption Song chords, lyrics and an inspiring live video performance of Bob Marley. Released in October of 1980 on Marley’s final album, Uprising. The following year he passed away from cancer. He wrote, produced, and performed this song while terminally ill. It was a final message to world about peace and freedom. He was a true reggae legend and this song will stand as one of the greatest and most powerful songs for generations to come.
Artist: Bob Marley Composer: Bob Marley Album: Uprising Released: 1980
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mighty
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forward in this
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freedom?
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Redemption
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Redemption
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Verse 2
Emanci
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pate yourselves from mental
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selves can free our
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minds
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fear for atomic
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none of them can stop the
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time
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long shall they kill our
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stand aside and
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look?
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say it’s just a
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book
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sing
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freedom?
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all I ever
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have
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Redemption
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Verse 2
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pate yourselves from mental
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selves can free our
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minds
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fear for atomic
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none of them can stop the
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time
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long shall they kill our
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stand aside and
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look?
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say it’s just a
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book
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sing
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freedom?
‘Cause
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have
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freedom,
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freedom
Redemption Song LIVE Bob Marley
For many, the music of Bob Marley & the Wailers is a way of life. Marley lived it and always sung from his heart. Just hear him sing “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds.”
