So Johnny Cash’s version of Redemption Song is not accurate.  This one follows the chords and lyrics fairly well Capo on the 3rd Fret. [Intro] (x2) [Verse 1] Old Pirates yes they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships       minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.         But my hand was made strong By the hand of the Almighty. We forward in this generation triumphantly.                 [Chorus] Won’t you help to sing     these songs of freedom? Cause all I ever had       redemption songs redemption songs.             [Verse 2] Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds.            Have no fear for atomic energy Cause none of them can stop the time.              How long shall they kill our prophets      While we stand aside and look?         Ooh some say it’s just a part of it. We’ve got to fulfill the book.    [Chorus] Won’t you help to sing     these songs of freedom? Cause all I ever had       redemption songs redemption songs redemption songs.             [Verse 3] Old Pirates yes they rob I. Sold I to the merchant ships       minutes after they took I   from the bottomless pit.    How long shall they kill our prophets      While we stand aside and look?         Yes some say it’s just a part of it. We’ve got to fulfill the book.    [Chorus] Won’t you help to sing     these songs of freedom? Cause all I ever had       redemption songs Cause all I ever had       redemption songs these songs of freedom songs of freedom