Chords with lyrics
This is in 4/4 time. The first 18 measures is a guitar solo intro.
Use Barre chords throughout the song. It gives a nice full sound
on an acoustic guitar.
INTRO:
|[N.C.] |[N.C.]|
Bb majorBb |Bb majorBb
|
FF |./. |
G minorGm
|
AbAb |Bb majorBb |./. |./.
|./. |./. |./. |G minorGm
|AbAb |Bb majorBb |./.
VERSE:
Bb majorBb FF
When you can't find___ the light
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
to guide you through cloud - y days,____
FF
when the stars ain't shin - ing bright
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
and it feels like you've lost your____ way,___
FF
when the candle lights of home___
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
burn so ver - y far__ a - way
FF
yeah, you got to let your soul shine.__
G minorGm AbAb
Just like my dad - dy used___ to say, used to say.
CHORUS:
Bb majorBb FF
Soul - shine______ is better than sun - shine
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
it's better than moon - shine._ It's damn sure better than the rain.____
FF
Well, now people, don't mind,____ we all feel this way __ some - times.____
G minorGm AbAb |Bb majorBb |./.
Got to let your soul__ shine, shine 'till the break of day.____
VERSE:
Bb majorBb FF
I grew up thinking that I had it made.__
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Gonna make it on my own.__
FF
Life can take the strongest man, ____
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
make him feel so a - lone. ______
FF
Now and then I feel a cold wind____
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
blowing through my aching bones. _____
FF
I think back to what my daddy said.__
G minorGm AbAb
He said, "Boy, in the dark - ness just before dawn...
CHORUS:
Bb majorBb FF
Let your soul - shine______ it's better than sun - shine
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I know it's better than moon - shine._ It's damn sure better than rain.____
FF
People now don't you mind,____ we all get this way __ some - times.____
G minorGm AbAb |Bb majorBb |Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
You got to let your soul__ shine, shine 'till the break of day.____
BRIDGE:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Some-times a man can feel____ this emptiness,___
Bb majorBb
like a woman has robbed him of his ver - y soul, whoa, whoa, whoa.
DmDm Eb MajorEb
Well, a woman too, God knows, she__ can feel___ like this____
AbAb FF
And when the world seems cold, you got to let your spirit take con - trol.
That's what I tell you.
(Guitar solo - 31 measures.)
CHORUS:
Bb majorBb FF
Talking 'bout Soul - shine______ is better than sun - shine
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
better than moon - shine._ It's damn sure better than rain.____
FF
Well now people don't mind,____ we all get this way __ some - times.____
G minorGm AbAb
Got to let your soul__ shine.____ Yeah,____ shine on_- and on
Bb majorBb FF
and on and on.____ I said it's better than sun - shine.___
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
It's better than moon - shine. It's damn sure better than rain.
FF
Well now people don't mind,____ we all feel this way __ some - times.____
G minorGm AbAb |Bb majorBb |./.
Got to let your soul__ shine,____ shine till the break of day. ___
(Ends with a guitar solo - 37 measures)
