God Rest His Soul chords by The Allman Brothers Band

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D MajorD C majorC

verse 1
D MajorD C majorC               D MajorD C majorC
   A augmentedA man lay dying in the streets
D MajorD C majorC               D MajorD C majorC
   A augmentedA thousand people fell down on their knees
   G+G
   Any other day he would have been
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Preaching
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Reaching all the people there
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Oh Lord Lord

     G+G   D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD
   But Lord knows I can't change what I saw
   G+G         D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   I Say God Rest His Soul

verse 2
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   The Memphis battleground was red
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Cause blood came pouring from his head
   G+G
   Women and children fallin' down
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Crying
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   For the man they loved so well
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Oh Lord, Lord

     G+G   D MajorD   G+G          D MajorD
   But Lord knows I can't change what I saw
    G+G          D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   I say God rest his soul

Break
D MajorD C majorC    D MajorD C majorC
   Rhythm chages to a bit faster and funky over D MajorD to C majorC (12 times)
   (I break here)

     G+G   D MajorD   G+G          D MajorD
   But Lord knows I can't change what I saw
    G+G        D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   I say God rest his soul

verse 3
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   The morning sun will rise again
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   With all the passions growing thin
   G+G
   What we gonna do when war is come and we're
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Dying
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Dying for the cause I unknown

         G+G    D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD
   (Yeah but) But Lord knows I can't change what I saw
   G+G         D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
   Say God rest his soul

Outro
D MajorD C majorC            D MajorD C majorC
Same as break to end on C majorC
 Rhythm chages to a bit faster and funky over D MajorD to C majorC (12 times) to End