I Shall Be Released chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Intermediate

I Shall Be Released
as sung by Joan Baez (written by Bob Dylan)

Capo 2nd fret to play in the recording's key of D MajorD

Verse 1:
C majorC              DmDm
They say everything can be replaced
E minorEm       DmDm       C majorC
They say every distance is not near
C majorC          DmDm
Yet I remember every face
E minorEm    DmDm       C majorC
Of every man who put me here.

Chorus:
C majorC          DmDm
I see my light come shining
E minorEm    DmDm      C majorC
From the west unto the east.
C majorC
Any day now,
DmDm
Any day now,
E minorEm DmDm     C majorC
I  shall be released

Verse 2:
C majorC              DmDm
They say every man needs protection.
E minorEm      DmDm       C majorC
They say that every man must fall.
C majorC           DmDm
Yet I swear I see my reflection,
E minorEm      DmDm       C majorC
Somewhere so high above this wall.

Chorus:
C majorC          DmDm
I see my light come shining
E minorEm    DmDm      C majorC
From the west unto the east.
C majorC
Any day now,
DmDm
Any day now,
E minorEm DmDm     C majorC
I  shall be released

Verse 3:
C majorC                DmDm
Well yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd,
E minorEm    DmDm        C majorC
A augmentedA man who swears he not to blame.
C majorC              DmDm
Yet all day long I hear him shouting so loud,
E minorEm     DmDm       C majorC
He's crying out that he was framed.

Chorus:
C majorC          DmDm
I see my light come shining
E minorEm    DmDm      C majorC
From the west unto the east.
C majorC
Any day now,
DmDm
Any day now,
E minorEm DmDm     C majorC
I  shall be released