I Shall Be Released chords by Nina Simone

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

| A augmentedA | F#m7F#m7 | Bm7Bm7 | E7E7 |
| A augmentedA | A7A7 | G#7G#7 | G7G7 | A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA |

Verse 1:

F#m7F#m7        Bm7Bm7      C# minorC#m Bm7Bm7
They say every man can be replaced

 D MajorD     E7E7      A augmentedA
They say every distance is not near

A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7   Bm7Bm7
So I remember every face

D MajorD     E7E7       A augmentedA
Of every man who put me here

Chorus:

A augmentedA     F#m7F#m7    Bm7Bm7  C# minorC#m Bm7Bm7
I see my light come shining

 D MajorD    C#m7C#m7     F#m7F#m7 E7E7 A augmentedA
From the west unto the eaaaaaaaaast

 A augmentedA F#m7F#m7  Bm7Bm7
Any day now any day now

D MajorD E7E7    A augmentedA
I shall be released


Verse 2:

 A augmentedA F#m7F#m7      Bm7Bm7         C# minorC#m Bm7Bm7
  They say every man needs protection

 D MajorD       E7E7    A augmentedA
They say every man must fall

A augmentedA  F#m7F#m7   Bm7Bm7        C# minorC#m Bm7Bm7
So I swear I see my reflection

 D MajorD  E7E7   A augmentedA
Somewhere inside these wall


Chorus:

A augmentedA     F#m7F#m7    Bm7Bm7  C# minorC#m Bm7Bm7
I see my light come shining

 D MajorD    C#m7C#m7     F#m7F#m7 E7E7 A augmentedA
From the west unto the eaaaaaaaaast

 A augmentedA F#m7F#m7  Bm7Bm7
Any day now any day now

D MajorD E7E7    A augmentedA
I shall be released

Verse 3:

A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 Bm7Bm7             C# minorC#m  Bm7Bm7
    Yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd

  D MajorD    E7E7        A augmentedA
A majorA man who says he's not to blame

A augmentedA F#m7F#m7           Bm7Bm7 C# minorC#m Bm7Bm7
 All day long I hear him hollering so loud

 D MajorD  E7E7       A augmentedA
Just crying out that he's not to blame


Chorus:

A augmentedA     F#m7F#m7    Bm7Bm7  C# minorC#m Bm7Bm7
I see my light come shining

 D MajorD    C#m7C#m7     F#m7F#m7 E7E7 A augmentedA
From the west unto the eaaaaaaaaast

 A augmentedA F#m7F#m7  Bm7Bm7
Any day now any day now

D MajorD E7E7    D MajorD  A augmentedA
I shall be released