I Shall Be Released chords by Nina Simone

Intro:

| A  | F#m7 | Bm7 | E7 |
| A | A7 | G#7 | G7 | A | E | A |

Verse 1:

F#m7                Bm7            C#m Bm7
They say every man can be replaced

 D         E7           A
They say every distance is not near

A     F#m7     Bm7
So I remember every face

D         E7             A
Of every man who put me here


Chorus:

A         F#m7        Bm7    C#m Bm7
I see my light come shining

 D       C#m7          F#m7  E7  A
From the west unto the eaaaaaaaaast

 A  F#m7    Bm7
Any day now any day now

D  E7        A
I shall be released


Verse 2:

 A F#m7           Bm7                  C#m Bm7
   They say every man needs protection

 D             E7        A
They say every man must fall

A   F#m7     Bm7               C#m Bm7
So I swear I see my reflection

 D   E7      A
Somewhere inside these wall


Chorus:

A         F#m7        Bm7    C#m Bm7
I see my light come shining

 D       C#m7          F#m7  E7  A
From the west unto the eaaaaaaaaast

 A  F#m7    Bm7
Any day now any day now

D  E7        A
I shall be released


Verse 3:

A F#m7 Bm7                          C#m    Bm7
       Yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd

   D       E7                A
A man who says he's not to blame

A F#m7                     Bm7  C#m Bm7
  All day long I hear him hollering so loud

 D    E7              A
Just crying out that he's not to blame


Chorus:

A         F#m7        Bm7    C#m Bm7
I see my light come shining

 D       C#m7          F#m7  E7  A
From the west unto the eaaaaaaaaast

 A  F#m7    Bm7
Any day now any day now

D  E7       D   A
I shall be released