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My Sweet Lord

Billy Preston

RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em○○○○
A×○○
D××○
Bm×
D#dimDiagram coming soon
D7××○
BDiagram coming soon
E○○○
DdimDiagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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INTRO 
| Em | A | Em | A |  
| Em | A | Em | A |  
 
(slide) 
| D | Bm | D | Bm | 
| D | D#dim | Em | A | 
 
 
Chorus 
         Em   A 
My sweet Lord 
       Em   A 
Ooh, my Lord 
         Em   A 
My sweet Lord 
 
 
VERSE 
                 D        Bm 
I really want to see you 
                 D           Bm 
I really want to be with you 
                 D 
I really want to see you Lord 
       D#dim             Em   A 
But it takes so long, my Lord 
 
 
Chorus 
         Em   A  
My sweet Lord 
         Em   A 
Hmmm, my Lord 
       Em   A 
Oh, my Lord 
 
 
VERSE 
                 D         Bm 
I really want to know you 
                 D           Bm 
I really want to go with you 
                 D 
I really want to show you Lord 
        D#dim               Em         A 
That it won't take long, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
 
 
Chorus 
         Em         A 
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah) 
       Em         A 
Oh, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
         Em         A 
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah) 
 
 
VERSE (variation with key change) 
                 D 
I really want to see you 
                 D7 
I really want to see you 
                 B 
I really want to see you, Lord 
                 E 
I really want to see you, Lord 
       Ddim              F#m        B 
But it takes so long, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
 
 
Chorus 
         F#m        B  
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah) 
       F#m        B  
Oh, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
         F#m        B  
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah) 
       F#m        B  
Oh, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
 
 
VERSE 
E         C#m 
    (Halleluja) 
                 E             C#m 
I really want to see you (Hallelujah) 
                 E 
I really want to see you, Lord 
       Ddim              F#m        B 
But it takes so long, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
 
 
Chorus 
         F#m        B  
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah) 
       F#m        B  
Oh, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
         F#m        B  
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah) 
 
 
INTERLUDE (slide) 
| E | C#m | E | C#m | 
| E | Ddim | F#m | B | 
 
 
Chorus 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Hare Krishna) 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Hare Krishna) 
         F#m            B 
My sweet Lord (Krishna, Krishna) 
       F#m        B 
Oh, my Lord (Hare Hare) 
 
 
VERSE 
                 E             C#m 
I really want to see you (Hare Rama) 
                 E                 C#m 
I really want to be with you (Hare Rama) 
                 E  
I really want to see you Lord (aaah) 
       Ddim              F#m        B 
But it takes so long, my Lord (Hallelujah) 
 
 
OUTRO  
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah) 
       F#m        B 
Oh, my Lord (Hare Krishna) 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Hare Krishna) 
       F#m           B 
Oh, my Lord (Krishna Krishna) 
       F#m        B 
Oh, my Lord (Hare Hare) 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Guru Brahma) 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Guru Vishnu) 
       F#m        B 
Oh, my Lord (Guru Devo) 
       F#m       B 
Oh, my Lord (Maheshwara) 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Guru Sakshaat) 
         F#m       B 
My sweet Lord (Parabrahma) 
       F#m        B 
Oh, my Lord (Tasmayi Shree) 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Guru Namah) 
         F#m        B 
My sweet Lord (Hare Rama) 
 
 
CODA (slide) 
| E | C#m | E | C#m | 
| E | C#m | E

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Chord set

Em · A · D · Bm · D#dim · D7 · B · E · Ddim · F#m · C#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.