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Soulshine

Allman Brothers Band

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

BbDiagram coming soon
F
EbDiagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon
G
Dm××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              When you can't find a light,         got ya' thru' a cloudy day    
Bb            F        Eb            Bb   
    
When the stars ain't shining bright,     you feel like you've lost your way    
Bb            F        Eb            Bb    
    
When the candle lights of home,     burn so very far away    
Bb            F        Eb            Bb    
    
Well you gotta let your soul shine,     just like my Daddy used to say    
Bb            F        Gm                    Ab    
 
    
 
Used to say: soulshine,         is better than sunshine    
        Bb                    F    
It's better than moonshine,         damn sure better than rain    
        Eb                    Bb    
Hey now people don't mind,         we all feel this way sometimes    
        Bb                    F    
Gotta let your soul shine,        shine 'till the break of day    
            G        Ab            Bb    
    
Grew up thinkin' that I had it made,    gonna make it on my own    
Life can make the strongest man,        make him feel so alone    
Now and then I feel a cold wind,        blowin' thru' my achin' bones    
I think back to what my Daddy said, he said: boy in the darkness before the dawn    
    
refrão:   Bb 
    
Let your soul shine,         it's better than sunshine    
It's better than moonshine,     damn sure better than rain    
Lord now people don't mind,     you know we feel this way sometimes    
You gotta let your soul shine,    shine 'till the break of day   
    
 Gm                        Ab    
Sometimes a man can feel his emptiness   
 Eb                                   Bb   
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul    
 Dm                             Eb                                              
A woman too, god knows, she can feel like this    
    Ab                              
And when your world seems cold         
                               F            
You got to let your spirit take control    
       
    
refrão:    
    
Talkin' 'bout soul shine,     it's better than sunshine    
It's better than moonshine,     damn sure better than rain    
Yeah now people don't mind,     we all feel this way sometimes    
You gotta let your soul shine,    shine 'till the break of day    
    
refrão:    
    
                it's better than sunshine    
It's better than moonshine,     damn sure better than rain    
Hey now people don't mind,     you know I feel this way sometimes    
Gotta let your soul shine,    shine 'till the break of day    
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

Bb · F · Eb · Gm · Ab · G · Dm

Practice tip

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