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I Shall Be Released  by The Band

I Shall Be Released chords by The Band (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics


The Band - I Shall Be Released
Written by Bob Dylan, Tabbed By Carlo Basso. (carlo6276@hotmail.com)
Released on the album "Music From Big Pink"

Same as Bob Dylan's version but in the key of E.

--Capo on 4--

v = downstroke
^ = upstroke

Intro
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Piano arranged for guitar. If you want it for piano, send me an e-mail.
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 1 2 3 + 4 +  1 2 + 3 4 +
e-------------|--------------|
B-1-1-1---1---|--------------|
G-------0-----|-0--------0---|
D-----------2-|---0-2------2-|
A-3-3-3---3---|-3-3---3------|
E-------------|--------------|


Verse (Each line of words = 2 bars)
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 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 + 4 +
|C   |Dm   |Em  F G |C    Csus4|
 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ^ v ^

 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 + 4 +
|C   |Dm   |Em  F G |C   rest |
 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v


They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here

Chorus
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 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| C       | Dm      | Em   F  G | C     Csus4|
  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^ v ^

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4+   1234
| C       | Dm      | Em  F G rest | rest |
  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^ v v
I see my light come shinin'
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

Verse
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 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 +   a
|C   |Dm   |Em  F G |C    Csus4 C|
 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ^   v

 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|C   |Dm   |Em  F G |C    |
 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

They say ev'ry man needs protection
They say that ev'ry man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall

Chorus
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 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4   +
| C       | Dm      | Em   F  G | C     Csus4 C|
  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^ v   ^

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4+   1234
| C       | Dm      | Em  F G rest | rest |
  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^ v v

Verse
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 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 + 4 +
|C   |Dm   |Em  F G |C    Csus4|
 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ^ v ^

 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 + 4 +
|C   |Dm   |Em  F G |C   rest |
 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

Now yonder standing there in this lonely crowd
A man who swears he's not to blame
All day long I hear him shouting so loud
Just crying out that he was framed

Chorus
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 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| C       | Dm      | Em   F  G | C       |
  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4+   1234
| C       | Dm      | Em  F G rest | rest ||
  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^ v v

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