The Music Of My Soul Chords

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C When I was a young boy

E7 My daddy sat me down

F He said "son, don’t you never go"

 To the Fdark C/Eside Dm7of towCn

C I'm talking downtown Memphis

E7 See, that’s where the black folk play"

F And I said Yes sir daddy

 And then I Fsnuck C/Edown Dm7any-Cway

C See never was taught to read none

E7 No never taught to write

F The only thing my daddy taught

 Was Fwhite should C/Estay Dm7with Cwhite

G7 But I heard it through the alleys F♯7

F7 It floated on the breeze

C It burst out G/Bthrough the AmdoorwaysC/G

 And it Fknocked me to my kneesG

C It broke down all of my F6sen-Cses

C Yet make me feel Fso CwholFe

G See I was lost unCtil I Gfound

 The Fmusic C/Eof Dm7my Csoul

 The Fmusic C/Eof Dm7my Csoul

C And then one day my daddy died

E7 And we laid him in his grave

F And my mama she cried and cried and cried

 And Fprayed that C/Ehe’d Dm7be Csaved

C But all I felt was pity

E7 For he never understood

F How could people be so bad

 Who Fmade me C/Efeel Dm7so Cgood

G7 It went right through my body

F♯7 It F7grabbed me by my heart

C It shot uG/Bp from my Amfingertips

C/G And Ftore me right apartG

C It broke down all my F6sen-Cses

C Yet made me feel F6so CwholeG

G And I will love it til the Cday I Gdie

 The Fmusic C/Eof Dm7my Csoul

C It broke down all my FsenCses

C Yet made me feel Fso CwholeF

C See I was lost unFtil I Cfound

C I was deaf unFtil I CheardF

G I’ll make this world come aCround Gto

 The Fmusic C/Eof Dm7my Csoul

 The Fmusic C/Eof Dm7my__F/G______CSoul

End with one last strum on C