Chords for God Rest His Soul - The Allman Brothers Band
Tempo:
103.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Man lay dying in the street
A thousand people fell, doubt only [G] me
Any other day he would have been
[D]
Preaching
Preaching all the people there
But
[A] [G] [D] Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his soul
[A] [D]
The Memphis battleground looked gray
As blood came pouring from his [D] [G] head
Women and children falling down
[D]
Crying for the man they loved so [C]
well
[A] [G] But [D] Lord knows I [G] can't change what I [D] saw
For the sake [Em] of the [D] rest of his [B] soul
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] But Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his [B] soul
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
The morning sun will rise again
With all their patience growing thin
[G] What are we going to do when war has come
And we're dying
[D] [A]
[D] Dying for the cause unknown
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [G] But [D] Lord [G] knows I can't change [D] what I saw
For the [G] sake of [Em] the [G] rest of his soul
[A] [D]
[D] [A]
[D]
[A]
A thousand people fell, doubt only [G] me
Any other day he would have been
[D]
Preaching
Preaching all the people there
But
[A] [G] [D] Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his soul
[A] [D]
The Memphis battleground looked gray
As blood came pouring from his [D] [G] head
Women and children falling down
[D]
Crying for the man they loved so [C]
well
[A] [G] But [D] Lord knows I [G] can't change what I [D] saw
For the sake [Em] of the [D] rest of his [B] soul
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] But Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his [B] soul
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
The morning sun will rise again
With all their patience growing thin
[G] What are we going to do when war has come
And we're dying
[D] [A]
[D] Dying for the cause unknown
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [G] But [D] Lord [G] knows I can't change [D] what I saw
For the [G] sake of [Em] the [G] rest of his soul
[A] [D]
[D] [A]
[D]
[A]
Key:
D
G
A
Em
B
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ Man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ lay dying in the street
_ _ A thousand people fell, doubt only [G] me
Any other day he would have been
_ [D] _ _
Preaching _ _ _ _ _ _
Preaching all the people _ _ there
_ But _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his soul
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The Memphis _ battleground looked gray
As blood came pouring from his [D] [G] head _
Women and children falling down
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ Crying _ _ for the man they loved so [C] _ _ _
well _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] But [D] Lord knows I [G] can't change what I [D] saw
For the sake [Em] of the [D] rest of his _ [B] soul _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] But Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his [B] _ soul
[A] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The morning sun will rise again _
With all their patience growing thin _
[G] _ What are we going to do when war has come
And we're dying
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ Dying for the cause unknown _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [G] But [D] Lord [G] knows I can't change [D] what I saw
For the [G] sake of [Em] the [G] rest of his soul
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ lay dying in the street
_ _ A thousand people fell, doubt only [G] me
Any other day he would have been
_ [D] _ _
Preaching _ _ _ _ _ _
Preaching all the people _ _ there
_ But _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his soul
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The Memphis _ battleground looked gray
As blood came pouring from his [D] [G] head _
Women and children falling down
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ Crying _ _ for the man they loved so [C] _ _ _
well _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] But [D] Lord knows I [G] can't change what I [D] saw
For the sake [Em] of the [D] rest of his _ [B] soul _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] But Lord [G] knows I can't [D] change what I saw
For the sake of the rest of his [B] _ soul
[A] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The morning sun will rise again _
With all their patience growing thin _
[G] _ What are we going to do when war has come
And we're dying
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ Dying for the cause unknown _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [G] But [D] Lord [G] knows I can't change [D] what I saw
For the [G] sake of [Em] the [G] rest of his soul
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _