Singing The Spirit Home
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste:
2nd traste
[Intro]
|C |C/B |Am Asus2 |Am | x2
[Verse 1]
C C/B Am F C
They came for him in the morning, an hour before dawning
C C/B Am F G
The pale white moon was waning in the African sky
C C/B Am F C
The cell door flew wide open, they stood looking at him
C C/B Am F G C
He saw no mercy in their hearts, no pity in their eyes
|Am Asus2 |Am |
[Verse 2]
C C/B Am F C
As they took him and they bound him, tied his trembling hands behind him
C C/B Am F G
He felt his courage leave him, his manhood disappear
C C/B Am F C
His legs would not support him, so from the cell they dragged him
C C/B Am F G C
He sobbed and screamed and cursed them in his loneliness and fear
|Am Asus2 |Am |
[Chorus]
C G C
Chains, chains, chains
F G C
How many souls have died in freedom's name
F G C C/B Am
To some it is a way of life, to others just a word
F G C C/B Am
To some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword
F G Am F G C
But until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all
|Am Asus2 |Am |D7 |G |
[Verse 3]
C C/B Am F C
With faces closed and hidden the white guards walked beside him
C C/B Am F G
Indifferent to his pleading - they'd been down this path before
C C/B Am F C
But other eyes were watching, other ears were listening
C C/B Am F G C
Other hearts beat with him in his final desperate hour
|Am Asus2 |Am |
[Verse 4]
C C/B Am F C
From the darkness of that prison came the sound of his brothers singing
C C/B Am F G
Courage, their voices told him, you do not walk alone
C C/B Am F C
From their cells beyond the shadow he heard their voices echo
C C/B Am F G C
As in love and pride and sorrow they sang his spirit home
|Am Asus2 |Am |
[Chorus]
C G C
Chains, chains, chains
F G C
How many souls have died in freedom's name
F G C C/B Am
To some it is a way of life, to others just a word
F G C C/B Am
To some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword
F G Am F G C
But until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all
|Am Asus2 |Am |D7 |G |
[Verse 5]
C C/B Am F C
And their song of hope and freedom, it rang inside that prison
C C/B Am F G
It beat against the iron bars and crashed against the stone
C C/B Am F C
As in their fear and hate they hung him, the last sound that filled his being
C C/B Am F G C
Was his brothers singing, singing, singing his spirit home
|Am Asus2 |Am |
[Outro]
C G C
And courage, brother, you do not walk alone.
C G C
And we shall walk with you and sing your spirit home
C G C
And courage, brother, you do not walk alone.
(shosholoza, shosholoza, kulezo ntaba stimela siphume Zimbabwe)
C G C
And we shall walk with you and sing you spirit home
(shosholoza, shosholoza, kulezo ntaba stimela siphume Zimbabwe)
C G C
And courage, sister, you do not walk alone.
(shosholoza, shosholoza, kulezo ntaba stimela siphume Zimbabwe)
C G C
And we shall walk with you and sing your spirit home.
(shosholoza, shosholoza, kulezo ntaba stimela siphume Zimbabwe)
C
Shosholoza, shosholoza
F G C
kulezo ntaba stimela siphume Zimbabwe.
C
Shosholoza, shosholoza
F G C
kulezo ntaba stimela siphume Zimbabwe
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.