Key of C Major 4/4 time

C5
 When I was a young boy
E5
 My daddy sat me down
F5
 He said "son, don?t you never go"
       F5    C5  D5   C5
To the dark side of town
C5
 I'm talking downtown Memphis
E5
 See, that?s where the black folk play"
F5
 And I said Yes sir daddy
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And then I snuck down any-way

C5
 See never was taught to read none
E5
 No never taught to write
F5
 The only thing my daddy taught
    F5            C5  D5  C5
Was white should stay with white

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 But I heard it through the alleys
F5
 It floated on the breeze
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 It burst out through the doorways
       F5                     G5
And it knocked me to my knees
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 It broke down all of my sen-ses
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 Yet make me feel so whole
G5                 C5     G5
 See I was lost until I found
    F5     C5  D5  C5
The music of   my   soul
    F5     C5  D5  C5
The music of   my   soul

C5
 And then one day my daddy died
E5
 And we laid him in his grave
F5
 And my mama she cried and cried and cried
    F5           C5  D5 C5
And prayed that he?d be  saved
C5
 But all I felt was pity
E5
 For he never understood
F5
 How could people be so bad
    F5       C5  D5 C5
Who made me feel so  good
G5
 It went right through my body
F#5 F5
 It grabbed me by my heart

C5         G5       A5
 It shot up from my fingertips
C5  F5                  G5
 And tore me right apart

C5                     F5  C5
 It broke down all my sen-ses
C5                 F5 C5    G5
 Yet made me feel so whole
G5                           C5     G5
 And I will love it til the day I die

    F5     C5 D5 C5
The music of  my  soul
C5                     F5  C5
 It broke down all my senses
C5                 F5  C5    F5
 Yet made me feel so whole
C5                 F5     C5
 See I was lost until I found
C5             F5     C5    F5
 I was deaf until I heard

G5                           C5     G5
 I?ll make this world come around to

    F5     C5 D5 C5
The music of  my  soul
    F5     C5 D5 F5   C5
The music of  my________Soul

End with one last strum on C