• Song:

    I Shall Be Released

  • Artist:

    The Band

  • Album:

    The Shape I'm In: The V...

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. 

  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 +
C5      D5      E5   F5 G5 C5       C5
 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 +
C5      D5      E5   F5 G5 C5     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 +
  C5               D5              E5      F5   G5   C5         C5
   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^ v ^

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4+     1234
  C5               D5              E5    F5 G5 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 
C5      D5      E5   F5 G5 C5       C5 C5
 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 
C5      D5      E5   F5 G5 C5       
 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     +
  C5               D5              E5      F5   G5   C5         C5 C5
   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^ v     ^

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4+     1234
  C5               D5              E5    F5 G5 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 +
C5      D5      E5   F5 G5 C5       C5
 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 +
C5      D5      E5   F5 G5 C5     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 +
  C5               D5              E5      F5   G5   C5             
   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4+     1234
  C5               D5              E5    F5 G5 rest  rest   
   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^ v v
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