• Song:

    Carry My Soul Away

  • Artist:

    Phil Wickham

I saw the video of Phil Wickham singing this unreleased song and wanted to learn to play
it, but when I searched for the chords, the only tab I found was totally inaccurate.  I
ended up making a tab that's almost, if not completely, accurate to the video.  Every
little variation of every chord is here.  I learned quite a few new ways to play E, Cm, B,
and A while making this tab.

Tuning
All strings one whole step down from standard tuning

Key
The one-step-down tuning makes it D, but if you play with standard tuning it would be E.

Chords
There are quite a few variations of chords in this song, so it took me a few hours to
get them all down.  I'm pretty sure I'm at least almost exactly right.  One thing to
remember is that almost all the chords in the first verse, chorus and bridge are power
chords, with some of the strings muted?it's pretty easy to figure out which strings to
mute once
you know all the chords.  The asterisks are for whenever there are two different
versions of a chord, and you need to play different one of the versions listed in the charts
here.  Okay now, so I'll put down the chords that are used, and then I'll do the full 
chart with the lyrics.  I probably don't have all of the 5's and 2's right, but here here they
are (you play them as if you were playing with standard tuning in the key of E):

Intro:

E5              A5

x               x
x               x
x               9
9               7
7               0
0               x

Verse 1
E5              A5             Cm7            B5             A5*            E5*

x               x               x               x               x               x
x               x               x               x               x               x
x               9               4               4               4               4
9               7               2               4               2               2
7               0               4               2               0               2
0               x               x               x               x               0

Pre-chorus

Cm7             B5

x               x
x               x
4               4
2               4
4               2
x               x

Chorus 1

E5*             Cm7            B5             E5/G# A5

x               x               x               x               x
x               x               x               x               x
4               4               4               4               4
2               2               4               2               2
2               4               2               2               0
0               x               x               4               x

Instrumental

E5**            E5maj7  E5/B          Cm7*   A2

0               0               0               0               0
0               0               0               0               0
9               8               9               9               6
9               9               9               9               7
7               7               7               x               7
0               0               7               9               5

Verse 2

E5*             A5*            Cm7            B              Emaj7/G

x               x               x               x               x
x               x               x               x               x
4               4               4               4               4
2               2               2               4               1
2               0               4               2               2
0               x               x               x               x

Chorus 2

E5*             Cm7**  Bsus           E5**           E2/G# A2

0               0               0               0               0               0
0               0               0               0               0               0
4               9               8               9               4               6
2               11              9               9               4               7
2               11              9               7               x               7
0               9               7               0               4               5

Bridge

A5*             E5*            B5             E5/G# Baug

x               x               x               x               x
x               x               x               x               x
4               4               4               4               4
2               2               4               2               4
0               2               2               x               3
x               0               0               4               x

Chorus 3

E5*             Cm7**  Bsus           E5**           E2/G# A2             E

0               0               0               0               0               0
       0
0               0               0               0               0               0
       0
4               9               8               9               4               6
       1
2               11              9               9               4               7
       2
2               11              9               7               x               7
       2
0               9               7               0               4               5
       0

Now here are the lyrics with the chords:


Intro:

E5 A5

Verse 1:

                           E5
I wanna here You say, "Well done."
                 A5
I wanna be welcomed in
                            Cm7                 B5                A5*
I wanna feel Your love like sunshine on my resurrected skin
                           E5*
I wanna hear the music play
                           A5*
I wanna hear the trumpet sound
                            Cm7                 B5                        A5*
I wanna hear You call my name and make my feet lift off the ground

Pre-chorus:
                  Cm7
I wanna be ready
                  B5
I wanna be ready

Chorus 1:

             E5*  Cm7  B5
So I will run
               E5*    E5/G#   A5
Lord, and I        won't    quit
                      E5*  Cm7  B5
Chasing Your heart
             E5*   E5/G#   A5
Just like Da-  vid        did
               Cm7
Until You carry my soul
B5                           A5
Carry my soul away
               Cm7
Until You carry my soul
B5                           A5
Carry my soul away

Oh-oh-oh

Instrumental (x2):

E5**  E5maj7  E5/B  Cm7*  A2

Verse 2:

                              E5
When everything is said and done
                        A5
And death has met its end
                            Cm7               B5                        A5*
I wanna hear You call me "son", be counted as Your faithful friend
                          E5*
I wanna see You rise like fire
                         Emaj7/G
I wanna see the scars that bled
                              Cm7
So Jesus won't You take me higher
       B5                            A5*
The place where angels fear to tread

Chorus 2:

                E5*  Cm7**  Bsus
And I will run
               E5**   E5/G#   A2
Lord, and I         won't    quit
                      E5*  Cm7**  Bsus
Chasing Your heart
             E5*   E5/G#   A5
Just like Da-  vid        did
               Cm7**
Until You carry my soul
Bsus                         A2
Carry my soul away
               Cm7**
Until You carry my soul
Bsus                         A2
Carry my soul away

Bridge:

                A5*                          E5*                   B5
And I will keep my lamplight burning in the night
                 A5*                      E5*
And I'll be waiting here for You
                    B5             Cm7
Watching for all Your signs
E5/G#   A5*             E5*
If I may be so bold to ask You
                 B5              Baug   Cm7
Would You lend Your ear to me
E5/G#
O Lord
          B5
Come quickly

Yeah!

Instrumental:

E5**  E5maj7  E5/B  Cm7*  A2

Chorus 3:

Oh
             E5*  Cm7**  Bsus
So I will run
               E5*     E5/G#   A2
Lord, and I         won't    quit
                      E5*  Cm7**  Bsus
Chasing Your heart
             E5*   E5/G#   A5
Just like Da-  vid        did
               Cm7**
Until You carry my soul
Bsus                         A2
Carry my soul away
               Cm7**
Until You carry my soul
Bsus                         A2
Carry my soul away

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