Soul Of A Man Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays473

Soul Of A Man by Blind Willie Johnson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am, F, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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Intro:  C    C    G    G    
        Am   Am   F    C   C 
                                                                   
    Em               Em               Bm             Bm 
I'm going to ask the question, Please answer, if you can 
   C                  C             Am                    Em 
If anybody surely can tell me, Just what is the soul of a man 
                                                                   
       C                C        G             G 
Well I want somebody to tell me, Answer if you can! 
  Am               Am            F                     C    C 
I want somebody to tell me, Just what is the soul of a man 
                                                                    
  Em                 Em           Bm                  Bm 
I traveled different countries, I traveled in foreign lands 
     C                  C             Am                       Em 
I've found nobody could tell me, Just what about the soul of a man 
                                                                     
       C                C        G             G 
Well I want somebody to tell me, Answer if you can! 
  Am               Am            F                     C    C 
I want somebody to tell me, Just what is the soul of a man 
                                                                     
  Em                  Em        Bm              Bm 
I saw a crowd standin talkin, I just came up in time 
    C                      C                    Am                      Em 
The doctor and lawyer were teaching, They say a man aint nothin but his mind 
                                                                            
       C                C        G             G 
Well I want somebody to tell me, Answer if you can! 
  Am               Am            F                     C   C 
I want somebody to tell me, Just what is the soul of a man 
                                                                    
  Em                 Em       Bm             Bm 
I read the good book often, I try to read it right  
   C              C               Am              Em 
As far as I could understand, The soul is eternal light 
                                                                     
      C                C        G             G 
God I want somebody to tell me, Answer if you can! 
  Am               Am            F                     C   C 
I want somebody to tell me, Just what is the soul of a man 
                                                                  
     Em                   Em          Bm                Bm 
When Christ taught in the temple, The people all stood amazed  
       C                       C               Am                   Em 
He was teachin the doctors and lawyers, How to raise a man from the grave 
                                                                           
       C                C        G             G 
Well I want somebody to tell me, Answer if you can! 
  Am               Am            F                     C   C   C  C 
I want somebody to tell me, Just what is the soul of a man 
                                                                          
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante