Soul Child Chords

KeyG Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays429

Soul Child by Shawn Mullins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, D, F, C, Em, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro: 

G, D, F, C 
G, D, C 
G, D, F, C 
F, C, G 

Verse: 

C        D           Em 
    Like fallin' rain, 

C       Bm         Am 
    The days go by. 

C         D            Em 
    Can't kill the pain, 

C           Bm        Am 
    And you wonder why. 
 

      G  D 
We'll be strong, 

F    C 
Hold on, 

G         D                C 
 A lot of love to go around. 

G    D 
Stay wild, 

   F    C 
My soul child, 

F              C            G   
 And don't you let 'em bring you down. 

Verse: 

C         D           Em 
 And it's like a dream, 

C        Bm        Am 
 Wake me when it's over. 

C          D         Em 
 Somewhere in between, yeah, 

C   Bm     Am    D       
 Enemy and lover. 

 

    G    D 
And walk proud, 

F        C 
Sing out loud, 

G           D               C 
 And always hurts to wonder why. 

G        D 
One more mile, 

   F    C 
My soul child, 

F            C         G 
 You'll never know until you try 

Bridge: 

G, D, F, C 
G, D, C 
G, D, F, C 
F, C, G 

Verse: 

C     D           Em 
 Like fallin' rain, 

C    Bm        Am 
 The days go by. 

C      D        Em 
 Can't kill the pain, yeah, 

C        Bm        Am 
 And you wonder why. 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante