Intro: F#m/A D/A A (2x)
verse 1:
F#m/A D/A A
The feeling comes to me in waves
F#m/A D/A A
The darkest seas I’ve ever known
F#m/A D/A A
Mine is an odyssey of grace
F#m/A D/A A
Mine is a story headed home
F#m/A D/A A
I tie myself up to the mast
F#m/A D/A A
Give up the semblance of control
F#m/A D/A A
The sirens sing but I let them pass
F#m/A D/A A
Cuz only you could free my soul
Chorus (first):
F#m D/E A
Only you can free my soul
F#m D/E A
Yeah, only you can free my soul, yeah
verse 2:
F#m/A D/A A
Set these broken bones to cast
F#m/A D/A A
Stitch my wounds with holy sutures
F#m/A D/A A
Every saint has got a past
F#m/A D/A A
Yeah, but every sinner’s got a future
Chorus (second):
F#m D A
And only you can free my soul
F#m D A
Yeah, only you can free my soul, yeah
Bridge:
F#m A/E D
Show me the freedom from these chains
F#m A/E D
Show me a battlefield that’s safe
F#m E/G# A
That waters still roll away
But you are my liberty
Tag:
Bm D A E
F#m D A E
F#m D
Free my soul, free my soul
A E
And let liberty flow
F#m D
Like a flood, let it grow
A E
And I’ll let the past go
F#m D
I’ve come home, back home
A E
And I’ll make it I know
F#m D
All my love all my hope
A E
Only you could free my soul
A
Free my soul
D A
Come on and free my soul (only you could free my soul)
D A
Only you could free my soul (only you could free my soul)
I tied myself up to the mast
D A
I tied myself up to the mast and let it go (only you could free my soul)
D
Yeah yeah
A
Only you could free my soul