God Rest His Soul chords

The Allman Brothers Band

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Simplify chords 

  			
Intro: D  C   

verse 1 
D  C                             D  C 
     A man lay dying in the streets 
D  C                             D  C 
     A thousand people fell down on their knees 
     G 
     Any other day he would have been 
D  C                        D  C 
     Preaching 
D  C                        D  C 
     Reaching all the people there 
D  C                        D  C 
     Oh Lord Lord 

         G      D       G                  D 
     But Lord knows I can't change what I saw 
      G                 D  C                        D  C 
     I Say God Rest His Soul 

verse 2 
D  C                        D  C 
     The Memphis battleground was red 
D  C                        D  C 
     Cause blood came pouring from his head 
     G 
     Women and children fallin' down 
D  C                        D  C 
     Crying 
D  C                        D  C 
     For the man they loved so well 
D  C                        D  C 
     Oh Lord, Lord 

         G     D      G                   D 
     But Lord knows I can't change what I saw 
       G                   D  C                        D  C 
     I say God rest his soul 

Break  
D  C        D  C 
     Rhythm chages to a bit faster and funky over D to C (12 times) 
     (I break here) 

         G     D      G                   D 
     But Lord knows I can't change what I saw 
       G                D  C                        D  C 
     I say God rest his soul 

verse 3 
D  C                        D  C 
     The morning sun will rise again 
D  C                        D  C 
     With all the passions growing thin 
     G 
     What we gonna do when war is come and we're 
D  C                        D  C 
     Dying 
D  C                        D  C 
     Dying for the cause I unknown 

                  G       D       G                  D 
     (Yeah but) But Lord knows I can't change what I saw 
     G                  D  C                        D  C 
     Say God rest his soul 

Outro 
D  C                        D  C 
Same as break to end on C 
 Rhythm chages to a bit faster and funky over D to C (12 times) to End