I Shall Be Released
as sung by Joan Baez (written by Bob Dylan)
Capo 2nd fret to play in the recording's key of D
[Verse 1]
C Dm
They say everything can be replaced
Em Dm C
They say every distance is not near
C Dm
Yet I remember every face
Em Dm C
Of every man who put me here.
[Chorus]
C Dm
I see my light come shining
Em Dm C
From the west unto the east.
C
Any day now,
Dm
Any day now,
Em Dm C
I shall be released
[Verse 2]
C Dm
They say every man needs protection.
Em Dm C
They say that every man must fall.
C Dm
Yet I swear I see my reflection,
Em Dm C
Somewhere so high above this wall.
[Chorus]
C Dm
I see my light come shining
Em Dm C
From the west unto the east.
C
Any day now,
Dm
Any day now,
Em Dm C
I shall be released
[Verse 3]
C Dm
Well yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd,
Em Dm C
A man who swears he not to blame.
C Dm
Yet all day long I hear him shouting so loud,
Em Dm C
He's crying out that he was framed.
[Chorus]
C Dm
I see my light come shining
Em Dm C
From the west unto the east.
C
Any day now,
Dm
Any day now,
Em Dm C
I shall be released