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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">I Shall Be Released</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded during <a class="recordlink" href="../17_basement/index.htm">The Basement</a> sessions (1967) and released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991). A different version was recorded Oct 1971 with Happy Traum (banjo) and released on <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits2/index.htm">Greatest Hits II</a> (1971). A live version was released on <a class="recordlink" href="../42_bs5/index.htm">Live 1975</a> (2002)<br /></p>
  18
  19 <p>Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)</p>
  22
  23 <hr />
  24
  25 <h2 class="songversion">&ldquo;Basement&rdquo; version</h2>
  26 <pre class="verse">
  27 G   C/g  G
  28
  29 G                            Am
  30 They say ev'rything can be replaced,
  31 Bm        Am              G
  32 Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
  33 G                   Am
  34 So I remember ev'ry face
  35 Bm       Am             G
  36 Of ev'ry man who put me here.
  37 </pre>
  38
  39 <pre class="refrain">
  40 G                    C *)            *) Am in subsequent
  41  I see my light come shining            verses
  42 Bm        D *)          G
  43  From the west unto the east.
  44 G            Am
  45  Any day now, any day now,
  46 Bm D/a        G
  47  I shall be released.
  48 </pre>
  49
  50 <pre class="verse">
  51 They say ev'ry man needs protection,
  52 They say ev'ry man must fall.
  53 Yet I swear I see my reflection
  54 Some place so high above this wall.
  55 </pre>
  56
  57 <pre class="refrain">
  58 I see my light come shining
  59 From the west unto the east.
  60 Any day now, any day now,
  61 I shall be released.
  62 </pre>
  63
  64 <pre class="verse">
  65 Now yonder standing here in this lonely crowd,
  66 a man who swears he's not to blame.
  67 All day long I hear his voice shouting so loud,
  68 Crying out that he was framed.
  69 </pre>
  70
  71 <pre class="refrain">
  72 I see my light come shining
  73 From the west unto the east.
  74 Any day now, any day now,
  75 I shall be released.
  76 </pre>
  77
  78 <hr />
  79
  80 <h2 class="songversion">Greatest Hits vol. 2 version</h2>
  81
  82 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)</p>
  83
  84 <p>Intro (with a triple-time feel):</p>
  85 <pre class="tab">
  86   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  87 |-----------------|-----------------|----------(0)----|-3-------3-------
  88 |---3-----3-------|---2-----2-------|---1-----1-------|-0--(0)--1-------
  89 |---3-----3-------|---0-----0-------|---0-----0-------|-0--(0)--0-------
  90 |-3-----3-----3---|-2-----2-----2---|-1-----1-----0---|-0--(0)--2------- etc
  91 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2--(2)----------
  92 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------
  93 </pre>
  94 <pre class="verse">
  95 G                            Am
  96 They say ev'ry man must need protection,
  97 Bm              D        G          C/g   G
  98  They say ev'ry man must fall.
  99 G                       Am
 100  Yet I swear I see my reflection
 101 Bm            D              G      C/g   G
 102 Some place so high above the wall.
 103 </pre>
 104
 105 <pre class="refrain">
 106 G                   Am
 107 I see my light come shining
 108 Bm       D                G
 109 From the west down to the east.
 110 G            Am
 111 Any day now, any day now,
 112 Bm      D    G
 113 I shall be released.
 114 </pre>
 115
 116 <pre class="verse">
 117 Down here next to me in this lonely crowd,
 118 there's a man who swears he's not to blame.
 119 All day long I hear him cry so loud,
 120 Callin' out that he's been framed.
 121 </pre>
 122
 123 <pre class="refrain">
 124 I see my light come shining
 125 From the west down to the east.
 126 Any day now, any day now,
 127 I shall be released.
 128 </pre>
 129
 130 <hr />
 131
 132 <h2 class="songversion">Live 1975 version</h2>
 133
 134 <p>Capo 2nd fret</p>
 135
 136 <pre class="verse">
 137 |: G . . C/g  :|
 138
 139 G [n.c.]                       Am(7)
 140   They say ev'rything can be replaced,
 141 Bm(7)     D               G          C/g  G
 142 Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
 143 G                   Am(7)
 144 So I remember ev'ry face
 145 Bm(7)    D              G
 146 Of ev'ry man who put me here.
 147 </pre>
 148
 149 <pre class="refrain">
 150 G                    Am
 151  I see my light come shining
 152 Bm        D             G
 153  From the west unto the east.
 154 G            Am
 155  Any day now, any day now,
 156 Bm . . D            G
 157        I shall be released.
 158 </pre>
 159
 160 <hr />
 161
 162 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
 163 <pre class="chords">
 164 G#m7     464444
 165 F#m7     242222
 166 A#o      x12020
 167 B11      x22222
 168 </pre>
 169 <pre class="verse">
 170 E             G#m            F#m
 171  They say ev'rything can be replaced,
 172 E          G#m             F#m
 173  Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
 174 E       G#m          F#m
 175  So I remember ev'ry face
 176 E        G#m            F#m
 177 Of ev'ry man who put me here.
 178 </pre>
 179
 180 <pre class="bridge">
 181 E         G#m7       F#m7
 182  I see my light come shining
 183 D         A             E
 184  From the west unto the east.
 185 E    G#m7    F#m7
 186  Any day now, any day now,
 187
 188 E  E/g#  A  A#o  E/b
 189
 190 [B11         E]
 191 I shall be released.
 192 </pre>
 193
 194 <hr />
 195
 196 <h2 class="songversion">Alternate lyrics</h2>
 197
 198 <p> From the Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute, Washington, DC January 20, 1986 </p>
 199
 200 <p class="verse"> They say every man needs protection<br />
 201 They say that every man must fall<br />
 202 I swear I see my own reflection<br />
 203 Somewhere so high above this wall</p>
 204 <p class="refrain">
 205 I see my light come shinin'<br />
 206 I don't need no doctor or no priest<br />
 207 Any day now, any day now<br />
 208 I shall be released</p>
 209 <p class="verse">It don't take much to be a criminal<br />
 210 One wrong move and they'll turn you into one<br />
 211 At first decay is just subliminal<br />
 212 To protect yourself and your forever on the run</p>
 213 <p class="refrain">
 214 I see my light come shinin'<br />
 215 I don't need no doctor or no priest<br />
 216 Any day now, any day now<br />
 217 I shall be released
 218 </p>
 219 <p class="verse"> He will find you where your stayin'<br />
 220 Even in the arms of somebody elses wife<br />
 221 Your laughin' now, you should be prayin'<br />
 222 To be in the midnight hour of your life </p>
 223 <p class="refrain">I see my light come shinin'<br />
 224  I don't need no doctor or no priest<br />
 225  Any day now, any day now<br />
 226  I shall be released
 227 </p>
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