my soul is stolen
My Soul Is Stolen
Submitted by Laurence Booth
DADGAD tuning
Capo 5th Fret
Note: Justin plays the open top D string over the F#m7 chord for added flavour.
Dsus2 D Dmaj7 F#m7 G A7sus4 A7 A/C#
D----------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------2---------0
A----------0---------0---------4---------0---------2---------0---------0---------0
G----------2---------2---------2---------2---------0---------0---------0---------2
D----------2---------4---------4---------2---------0---------2---------2---------2
A----------0---------0---------0---------4---------2---------0---------0---------4
D----------0---------0---------0---------4---------0---------X---------X---------X
[Intro]
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
[Verse 1]
D F#m7
Silence in the house
G F#m7
Balanced on the balcony
G
Just a breath of wind could
D A/C# A7sus4 A7
Set it all tumbling free
[Verse 2]
D F#m7
Look into my throat
G F#m7
Whoeverís singing isnít me
G
Cos Iím a prisoner of
D A/C# A7sus4 A7
Who all you listeners might be
[Chorus]
Dmaj7
Cos my soul is stolen
F#m7
Taken in my shallow youth
G
And Iíd love you all to look but
A7 Dmaj7
Hate if you mistook it for truth
(Dmaj7)
My soul is stolen
F#m7
I took it from a girl I knew
G
And I covered it with trinkets
A7 D
So that maybe you would think it was you
[Guitar solo]
D F#m7 G F#m7 G D A/C# A7sus4 A7 D
[Verse 3]
D F#m7
Silence in the house
G F#m7
Wherever can I be
G
Iím on the rooftop calling
D F#m7
As all your souls are falling
G A7 D
Like rain into the heart of me
Normal Tuning Version by Martin Byrnes
G Bm C Bm
Silence in the house, balanced on the balcony,
C G D Dsus4 D
Just a breath of wind could send it all tumbling free.
G Bm C Bm
Look into my throat, whoever's singing isn't me,
C G D Dsus4 D
'Cos I'm a prisoner of who all you listeners might be.
G Bm Bm7 Bm Bm7
'Cos my soul is stolen, taken in my shallow youth,
C D
And I'd like you to look, but hate if you mistook it for
G
truth.
Bm
My soul is stolen, I took it from a girl I knew,
C D
And I covered it with trinkets so that maybe you
G
would think it was you.
Bm C Bm
Silence in the house, wherever can I be?
C G
I'm on the rooftop callin', as all your souls are fallin'
C D G
Like rain into the heart of me.