Verse 1 C When I was a young boy E7 F My daddy sat me down N.C. He said, "Son, don't you never go F F/E Dm7 C G7 To the dark side of town" Verse 2 C I'm talkin' downtown Memphis E7 See that's where the black folk play F And I said, "Yes, sir, daddy" F F/E Dm7 C And then I snuck down any - way Verse 3 C E7 See, never was taught to read none F And, no, never taught to write F The only thing my daddy taught F F/E Dm7 C Was that white should stay with white Pre-chorus G But I heard it through the alleys F And it floated on the breeze C C/B Am Am/G It burst out through the doorways F G And it knocked me to my knees Chorus C F C Csus4 Oh it broke down all my senses C F C Csus4 It made me feel so whole G C G See I was lost until I found F F/E Dm7 C The music of my soul F F/E Dm7 C The music of my soul Verse 4 C Then one day my Daddy died E7 And we laid him in his grave F And my mamma, she cried and cried and cried F F/E Dm7 C And prayed that he'd be saved Verse 5 C But all I felt was pity E7 F For he never understood F How could people be so bad F F/E Dm7 C That made me feel so good? Pre-Chorus G G/F# It whipped right through my body and it F Grabbed me by my heart C C/B Am Am/G It shot up from my fingertips F G And it tore me right a-part Chorus C F C Csus4 It broke down all my senses C F C Csus4 It made me feel so whole G C G And I will love it till the day I die F F/E Dm7 C The music of my soul, yeah! Chorus C F C Csus4 It broke down all my senses C F C Csus4 It made me feel so whole C F C Csus4 See I was lost until I found C F C I was deaf until I heard Outro G C G I'll make this world come around to F F/E Dm7 C The music of my soul F F/E Dm7 G C The music of my soul
