Soulshine Gov't Mule lead playing based on the version from the album Live...With a Little Help From our Friends ------------------------------------------------------------------ This song is in Bb major E|--------------------------------------------------------------- B|------------------------------------6-------------------------- G|------3--5--3--5b7--5b7~~~-----5b7----b7r5--3--5~~~------------ D|--/5----------------------------------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------- B|--------------------------------------------------------------- G|----3--3-----3--5---3---5b7r5-3----3-3-----3h5--3~~~----------- D|-/5-------5---------------------5-------5---------------------- A|--------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------13------------------- B|------11--13--11--13b15--13b15~~--13b15~~~--b15r13-11-11h13---- G|--/12---------------------------------------------------------- D|--------------------------------------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------- E|-----------------------------13b15~~~-13b15--13-10------------------------- B|------11-11-----11--13--11--------------------------13--11-13b15r13--11~~-- G|--/12--------12------------------------------------------------------------ D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSE 1 Bb F Eb Bb When you can't find the light, to guide you through a cloudy day Bb F Eb Bb When the stars ain't shining bright, and you feel like you've lost your way Bb F Eb Bb When the candle light at home, burn so very far away Bb F Gm Ab Well you gotta let your soul shine, just like my Daddy used to say CHORUS 1 Bb F Used to say: soulshine, better than sunshine Eb Bb better than moonshine, damn sure better than rain F well people don't mind, we all feel this way sometimes Gm Ab Bb You gotta let your soul shine, shine 'till the break of day VERSE 2 Bb F Eb Bb Grew up thinkin I had it made, would gonna make it on my own Bb F Eb Bb Life can make the strongest man, make him feel so alone Bb F Eb Bb Now sometimes I feel a cold wind, blowin' thru my aching bones Bb F Gm Ab I think back to what my Daddy said, he said boy in this darkness before the dawn CHORUS 2 BRIDGE Gm Eb Sometimes a man can feel this emptyness Bb Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul D Eb A woman too, lord knows, she can feel like this Ab But hey, when your world seems cold F You got to let your spirit take control SOLO (VERSE + BRIDGE) CHORUS 3 SOLO ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bb F Eb Gm Ab D E|-6----1-----1-----8----3----6---3----4-----2----5---| B|-6----3-----1----10----4----8---3----4-----3----7---| G|-7-or-3-----2-or-10----3-or-8---3----5-----2-or-7---| D|-8----3-----3----10---------8---5----6-----0----7---| A|-8----1-----3-----8---------6---5----6----------5---| E|-6----------1-------------------3----4--------------|