Apr102024

Divinyls- Bless My Soul Its Rock-N-Roll Chords on Piano and Ukulele

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These are Bless My Soul Its Rock-N-Roll by Divinyls on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.

[Intro]
A
 Hand me a prayer book
I need to be forgiven
A
I'm not even driving
I'm just being
      C5 A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 D5
driven

[Verse 1]
A
I've got a burning
fire in
me A potential for sin
A
Inspiration from
the devil
A
I'm full of
          C5 A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 D5
temptation
A
I've got affection for
trouble Hear the sirens
scream
A
I want to go somewhere
A
Where I've never
    C5 A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 D5
been

[Chorus]
E
A whole lot of people
G
Hear my plea
C      D
If you got an emotion
                  A
You got to set it free
E
A whole lot of people
G
hear my call
G D
I tell you no lies
    A
And that's all
D           C
Oh bless my soul
it's
Bm       A
rock and roll
A
Rock and roll
G
Bless my soul its
F#m      E
rock and roll
D
Rock rock rock
D        C
Bless my soul its
Bm       Am
rock and roll
E
Theres my soul its
rock and roll
D
There's no
C    E   A   C
easy way down

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[Verse 2]
C
It takes some time
D  C          A
It takes some time
D
It takes some time
C  A
to be a hero
A
I'll show you how
C  A
to do it
A
I'll show how it's
done
A
You can't let people go
A
You got to make them
    C5 A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 D5
come
A
Let the lightning strike
The thunder roll
A
Let me tell you buddy
That's rock 'n
    C5 A5 C5 A5 C5 A5 D5
roll

[Chorus]
E
A whole lot of people
G
Hear my plea
D
If you got an emotion
G          A
You got to set it free
E
A whole lot of people
G
Hear my call
D
I'll tell you no lies
    A         C
And that's all
D           C
Oh bless my soul
It's
Bm      A
rock 'n roll
A
Rock and roll
A        G
Bless my soul It's
F#m     E
rock 'n roll
D
Rock rock rock rock
D        C
Bless my soul its
Bm       Am
rock and roll
E
There's my soul
it's
rock and roll
D          C
There's no easy
    A
way down

[Solo]
C F C D E C D C D A

[Chorus]
A
A whole lot of people
Hear my plea
A
If you got an emotion
You
D             A
got to set it free
E
A whole lot of people
G
Hear my call
D
I'll tell you no lies
           A
And that's all
D           C
Oh bless my soul It's
Bm      A
rock 'n roll
A
Rock and roll
A        G
Bless my soul It's
F#m     E
rock 'n roll
D
Rock rock rock rock
D        C
Bless my soul its
Bm       Am
rock and roll
E
There's my soul it's
rock and roll
D          C
There's no easy way
A   C A D A D A
down

[Outro]
C        D
Bless my soul, it's
D       C
rock 'n roll
D
Bless my soul, it's
A
rock 'n roll
C     D  A
Bless my soul, it's
D       C   A D A
rock 'n roll

How to play Divinyls- Bless My Soul Its Rock-N-Roll: key, chords and progression

Divinyls- Bless My Soul Its Rock-N-Roll by Divinyls is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 12 chords: A, C5, A5, D5, E, G, C, D, Bm, F#m, Am and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – C5 – A5 – C5 (V – ♭VII – V – ♭VII in D major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm, F#m and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.