Soul Mates | Chords + Lyrics (capo 4)
Intro
| C5 | C5 C/B | Am7 | Gsus4 | C5 C |
Verse 1
||: C5 | C5 C/B | Am7 Am | Am7 C/B :||
You’re the match that lights the fire, stepping stone across the mire. Soul mates to the end.
You’re the voice inside of me, bringing joy and harmony. Soul mates to the end.
Bridge 1
| Dm F | Am7 |
Let’s pack our bags so we can sail away, sail away.
| Dm F | Am7 Gsus4 |
Leave the city for the sea, the ocean’s calling me.
| Dm F | Am7 | Gsus4 C/G | Gsus4 C/G |
When we go back we can tell our friends what we have seen.
Chorus 1
| F Am | Gsus4 | Dm | Gsus4 C |
Close your eyes and feel the breeze, on the ocean. Hear the ocean, singing back to me.
| F Am | Gsus4 | Dm | Gsus4 | C | C |
Close your eyes and feel at peace. For a moment. For a moment, free.
Verse 2
Take my hand, let’s leave tonight, leave those aching thoughts behind. Soul mates to the end.
Write our names into the sand, see new islands, different towns. Soul mates to the end.
Bridge 2
Let’s pack our bags so we can sail away, sail away.
Leave the city for the sea, the ocean’s calling me.
When we go back we can tell our friends what we have seen.
Chorus 2
Close your eyes and feel the breeze, on the ocean. Hear the ocean, singing back to me.
| F Am | Gsus4 | Dm | Gsus4 | C | C C/B |
Close your eyes and feel at peace. For a moment. You’ll be lifted, free.
Outro
| C/E | Am F | Gsus4 | Am F |
And we’ll both be fine, fine. As we drift in time.
| C/E | Am F | Gsus4 | C | C |
And we’ll both feel fine, fine. Fine.
Soul Mates Chords | Learn the progressions
A far cry from indie rockers Feeder, Grant Nicholas’s gentle Soul Mates has some clever chord tricks we can all learn from if we want to write tunes.
In the key of C, we start with chord I, and move down to VI (the minor fall) before we linger on a Gsus4 before resolving back home again, like this:
| C5 | C5 C/B | Am7 | Gsus4 | C5 C |
Most memorable tunes use the concept of familiarity with a twist. In the case of Soul Mates chords, the familiarity is the common I – VI – V – I movement. The twist is the placement of the passing chord on beat 4.
Another tune that does this well is Avicii’s Wake Me Up. I always enjoy when I can find similarities between chord progression in songs that are as far apart as possible.
To get the picking pattern right and see that displaced chord on beat 4, you need TAB, here’s a link to that part of the lesson: Soul Mates guitar lesson with TAB.
The verse is similar to the intro but not the same, another great songwriting tip; make the changes subtle! This is the verse progression with Roman Numerals:
||: C5 (I) | C5 C/B (I/7) | Am7 (VI) Am | Am7 C/B :||
Again, it’s the placement of the passing chords that provides the variation and makes these simple chords sound new.
To wake the listener up, the bridge starts with chords II – IV – VI. II and IV have a feeling of moving on, VI is familiarity.
| Dm F | Am7 |
| Dm F | Am7 Gsus4 |
| Dm F | Am7 | Gsus4 C/G | Gsus4 C/G |
The Gsus4 we already heard in the intro, it is then varied with a C/G. You need TAB to get this right (follow the link above).
The third part of Soul Mates is the chorus. Here we start with chord IV before recycling previously used chords. The C chord before the repeat almost feels like a 2/4 bar, it’s not, but it feels like it (another twist!)
||: F Am | Gsus4 | Dm |1. Gsus4 C :||
|2. Gsus4 | C | C |
The outro introduces a new chord, a C/E, playing on the low string and the top 3 (check the TAB!), like this:
| C/E (I/3) | Am (VI) F (IV) | Gsus4 (V) | Am F |
| C/E | Am F | Gsus4 | C | C |
After you get the picking pattern down (use the TAB!) this simple chord chart is all you need to bring to the gig.
Soul Mates Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Soul Mates Chord Chart PDF.
This chart was created using iRealPro, here’s a link to that file: Soul Mates iReal Pro.
Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key which is useful if you want other instruments to play with you. On guitar, we think in the key of C but the capo makes the actual key E.
Soul Mates chords | Related Pages
Soul Mates | Guitar Lesson + TAB
In this guitar lesson, we study TAB for how to play Soul Mates on one acoustic guitar using a note-for-note transcription.
||: C5 | C5 C/B | Am7 Am | Am7 C/B :||
You’re the match that lights the fire, stepping stone across the mire…
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