Quite a straightforward rocked up soul ballad, The Bayonet’s Vagabond Soul boasts a backing/harmony vocal from Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler. Musically it features some sweet chord changes as well as a switch from a cool 4/4 to a pent up 3/4 towards the end of it’s chorus.
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Vagabond Soul
(intro)
E _ B _ C#m
E _ B _ C#m
(verse)
E ___________________ B_________B _ Bb
_ I saw my father give up on his dreams
A___________________C#m
_ Watched his reflection float downstream
A ____________________G________F# _______ E
_ I found a key to my soul, _ in radio, _ rock ‘n’ roll
(power chords) B _ C _ C# _ D _ Eb _ Eb
A thousand summer days and suitcase nights
I found myself under stadium lights
Never once in my life
did I wonder why, or who am I
(power chords) B _ C
(chorus)
C#m_____________________ A ____ E
_ Down these endless streets I wander on
C#m___________________ A __ E
_ Searching for a place where I belong
C#m_____________________ A
_ Slayed my dragons now that they’re all gone
_______ G _______ A _______ G _________ A
There’s no end to the road as the years come and go
G ______A _____ E ___ B __ C#m
_ For my vagabond soul
(verse)
If I knew back then what I know now
Would I have lived this life anyhow?
Somewhere my father can see
His dreams alive inside of me
(power chords) B _ C _ C# _ D _ Eb _ Eb
(solo)
E _ B _ Am _ C#m
A _ G _ F# _ E
B _ C
(chorus)
Down these endless streets I wander on
Searching for a place where I belong
Slayed my dragons now that they’re all gone
There’s no end to the road as the years come and go
For my vagabond soul
Cos it’s all that I know the life that I chose
For this vagabond soul
There’s no end to the road as the years come and go
For my vagabond soul
(outro)
G _ A _ G _ A _ G _ A _ E
G _ A _ G _ A _ G _ A _ E
G _ A _ G _ A _ G _ A _ E
G _ A _ G _ A _ G _ A _ E _ B _ C#m _ E
Josh Gill 