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Our Shangri-La
Mark Knopfler
(Album: Shangri-La)
[Intro]
|  E|  F#m|  A|  E|
[Verse 1]
It's the Eend of a perfect day
For F#msurfer boys and girls
The Asun's dropping down in the bay
And Efalling off the Bworld
There's a Ediamond in the sky
Our F#mevening star
In Aour shangri-ElaB  
[Verse 2]
Get that Efire burning strong
F#mRight here and right now
It's Ahere and then it's gone
There's no Esecret, anyBhow
We may Enever love again
To the F#mmusic of guitars
In Aour shangri-Ela
[Chorus 1]
ATonight your beauty burns
  G#mInto my mF#emory
  F#mThe wheel of heaven turns
  AAbove us endlessly
This is Eall the heaven we've got
F#mRight here where we are
In Aour shangri-ElaB  
[Interlude]
|  E|  E|  F#m|  F#m|  A|  A|  E|  B|  B|
|  E|  E|  F#m|  F#m|  A|  A|  E|  E|
[Chorus 2]
ATonight your beauty burns
  G#mInto my mF#emory
  F#mThe wheel of heaven turns
  AAbove us endlessly
This is Eall the heaven we've got
F#mRight here where we are
In Aour shangri-Ela
In Aour shangri-Ela
In Aour shangri-Ela
|  A|  A|  E|  E|
Repeat to fade

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Our Shangri-La

by Mark Knopfler

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F#m

G#m

Our Shangri-La

Mark Knopfler

(Album: Shangri-La)

[Intro]

E F#m A E

| | | | |

[Verse 1]

It's the end of a perfect day

F#m

For surfer boys and girls

The sun's dropping down in the bay

E B

And falling off the world

There's a diamond in the sky

F#m

Our evening star

A E B

In our shangri-la

[Verse 2]

Get that fire burning strong

F#m

Right here and right now

It's here and then it's gone

E B

There's no secret, anyhow

We may never love again

F#m

To the music of guitars

A E

In our shangri-la

[Chorus 1]

Tonight your beauty burns

G#m F#

Into my memory

F#m

The wheel of heaven turns

Above us endlessly

This is all the heaven we've got

F#m

Right here where we are

A E B

In our shangri-la

[Interlude]

E E F#m F#m A A E B B

| | | | | | | | | |

E E F#m F#m A A E E

| | | | | | | | |

[Chorus 2]

Tonight your beauty burns

G#m F#

Into my memory

F#m

The wheel of heaven turns

Above us endlessly

This is all the heaven we've got

F#m

Right here where we are

A E

In our shangri-la

A E

In our shangri-la

A E

In our shangri-la

A A E E

| | | | |

Repeat to fade

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