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TITEL: Shine On
INTERPRET: Chris DeBurgh
TEMPO: medium
Key: D  
[1.]
DI was looking at a D/C#photograph D/Ctaken in a garden D/Blong before the Emwar
And out on the Gmlawn
There were Dold men and D/C#dogs and little D/Bchildren Dall of them Emgone DfoAsus4reverA  
[2.]
DAnd there were people by the D/C#waterside D/Cstanding in the same place D/Bwhere I am Emtoday
Nothing has Gmchanged
but you know Dthat time is D/C#moving like a D/Briver it Dcan only be Emlove DfoAsus4reverA  
G/Bah   Asus4ah    aAh   G/Buh   Asus4uh    Auh
[CHORUS:]
We Dshine Aon, Gbrighter than the Dsun Glive for every Dmoment, Gbefore the moment's Agone
We Dshine Aon, Gyou and me toDnight Gway across the Duniverse
GBurning like a Afire in the G/BnightAsus4  A  G/B  Asus4  A  
[3.]
There are those who can never cross The space between a father and a son
When they are young
We must say all the words that should be spoken before they are lost forever
[4.]
And I was locking at a photograph taken from a window way above the world
And we've got to learn
We must leave here a garden for our children when we are gone forever
G/Bah   Asus4ah     Aah  G/Buh   Asus4uh    Auh
[CHORUS:]
We Dshine Aon, Gbrighter than the Dsun Glive for every Dmoment, Gbefore the moment's Agone
We Dshine Aon, Gyou and me toDnight GWay across the Duniverse.
Burning like a fire in the night.
[BRIDGE:]
(Like Chorus)
ALeave here a gDarden Afor the Gchildren Dleave here a Gnew Dworld  uGh  uh  Auh
G/BIn   Asus4the    Anight, G/Bin   Asus4the   Anight      GBurning like a Afire in the Dnight

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Shine On

by Chris de Burgh

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/C#

D/C

D/B

Asus4

G/B

TITEL: Shine On

INTERPRET: Chris DeBurgh

TEMPO: medium

Key:

[1.]

D D/C# D/C D/B Em

I was looking at a photograph taken in a garden long before the war

And out on the lawn

D D/C# D/B D Em D Asus4 A

There were old men and dogs and little children all of them gone forever

[2.]

D D/C# D/C D/B Em

And there were people by the waterside standing in the same place where I am today

Nothing has changed

D D/C# D/B D Em D Asus4 A

but you know that time is moving like a river it can only be love forever

G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A

ah ah ah uh uh uh

[CHORUS:]

D A G D G D G A

We shine on, brighter than the sun live for every moment, before the moment's gone

D A G D G D

We shine on, you and me tonight way across the universe

G A G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A

Burning like a fire in the night

[3.]

There are those who can never cross The space between a father and a son

When they are young

We must say all the words that should be spoken before they are lost forever

[4.]

And I was locking at a photograph taken from a window way above the world

And we've got to learn

We must leave here a garden for our children when we are gone forever

G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A

ah ah ah uh uh uh

[CHORUS:]

D A G D G D G A

We shine on, brighter than the sun live for every moment, before the moment's gone

D A G D G D

We shine on, you and me tonight Way across the universe.

Burning like a fire in the night.

[BRIDGE:]

(Like Chorus)

A D A G D G D G A

Leave here a garden for the children leave here a new world uh uh uh

G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A G A D

In the night, in the night Burning like a fire in the night

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