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 CI am the mesAmsiah Emand the king of Gkings
 CAnd I lead the emAmpire Emand the emperor Gsings
 CBut I know where I Amcame from, Emthe land of weapons and Gfists
 CI understand the Ampower of song, and that Emdreams are made of Gthis
 AmFor this is rock n Croll
 AmI’ve got a rock n roll Csoul
 AmAnd we are freedom Cfighters
 GFor now…
 CShine on, Amshine on
 EmBefore the music Gpasses to you
CShine on, Amshine on
 EmBefore the music Gpasses through you…
 CWould you walk on a Amcrusade Emand swap your riches for Gpoor
 CWould lose all the Ammoney you make, because you Emknow what life is Gfor
 CWell I know where I Amcame from, Emthe land of souls Glost and won
 CI understand the Ampower of dreams and the Empower of Gsong
 AmFor this is rock n Croll
 AmI’ve got a rock n roll Csoul
 AmAnd we are freedom Cfighters
 GFor now…
 CShine on, Amshine on
 EmBefore the music Gpasses to you
 CShine on, Amshine on
 EmBefore the music Gpasses through you…
(You Cmake up these feelings that are Cso contrived to Cmake you feel in love to make you 
Cfeel alive, to Emgive a little reason to your Empointless world, while you’re Emmeanwhile 
forgetting you’re a Emstupid little Ggirl)
Am C Am C Am C G

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Shine On

by The Tunics

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C Am Em G

I am the messiah and the king of kings

C Am Em G

And I lead the empire and the emperor sings

C Am Em G

But I know where I came from, the land of weapons and fists

C Am Em G

I understand the power of song, and that dreams are made of this

Am C

For this is rock n roll

Am C

I’ve got a rock n roll soul

Am C

And we are freedom fighters

For now…

C Am

Shine on, shine on

Em G

Before the music passes to you

C Am

Shine on, shine on

Em G

Before the music passes through you…

C Am Em G

Would you walk on a crusade and swap your riches for poor

C Am Em G

Would lose all the money you make, because you know what life is for

C Am Em G

Well I know where I came from, the land of souls lost and won

C Am Em G

I understand the power of dreams and the power of song

Am C

For this is rock n roll

Am C

I’ve got a rock n roll soul

Am C

And we are freedom fighters

For now…

C Am

Shine on, shine on

Em G

Before the music passes to you

C Am

Shine on, shine on

Em G

Before the music passes through you…

C C C

(You make up these feelings that are so contrived to make you feel in love to make you

C Em Em Em

feel alive, to give a little reason to your pointless world, while you’re meanwhile

Em G

forgetting you’re a stupid little girl)

Am C Am C Am C G

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