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WEST ONE (SHINE ON ME) by THE RUTS
INTRO:    C#    C#      D      D       A      A      C#     C#      D       D       E      Estop
VERSE:
C#Lights are burning red and white, lDost on an island in the night
ARescue me O here I C#stay a traffic island Dcastaway, lost in a bar
EDeciding soon to make it straight
BREAK:   (strum each chord once)
          A   G( Bbass)            F#  G  
Out in the dark and on my own (shine on me)
I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)
VERSE:
Glass is smashed, its only champagne, it trickles down the drain
A treat for sewer rats, you are like a rat when you get high
People falling on the floor or running at the door
DAMPENED VERSE:
C#Lights in the night, Dburning red and white
AShine on me so I can see
C#Out in the cold,    Dout on my own (on my own)
EShine on me so I can see, shine on me...
BREAK-SOLO
C#  C#  D    D    A     A    C#    C#    D    D     E     E    E    E
STOP
GUITAR:             A   A( Gbass)       A( F#bass)      A( Gbass)   x1
         A   A( Gbass)       A( F#bass)      A( Gbass)
Out in the dark and on my own
I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)
Out in the dark, standing here alone
Out in the night where traffic warders roam
Out in an island, where you abandoned me
I am still burning, bright so I can see
Lights in the night, burning red and white
Shine on me so i can see, shine on me, shine on me
Shine on me so i can see, shine on me, shine on me
             Shine on me, shine on me, shine on me
             Shine on me, shine on me, shine on me
OUTRO GUITAR:
                 A   A( Gbass)   A( F#bass)  A( Gbass)
E------------------------------------------------------|
B-------2----------2-----------2-------------2---------|
G-----2---2-----2---2-------2---2----------2---2-------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A---0--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------3-----------2-------------3-------------|

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West One

by Ruts

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WEST ONE (SHINE ON ME) by THE RUTS

C# C# D D A A C# C# D D E E

INTRO: stop

VERSE:

C# D

Lights are burning red and white, lost on an island in the night

A C# D

Rescue me O here I stay a traffic island castaway, lost in a bar

Deciding soon to make it straight

BREAK: (strum each chord once)

A G B F# G

( bass)

Out in the dark and on my own (shine on me)

I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)

VERSE:

Glass is smashed, its only champagne, it trickles down the drain

A treat for sewer rats, you are like a rat when you get high

People falling on the floor or running at the door

DAMPENED VERSE:

C# D

Lights in the night, burning red and white

Shine on me so I can see

C# D

Out in the cold, out on my own (on my own)

Shine on me so I can see, shine on me...

BREAK-SOLO

C# C# D D A A C# C# D D E E E E

STOP

A A G A F# A G

GUITAR: ( bass) ( bass) ( bass) x1

A A G A F# A G

( bass) ( bass) ( bass)

Out in the dark and on my own

I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)

Out in the dark, standing here alone

Out in the night where traffic warders roam

Out in an island, where you abandoned me

I am still burning, bright so I can see

Lights in the night, burning red and white

Shine on me so i can see, shine on me, shine on me

Shine on me, shine on me, shine on me

OUTRO GUITAR:

A A G A F# A G

( bass) ( bass) ( bass)

E------------------------------------------------------|

B-------2----------2-----------2-------------2---------|

G-----2---2-----2---2-------2---2----------2---2-------|

D------------------------------------------------------|

A---0--------------------------------------------------|

E--------------3-----------2-------------3-------------|

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