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Chris De Burgh - Quiet Revolution
(## NOTE 1: ~ = walk down from C on the A-string ##)
(## NOTE 2: In the OUTRO, walk down F on the D-string ##)
There's a Gquiet RevoDlution going Gon
Like a fire in every D7corner of the Gworld
And Bmfriends that you have known for many Emyears
Are Ctalking with a Gnew light inDside
CTalking with a Gbrightness in their Deyes
There are Gquiet converDsations going Gon
As people speak aD7bout what they have Gseen
And Bmeverywhere the feeling's getting Emstronger
That Csoon there will be Gchange in our Dsus4livesD  
From a Amthousand years of Emlooking in the Dsus4skyD  
                     C~ ~ D  
Something's coming up
                     C~ ~ D  
Something's coming up
CHORUS:
You will beGlieve it when
You will beEmlieve it
              C~           Am  D  
When the light comes shining through
You will beGlieve it when
You will beEmlieve it
             C~         D7  G  
When it's shining down on you
There are Gquiet celeDbrations going Gon
So many have been D7waiting for so Glong
To Bmsee the whole world waking from a Emdream
And Cfind a new diGmension inDsus4sideD  
See a Amrevelation Emin our Dsus4timeD  
                     C~ ~ D  
Something's coming up
                     C~ ~ D  
Something's coming up
CHORUS:
You will beGlieve it when
You will beEmlieve it
              C~           Am  D  
When the light comes shining through
You will beGlieve it when
You will beEmlieve it
             C~         D7  G  
When it's shining down on you
BRIDGE:
We must Bbguard against the enemy
CThey can help us or they can beC7tray us in the night
(Don't talk, don't talk)
But this Ebquiet revolution
Can deAbstroy the man of darkness with that D7sus4love
CHORUS:
You will beGlieve it when
You will beEmlieve it
              C~           Am  D  
When the light comes shining through
You will beGlieve it when
You will beEmlieve it
             C~         D7  G  
When it's shining down on you
OUTRO:
You will beClieve it when
You will beAmlieve it
              F~           Dm  G  
When the light comes shining through
You will beClieve it when
You will beAmlieve it
             F~         G7      C  Am  
When it's shining down on you
             F~         G7    C  
When it's shining down on you
Shining on Abyou, shining on Cyou

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Quiet Revolution

by Chris de Burgh

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Dsus4

D7sus4

Chris De Burgh - Quiet Revolution

(## NOTE 1: ~ = walk down from C on the A-string ##)

(## NOTE 2: In the OUTRO, walk down F on the D-string ##)

G D G

There's a quiet Revolution going on

D7 G

Like a fire in every corner of the world

Bm Em

And friends that you have known for many years

C G D

Are talking with a new light inside

C G D

Talking with a brightness in their eyes

G D G

There are quiet conversations going on

D7 G

As people speak about what they have seen

Bm Em

And everywhere the feeling's getting stronger

C G Dsus4 D

That soon there will be change in our lives

Am Em Dsus4 D

From a thousand years of looking in the sky

C D

~ ~

Something's coming up

C D

~ ~

Something's coming up

CHORUS:

You will believe it when

You will believe it

C Am D

When the light comes shining through

You will believe it when

You will believe it

C D7 G

When it's shining down on you

G D G

There are quiet celebrations going on

D7 G

So many have been waiting for so long

Bm Em

To see the whole world waking from a dream

C G Dsus4 D

And find a new dimension inside

Am Em Dsus4 D

See a revelation in our time

C D

~ ~

Something's coming up

C D

~ ~

Something's coming up

CHORUS:

You will believe it when

You will believe it

C Am D

When the light comes shining through

You will believe it when

You will believe it

C D7 G

When it's shining down on you

BRIDGE:

We must guard against the enemy

C C7

They can help us or they can betray us in the night

(Don't talk, don't talk)

But this quiet revolution

Ab D7sus4

Can destroy the man of darkness with that love

CHORUS:

You will believe it when

You will believe it

C Am D

When the light comes shining through

You will believe it when

You will believe it

C D7 G

When it's shining down on you

OUTRO:

You will believe it when

You will believe it

F Dm G

When the light comes shining through

You will believe it when

You will believe it

F G7 C Am

When it's shining down on you

F G7 C

When it's shining down on you

Ab C

Shining on you, shining on you

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