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Pls email suggestions cos I think a few chords might be wrong.
Play on a nylon classical in standard tuning.
     Am= x02210
      C= x32010
    C/B= x20010 (this is actually Cadd9/B)
 C+    = x32110
 C6    = x32210 ** see bottom for suggested fingering
     Dm= x00231
 Fmaj7 = 133210 (Fadd9 = 1x3213) - used in places instead of Fmaj7
     G7= 320031
      G= 32003x
intro:
rain effects, synths and random picking of Cmajor
[00:37] ||C     |C     |Dm    |G7    | Pick these 8 bars before singing
        ||  C  C+ | C6  C+ | DmDo |    G7| **
CWho-o cares for the Dmlife we've G7earned
Csomeone's sold all the Dmtruth you G7yearned
AmrememGber Fmaj7when   Gwe used to sChinC/BeAm  G  
and Fmaj7had   Gno Amfear Gor sense of Ctime
     C  C+  C6  C+
   (it creeps up on you)
Cyou can't cry now there's Dmnothing to G7fear (feel?)
Cand no one's noticed our Dmloneline - G7ess
AmrememGber Fmaj7when    Gyou used to teCasC/BeAm  G  
and Fmaj7made  Gus Amscream Geternal Ctime
CI believe that you'll Dmalways be G7here
cos Conce you promised a Dmlife with no G7fear
Amplease Gdon't Fmaj7break  Gmy CideaC/BlsAm  G  
     Fmaj7        G   Am              G      C  C+    C6  C  
and say   what's fake was always re - al
AmI  Gwas the Fmaj7one,   Gno ClongC/Ber   Am(whooGo)
Fmaj7take  Gme Amback aCgain
also included a suggested fingering for playing the Dm and Ddim chords.  I think these are played during 
  Cmajoroooooo   oCaugooooo   ooC6oooo   ooDmoooo
  ||||1|   |||21|   ||||1|   |||1|2 (release 3rd for Do)
  ||3|||   ||3|||   ||32||   |||3||
  |4()||   |4()||   |4()||   ||()4|
  ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||
The numbers refer to the finger to place on that fret (obviously)

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Shine

by Muse

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

Cadd9

Fmaj7

Cmajor

Caug

Pls email suggestions cos I think a few chords might be wrong.

Play on a nylon classical in standard tuning.

= x02210

= x32010

C/B Cadd9

= x20010 (this is actually /B)

+ = x32110

C6 = x32210 ** see bottom for suggested fingering

= x00231

Fmaj7 = 133210 (Fadd9 = 1x3213) - used in places instead of Fmaj7

= 320031

= 32003x

intro:

rain effects, synths and random picking of Cmajor

[00:37] ||C |C |Dm |G7 | Pick these 8 bars before singing

C C C6 C Dm G7

|| + | + | Do | | **

C Dm G7

Who-o cares for the life we've earned

C Dm G7

someone's sold all the truth you yearned

Am G Fmaj7 G C C/B Am G

remember when we used to shine

Fmaj7 G Am G C

and had no fear or sense of time

C C C6 C

+ +

(it creeps up on you)

C Dm G7

you can't cry now there's nothing to fear (feel?)

C Dm G7

and no one's noticed our loneline - ess

Am G Fmaj7 G C C/B Am G

remember when you used to tease

Fmaj7 G Am G C

and made us scream eternal time

C Dm G7

I believe that you'll always be here

C Dm G7

cos once you promised a life with no fear

Am G Fmaj7 G C C/B Am G

please don't break my ideals

Fmaj7 G Am G C C C6 C

and say what's fake was always re - al

Am G Fmaj7 G C C/B Am G

I was the one, no longer (whooo)

Fmaj7 G Am C

take me back again

also included a suggested fingering for playing the Dm and Ddim chords. I think these are played during

Cmajor Caug C6 Dm

oooooo oooooo oooooo oooooo

||||1| |||21| ||||1| |||1|2 (release 3rd for Do)

||3||| ||3||| ||32|| |||3||

|4()|| |4()|| |4()|| ||()4|

|||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

The numbers refer to the finger to place on that fret (obviously)

About Shine Chords by Muse

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