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Shine Over Babylon

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Standard tuning
Capo II
DI walked the heat of seven hills
AmEndless talk of losing wills
EmGreat highways in a constant melt
GMen and women and children all have overbuilt
DBuying bread and paying for none
AmCreatures of a waning sun
EmTeacher’s hands are overrun
GClowns and gypsies have all but gone
GYou make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon
You make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon
DFreedoms etched on Sacred pillars
AmHollow stones of mindless filler
EmCan lead to madman oil drillers
GWon’t be long before we all are killers
DLittle boy lost way up the mountains
AmCities drowning under boiling fountains
EmI dreamed of chilly, sunlit days
GI was trembling in a golden haze
GYou make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon
You make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon
DWe celebrate the golden cow
AmPraise the bloated bank account
EmIf there’s a god where is he now
GThe precipice is slipping further out
DSanskrit message from the mounts
AmLeave your possession, hope abounds
EmThere’s nothing here for you to cry about
GWe’re all just followers from here on out
DI take the stage, I walk the planks
AmI sing these songs with little thanks
EmI wait for shouts from crazy cranks
GI stand amidst the brown shirt ranks
DI found my way to Alexandria
AmWhere gurus bubble up on gangea
EmScavengers, they run up and hand ya
GAll the junk that should have damned ya
GYou make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon
You make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon
D  Am  Em  G
DIf everything in life was free
AmWe'd float in your own reverie
EmThe things that yo can't seem to see
GSeal the gap between you and me
GYou make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon
You make me wanna
AShCmaj7ine ovGer Babylon

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Shine Over Babylon

by Sheryl Crow

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Standard tuning

Capo II

I walked the heat of seven hills

Endless talk of losing wills

Great highways in a constant melt

Men and women and children all have overbuilt

Buying bread and paying for none

Creatures of a waning sun

Teacher’s hands are overrun

Clowns and gypsies have all but gone

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

Freedoms etched on Sacred pillars

Hollow stones of mindless filler

Can lead to madman oil drillers

Won’t be long before we all are killers

Little boy lost way up the mountains

Cities drowning under boiling fountains

I dreamed of chilly, sunlit days

I was trembling in a golden haze

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

We celebrate the golden cow

Praise the bloated bank account

If there’s a god where is he now

The precipice is slipping further out

Sanskrit message from the mounts

Leave your possession, hope abounds

There’s nothing here for you to cry about

We’re all just followers from here on out

I take the stage, I walk the planks

I sing these songs with little thanks

I wait for shouts from crazy cranks

I stand amidst the brown shirt ranks

I found my way to Alexandria

Where gurus bubble up on gangea

Scavengers, they run up and hand ya

All the junk that should have damned ya

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

D Am Em G

If everything in life was free

We'd float in your own reverie

The things that yo can't seem to see

Seal the gap between you and me

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

You make me wanna

A Cmaj7 G

Shine over Babylon

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