Chris de Burgh - Shine On

titel : shine on
interpret : chris deburgh
tempo : medium
key : D

[ 1 . ]
D D/C# D/C D/B Em
i was looking at a photograph taken in a garden long before the war
Gm
and out on the lawn
D D/C# D/B D Em D Asus4 A
there were old men and dogs and little children all of them gone forever
[ 2 . ]
D D/C# D/C D/B Em
and there were people by the waterside standing in the same place where i Am today
Gm
nothing has changed
D D/C# D/B D Em D Asus4 A
but you know that time is moving like a river it can only be love forever
G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A
ah ah ah uh uh uh
[ chorus : ]
D A G D G D G A
we shine on , brighter than the sun live for every moment , before the moment’s gone
D A G D G D
we shine on , you and me tonight way across the universe
G A G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A
burning like a fire in the night
[ 3 . ]
there are those who can never cross the space between a father and a son
when they are young
we must say all the words that should be spoken before they are lost forever
[ 4 . ]
and i was locking at a photograph taken from a window way above the world
and we’ve got to learn
we must leave here a garden for our children when we are gone forever
G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A
ah ah ah uh uh uh
[ chorus : ]
D A G D G D G A
we shine on , brighter than the sun live for every moment , before the moment’s gone
D A G D G D
we shine on , you and me tonight way across the universe .
burning like a fire in the night .
[ bridge : ]
( like chorus )
A D A G D G D G A
leave here a garden for the children leave here a new world uh uh uh
G/B Asus4 A G/B Asus4 A G A D
in the night , in the night burning like a fire in the night