Shine on (video)

C - G - Am - F

C

1. When all the world is staying home,

G

and the only voice is on the phone,

Am C F

and the tv and the radio just scream.

C

And the city lords are making laws

G

to keep us all behind closed doors,

Am C F

and slowly your life turns into a dream.

G C

And it isn’t yours and it isn’t mine,

G C F - C - G

while we’re looking for a place to shine and glo............w.

C F G

Shine on, like a pearl inside a shell,

C F G

shine on, like a lily in a vale,

C F G C - G

shine on, when the city lights are gone, shine on !

C

2. When the whole world’s sick with the same disease

G

and nations fall down on their knees

Am C F

and time is running out to find a cure,

C

that’s when you hear the earth breathe out

G

nature’s force is thrown in doubt,

Am C F

throw down in the rivers strong and pure.

G C

When the ocean beats the shore in time,

G C F - C - G

overhead the sun still shines and glo.........ws.

C F G

Shine on, like a song of Italy,

C F G

shine on, like a lighthouse on the sea,

C F G

shine on, when the city lights are gone,

C - G C - G

shine on, shine on !

Am Em

+ All around the people fell, the doctors came to make them well,

F C

but soon they saw the great mistake they’d made.

Am

While they saw to it the stars and moon

Em

were only dancing to their tune

F G

they failed to see the piper wasn’t paid.

C F G

Shine on, like a diamond in the mine,

C F G

shine on, like the spirit of mankind,

C F G

shine on, when the city lights are gone,

C - G C - G

shine on, shine on !

C

3. So help the fragile and the weak,

G

the lonely, too afraid to speak,

Am C F

help the ones who don’t know what to do.

C

Be responsible and kind,

G

use your sense, use your mind,

Am C F

and use your light to guide them safely through.

G C

And leave the angels to their rounds,

G C

see they have their masks and gowns

G C F - C - G

when at last the cure is found they’ll kno............w.

C F G

Shine on, like a pearl inside a shell,

C F G

shine on, like a lily in the vale !

C F G

Shine on, like a song of Italy,

C F G

shine on, like a lighthouse on the sea !

C F G

Shine on, like a diamond in the mine,

C F G

shine on, like the spirit of mankind,

C - F - G C - F - G

shine o..............n, shine o..............n.

C - F - G C - F - G

+ Shine o..............n, shine o...............n !

C - F - G C - G - C

Shine on ! Shine on !

(orig. = capo 4th) (Reg Meuross)