Shine on   (1990)     (video)

 

    Am - C - F (3x)   - Am - D - C

 

  Am                                C           F    - Am                               C          F

1.    In a garden in the house of love,       sitting lonely on a plastic chair,

Am                                         C          F   - Am                     - D              C

    the sun is cruel when he hides away,        I need a sister,    I‘ll just stay.

 

    Am                    C      F    - Am                        C           F

2.     A little girl, a little guy,          in a church or in a school,

Am                                 C             F   - Am                      - D                C

    little Jesus, are you watching me?         I‘m so young,      just eighteen.

 

  Am    F                         Am     F                         Am

She, she she she shine on ! She she she shine on !

    F                         G

She she she shine on.

 

    Am                              C          F      

3.    In a garden in the house of love,

Am                                           C         F

    there‘s nothing real, just a coat of arms,

Am                                         C           F   - Am              - D                C

    I‘m not the pleasure that I used to be,        so young,      just eighteen.

 

  Am    F                         Am     F                         Am

She, she she she shine on ! She she she shine on !

    F                         G

She she she shine on.

 

   Bm               G         A                   Bm 

+      I don‘t know why I dream this way,

Bm                 D                G                     A

    the sky is purple and things are right every day.

Bm             G                         A                     Bm

    I don‘t know, it‘s just this world‘s so far away,

Bm                 D                         G              E 

    but I won‘t fight and I won‘t hate, well, not today.  

 

+  Am   - F - Am   - F - Am   - F - G

 

  Am                                C           F    - Am                               C         F 

4.    In a garden in the house of love,       sitting lonely on a plastic chair,

Am                                         C          F   - Am                     - D             C

    the sun is cruel when he hides away,        I need a sister,    I‘ll just stay.

 

  Am    F                         Am     F                         Am

She, she she she shine on ! She she she shine on !

    F                         G

She she she shine on.

 

         Am    F                         Am     F                         Am

Oh, she, she she she shine on ! She she she shine on !

    F                         G

She she she shine on.

 

             Am    F                         Am     F                         Am

+  Oh, she, she she she shine on ! She she she shine on !

        F                         G         G#       Am

    She she she shine on and on and on.

Am     Am     - Am           Am  - Am     Am       Am    - Am - Am    Am

       Shine !          Shine on !          Shone ! Shine !                  Shine !

 

 

    (The House of Love)