The spirit of man    (intro)

 

    G - C - D (4x)

 

             G                            C                 G

1. I'm chasing a shadow, I can't see a thing,

           C                                                       G

    it's dipping and diving like a bird on the wing,

                      C                                D                     G    

    and every time I get near it just seems to slip away.

                    G                            C                   G

2. There's a fighter inside who will never give up,

           C                                                   G

    we are what we are, and it's never enough,

                     C                                         D                      G     - C-G

    write the words in the sand that this man will come again.

 

                   Bm                                                          C

    You may run from the sea, and the words disappear,

                         Bm                                                    C               D

    oh, you may fall to your knees, but the power is here, to survive.

            D           G     - C

    It's shining again !

            D           G                         C

    It's shining again, the spirit of man ! (2x)

            D           G

    It's shining again !

 

                 G                                   C                G

3. Ah, remember the first day of man on the moon,

              C                                                                G

    the whole world was watching, a whole world in tune,

                C                                        D                         G     - C-G

    it was hard to believe he was the same as me and you.

                     G                                C                      G

4. Oh, look back to the future and look down the years,

          C                                                      G

    it wasn't all battles and bad news and tears,

                      C                                    D                      G     - C-G

    we have brought to this place a desire to have a dream.

 

                   Bm                                                     C

    We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,

                    Bm                                     C                   D

    oh, in the darkest hour the spirit of man comes to life.

 

 

 

 

 

            D           G                         C

    It's shining again, the spirit of man ! (3x)

             D         Em

    It's shining again !

 

                   G                           C                            D

    And we work, aha, for the good things that we can have,

                      G                         C               D

    yeah, we work, aha, for the family and home.

                       G                       C                         D

    Yeah, we work, aha, for the D-Mark and the dollar,

                      G                          C                       D

    yeah, we work, aha, for the woman on the phone.

                       G                           C               D

    Yeah, we work, aha, for that moment of elation,

                      G                        C                     D

    yeah, we work, aha, for a chance to get away.

                   G                        C            D

    And we work, aha, just to let imagination

                 Eb                            D

    come inside and take me away !       + G - C - G - C - D - G

 

                   Bm                                                     C

    We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,

                    Bm                                     C                   D

    oh, in the darkest hour the spirit of man comes to life.

             D          G                         C               - D

    It's shining again, the spirit of man ! (4x)

 

+ G - C - D (4x) ….

 

    (Chris de Burgh)