Shine On Lyrics

Chris de Burgh - Shine On
From the albums: Power of Ten (1992) and Beautiful Dreams (1995)
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The chords I wrote here match the song Shine On from the album Beautiful Dreams,
Though they can also be played along the original from the album Power of Ten.
Verse 1:
I was looking at a photograph,
Taken in a garden long before the war,
And out on the lawn,
There were old men and dogs and little children,
All of them gone.. forever
Verse 2:
There were people by the waterside,
Standing in the same place where I am today,
Nothing has changed,
But you know, that time is moving like a river,
It can only be love.. forever
Pre-Chorus:
Aaaah Aaaah Ooooh Ooooh
Chorus:
We shine on, brighter than the sun,
Live for every moment, before the moment's gone,
We shine on, you and me tonight,
Way across the universe,
Burning like a fire in the night
Verse 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
Verse 4:
And I was looking at a photograph,
Taken from a window way above the world,
We've got to learn,
We must leave here a garden for our children,
When we are gone.. forever
Pre-Chorus:
Aaaah Aaaah Ooooh Ooooh
Chorus:
We shine on, brighter than the sun,
Live for every moment, before the moment's gone,
We shine on, you and me tonight,
Way across the universe,
Burning like a fire in the night
Shine on...
Leave here a garden for the children,
Leave here a new world, Oooh
In the night, in the night
Burning like a fire in the night...
Here are the number of counts for every chord to make it easier for you.
This will help you a lot if you want to play this song on piano,
But pay attention to some chords like the
(F-4) in the verses is played in 2 different keys, one low and one higher key.
Bpm = 80.52 total: 296 counts = 37 parts of 8 counts.
Verses: (F-6) (D-2) (Gm-4) (Bbm-4)
Pre-Chorus: (Bb-4) (C-4) (Bb-4) (C-4)
First Chorus: (F-2) (C-2) (Dm-2) (F-2) (Bb-2) (F-2) (Gm-2) (C-2)
Second Chorus + Ending:
(Bb-4) (C-4) (Bb-6) (C-2) (F-8) You can fade out here