Chord/Tab song: Shine On

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:
[F] I was looking at a photograph,
Taken in a garden l[D]ong before the war,[Gm]
And out on the l[Bbm]awn,
There were[F] old men and d[Am]ogs and little childr[Dm]en,
All of them g[Gm]one.[F]. forever[C]

Verse 2:
[F] There were people by the waterside,
Standing in the same place wh[D]ere I am today,[Gm]
Nothing has ch[Bbm]anged,
But you know,[F] that time is m[Am]oving like a riv[Dm]er,
It can only be l[Gm]ove.[F]. forever[C]

Pre-Chorus:
[Bb]Aaaah [C]Aaaah [Bb]Ooooh [C]Ooooh

Chorus:
We[F] shine [C]on, br[Dm]ighter than the s[F]un,
L[Bb]ive for every m[F]oment, bef[Gm]ore the moment's g[C]one,
We[F] shine [C]on, y[Dm]ou and me ton[F]ight,
W[Bb]ay across the [F]universe,
B[Gm]urning like a f[C]ire in the n[F]ight[C][Bb][C]

Verse 3:
[F] There are those who can never cross,
The space between a f[D]ather and a son[Gm],
When they are y[Bbm]oung,
We must[F] say all the w[Am]ords that should be spok[Dm]en,
Before they are l[Bb]ost.[F]. forever[C]

Verse 4:
[F] And I was looking at a photograph,
Taken from a window w[D]ay above the world,[Gm]
We've got to l[Bbm]earn,
We must l[F]eave here a g[Am]arden for our childr[Dm]en,
When we are g[Gm]one.[F]. forever[C]

Pre-Chorus:
[Bb]Aaaah [C]Aaaah [Bb]Ooooh [C]Ooooh

Chorus:
We[F] shine [C]on, br[Dm]ighter than the s[F]un,
L[Bb]ive for every m[F]oment, bef[Gm]ore the moment's g[C]one,
We[F] shine [C]on, y[Dm]ou and me ton[F]ight,
W[Bb]ay across the [F]universe,
B[Gm]urning like a f[C]ire in the n[F]ight[C][Dm][F][Bb][F][Gm][C]

[F] Shine on.[C]..[Dm][F][Bb][F][Gm][C]
Leave here a g[F]arden[C] for the ch[Dm]ildren,[F]
Leave here a n[Bb]ew world,[F] [Gm]Ooo[C]h
In the n[Bb]ight[C], in the n[Bb]ight
Burning like a f[C]ire in the n[F]ight...

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)

(F-2) (Am-2) (Dm-4) (Gm-2) (F-4) (C-2)

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)
(F-2) (C-2) (Dm-2) (F-2) (Bb-2) (F-2) (Gm-2) (C-2) (F-6) (C-2) (Bb-4) (C-4)

Second Chorus + Ending:

(F-2) (C-2) (Dm-2) (F-2) (Bb-2) (F-2) (Gm-2) (C-2)
(F-2) (C-2) (Dm-2) (F-2) (Bb-2) (F-2) (Gm-2) (C-2)
(F-2) (C-2) (Dm-2) (F-2) (Bb-2) (F-2) (Gm-2) (C-2)
(F-2) (C-2) (Dm-2) (F-2) (Bb-2) (F-2) (Gm-2) (C-2)

(Bb-4) (C-4) (Bb-6) (C-2) (F-8) You can fade out here