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Shine A Light

Rolling Stones


Strum: D   D DU UD D DU

       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 

Verse 1 (hold each chord):

C                                   C/B

Saw you stretched out in Room Ten O Nine

           Am                                G

With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye

        F                                   C              G (½)    F (½)          C (½)  G (½)

Woah, couldn't seem to get a line on you, my sweet honey love

 

Verse 2:

C                        C/B

    Berber jew'lry jangling down the street

Am                                              G

Make you shut your eyes at ev'ry woman that you meet

F                                       C              G (½)    F (½)          C (½)  G (½)

   Could not seem to get a high on you, my sweet honey love

 

Chorus:

C                                          G

    May the good Lord shine a light on you

F                                       C (½)                    G (½)

   Make every song you sing your favorite tune

C                                          G

    May the good Lord shine a light on you

F                                  C (½) G (½)                               

Warm like the evening sun

 

Verse 3:

                     C                                    C/B

Well, you're drunk in the alley, baby, with your clothes all torn

              Am                                               G

And your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn

        F                                   C              G (½)     F (½)                   C (½)  G (½)

Woah, just seemed too many flies on you, I just can't brush them off

 

Verse 4:

C                                 C/B

Angels beating all their wings in time

           Am                                  G

With smiles on their faces and a gleam right in their eyes

        F                                 C             

Woah, thought I heard one sigh for you

G (½)               F (½)                     C (½)                   G (½)

   Come on up, come on up, now, come on up now

 

Chorus x2


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.