E: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:52:03 -0500
From: Gunter Kohl (by way of cal woods)
Subject: pro ‘The Spirit Of Man’ by Chris DeBurgh
Song: The Spirit Of Man
Artist: Chris de Burgh
From the 1986 A&M Album Into the Light
Playing time 4:40
Transcribed by Gunter Kohl ([email protected])
If the transcription contains mistakes, if you think one chord should be
Replaced by another one, please mail to me or send a corrected file to
OLGA
Intro: GGCD (4 times)
G C G
1) I’m chasing a shadow, I can’t see a thing,
2) There’s a fighter inside who will never give up,
C G
1) It’s dipping and diving like a bird on the wing,
2) We are what we are and it’s never enough,
C D G C G
1) And every time I get near it just seems to slip away;
2) Write the words in the sand that this man will come again;
Ref1:
Bm C
You may run from the sea, and the words disappear,
Oh you may fall to your knees, But the power is here,
D
To survive;
G C
It’s shining again,
D G C
It’s shining again — the spirit of man,
It’s shining again — the spirit of man;
D G
It’s shining again
G C G
3) Ah remember the first day of man on the moon,
4) Oh look back to the future and look down the years,
C G
3) The whole world was watching, a whole world in tune,
4) It wasn’t all battles and bad news and tears,
C D G C G
3) It was hard to believe he was the same as me and you;
4) We have brought to this place a desire to have a dream;
Ref2:
Bm C
We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,
Oh in the darkest hour the spirit of man
D
Comes to life;
D G C
It’s shining again — the spirit of man,
It’s shining again — the spirit of man,
It’s shining again — the spirit of man;
G C D
And we work — aha — for the good things that we can have,
Yea we work — aha — for the family and home,
Yea we work — aha — for the D-Mark and the dollar,
Yea we work — aha — for the woman on the phone,
Yea we work — aha — for that moment of elation,
Yea we work — aha — for a chance to get away,
And we work — aha — just to let imagination,
Eb D
Come inside and take me away;
1) stnaza instr.
Ref2:
Bm C
We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,
Ooh in the darkest hour the spirit of man
D
Comes to life;
D G C
It’s shining again — the spirit of man,
It’s shining again — the spirit of man,
It’s shining again — the spirit of man.
(fade out)
The chord C in the refrain could be played:
^0—3—— (it should give an uprising feeling)
|1-3-3——
|0———
|2———
|3———
|———-
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