DE BURGH CHRIS - "the spirit of man" Tablature

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:52:03 -0500
From: Gunter Kohl <kohl@kph.uni-mainz.de> (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 (kohl@kph.uni-mainz.de)

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, ...,
2) There's a fighter inside who ...
C G
1) It's dipping and diving like ...
2) We are what we are and ...
C D G C G
1) And every time I get near it ...
2) Write the words in the sand that this ...


Ref1:
bm C
You may run from the sea, ...
Oh you may fall to your knees, But ...
D
to survive;
G C
It's shining again,
D G C
It's shining again - ...
It's shining again - the ...
D G
It's shining a...

G C G
3) Ah remember the first day ...,
4) Oh look back to the future ...
C G
3) The whole world was watching, ...,
4) It wasn't all battles ...,
C D G C G
3) It was hard to believe he was ...
4) We have brought to this place a ...

Ref2:
bm C
We may reach for the ...
Oh in the darkest hour ...
D
comes to life;
D G C
It's shining again - the ...
It's shining again - the ..
It's shining again - the ...
G C D
And we work - aha - for the ...,
Yea we work - aha - for the ....
Yea we work - ...,
Yea we work - aha - for the ...,
Yea we work - aha - for that ...
Yea we work - aha - for a ...
And we work - aha - just to ...
Eb D
Come inside and ...

1) stnaza instr.
Ref2:
bm C
We may reach for the ...,
Ooh in the darkest hour ...
D
comes to life;
D G C
It's shining again - the ...
It's shining again - ....,
It's shining again ....

(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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