
Shining Light
Annie Lennox
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Tom : G
G C G
Roman candles that burn in the night
Em C G
Yeah, you are a shining light
G C G
You lit a torch in the empty night
Em C G
Yeah, you are a shining light
G C G
Yeah, you light up my life
G C G
You’ve always been a thorn in their side
Em C G
But to me you’re a shining light
G C G
You arrive and the night is alive
Em C G
Yeah, you are a shining light
G C G
Yeah, you light up my life
G Em
We made our connection
Bm C
A full on chemical reaction
[Refrão]
Bm C
Brought by dark divine intervention
Em C D
Yeah, you are a shining light
G Em
A constellation once seen
Bm C
Over Royal David’s city
Bm C
An epiphany you burn so pretty
Em C D
Yeah, you are a shining light
[Próxima Parte]
G C G
You are a force, you are a constant source
Em C G
Yeah you are a shining light
G C G
Incandescent in the darkest night
Em C G
Yeah you are a shining light
G C G
My mortal blood I would sacrifice
Em C G
For you are a shining light
G C G
Sovereign bride of the infinite
Em C G
Yeah, you are a shining light
G C G
Yeah, you light up my life
G Em
We made our connection
Bm C
A full on chemical reaction
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Em Emaj7
And these are days you often say
Bm A
There’s nothing that we can’t do
Am D7
Beneath a canopy of stars
Am7 D7
I’d shed blood for you
Em Emaj7
The north star in the firmament
Bm A
You shine the most bright
Am D7
I’ve seen you draped in an electric veil
Am7 D7
Shrouded in celestial light
G Em
We made our connection
Bm C
A full on chemical reaction
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Em C D
Yeah, you are a shining light
Em C D
Yeah, you are a shining light.
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