x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: 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--------- |---------- official Chris de Burgh homepage:http://www.surfshak.co.uk/~cdeb/index.html
