Key: G
Introduction:
Em D# G
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun,
C Em Am C D D7
shine on you cra.....zy diamond !
Em D# G
Now there's a look in your eyes like black holes in the sky,
C Em Am C D D7
shine on you cra.....zy diamond !
Em D#
You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom
G A7
and blown on the steel breeze,
C A
come on, you target for faraway laughter
G B B7 Em
come on, you stranger, you legend, you martyr and shine!
D# G CEm Am C D D7)
Em D# G
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon,
C Em Am C D D7
shine on you cra.......zy diamond!
Em D# G
Threatened by shadows at night, exposed in the light,
C Em Am C D D7
shine on you cra.......zy diamond!
Em D#
Well, you wore out your welcome with random precision,
G A7
you rode on the steel breeze,
C A
come on, you raver, you seer of visions.
G B B7 Em
come on, you painter, you piper, you prisoner and shine!
D# G CEm Am C D D7)
Em D# G
Nobody knows where you are, how near and how far.
C Em Am C D D7
shine on you cra.....zy diamond !
Em D# G
Pile on layer on layer, I'll be joining you there,
C Em Am C D D7
shine on you cra.....zy diamond !
Em D#
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
G A7
we'll sail on the steel breeze,
C A
come on, you boy child, you winner and loser,
G B B7 Em
come on, you miner for truth and delusion, and shine.