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Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part Iv

Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a tribute to Syd Barrett, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd. Barrett left the band in 1968 due to deteriorating mental health, exacerbated by drug use. The lyrics reflect the band members feelings about their friends rise and fall.

Key: Gm

Introduction:

 F# 
Bb      x13331 or 688766
Eb      x65343 or x6888x
 Cm7                      D#/C) 
Eb/Bb   6x5343 or 66888x

 A#* 
C7b9    x3232(3)
  
Dm7     xx0211 or x57565
F#aug   xx4332 or x9877x

 Gm 
   Remember when you were young?
 F#                     A# 
   You shone like the sun.
 D#     D#/D    Cm7  D#/A#  F 
Shine on you craaaazy  diamond.
 Gm 
Now there' s a look in your eyes,
 F#                            A# 
   like black holes in the sky.
 D#     D#/D    Cm7  D#/A#  F 
Shine on you craaaazy  diamond.

          Gm* 
You were caught in the crossfire
    D+ 
of childhood and stardom,
 A#*                 C7(b9) 
Blown on the steel breeze.
 D#                       
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
 A#                         Dm7          F#+        Gm 
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine.

     Gm 
You reached for the secret too soon,
 F#                    A# 
   you cried for the moon.
 D#     D#/D    Cm7  D#/A#  F 
Shine on you craaaazy  diamond.
 Gm 
Threatened by shadows at night,
 F#                      A# 
   and exposed in the light.
 D#     D#/D    Cm7  D#/A#  F 
Shine on you craaaazy  diamond.

           Gm* 
Well, you wore out your welcome
      D+ 
with random precision,
 A#*                C7(b9) 
Rode on the steel breeze.
 D#                       
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
 A#                        Dm7         F#+          Gm 
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine.