Till It Shines. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (From the album Stranger in Town)
This is a truly great song (and my first tab!) and you can play along in this key –
fantastic on a 12 string! The verse keeps a very constant 4 bar rhythm which needs to be
if you want it to sound like the recording.
Thanks to Wedge for pointing me in the right direction – here’s the rest of the lyrics.
Intro: play 4 times
Take away my inhibitions
Take away my solitude
Fire me up with your resistance
Mmm put me in the mood
Storm the walls around this prison,
Leave the inmates, free the guards
Deal me up another future from some
Brand new deck of cards
Take the chip off from my shoulder,
Smooth out all the lines
Take me out among the rustlin’ pines
Till it shines
Till it shines
Like an echo down a canyon,
Never coming back this clear
Lately I just judge the distance,
Not the words I hear
I’ve been too long on these islands,
I’ve been far too long alone
I’ve been too long without summer
in this winter home.
Still if we can make the effort
If we take the time
Maybe we can leave this much behind
Till it shines
Mm Till it shines
Instrumental verse
See the rich man lost and lonely
Watch him as he dines, sitting there just tasting all the wines
Till it shines
Mm Till it shines
Till it Shines repeat
Instrumental & fade