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The Spirit Of Man Tab

by Chris De Burgh







song: The Spirit Of Man
artist: Chris de Burgh
from the 1986 A&M Album Into the Light
Playing time 4:40


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)

                                                
1) I'm chasing a shadow, I           can't see a thing,
2) There's a fighter inside who will never give  up,
                                  
1) It's dipping and diving like a bird on the wing,
2) We are what we are and it's     never enough,
                                                               
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:
                                                 
You may    run from the sea, and the words disappear,
Oh you may fall to your knees,    But the power is here,
       
to survive;
                                    
It's shining again,
                                   
It's shining again - the spirit of man,
It's shining again - the spirit of man;
               
It's shining again

                                             
3) Ah remember the first day of   man on the moon,
4) Oh look back to the future and look down the years,
                                  
3) The whole world was watching, a whole world in tune,
4) It wasn't all battles and       bad news and tears,
                                                         
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:
                                               
We may    reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,
Oh in the darkest hour the              spirit of man
         
comes to life;
                                 
It's shining again - the spirit of man,
It's shining again - the spirit of man,
It's shining again - the spirit of man;
                                              
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,
                        
Come inside and take me away;

1) stnaza instr.
Ref2:
                                                
We may     reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,
Ooh in the darkest hour the             spirit of man
          
comes to life;
                                 
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---------
|----------

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