Shadow on the Sun
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Written by The Levellers. This version transcribed from One Way
of Life album CD01.
Transcribed by K. M. Dunnett 24-May-2000 (keithdunnett@yahoo.com).
Playing notes:
You will have to strum this pretty well to get a decent sound from an
acoustic; electric this should be easy. Put a capo on 3rd fret if to
be in same key as the recording (or where you like to suit your voice).
VERSE I:
Bm D
We've been singing since the morning,
Em G
'til the setting of the sun,
Bm D
We sing of everything forever,
Em G
'cause we've been going for so long.
Am Em Am
We sing the heart of the cold song,
C D Em
Ever since we started the only one.
Bm D
It's got words that bring us heaven,
Em G
It's got words that give us hell,
Bm D
It's got tunes that shine like diamonds,
Em C
And vicious notes as well,
Am Em Em
It's the feel of warm rain,
C D Em
The song of forever the unbroken chain,
CHORUS:
Em Am
There's a shadow on the sun,
G
That used to shine so brightly,
Am
For some it all goes wrong,
G
Who refuse to step lightly,
Am
There's a break in the clouds,
G
Let the cold sun on me,
Am
Like the new born doubt,
G
That nothing's ever gonna be free.
VERSE II:
It tells the sentiment of growing,
And a tale of lonely death,
It says everything worth knowing,
'Til you draw another breath.
Hear the clouds ring on,
The song of forever the only one,
CHORUS
D D
And it gets me like nothing gets me,
C D
Then it throws me right back down.
D D
It holds me then it chokes me,
C D
As it lays me on the ground.
VERSE III:
Some will write a new line,
then some will pass in on,
Some just sing the same verse,
But most will get it wrong,
Play the heart of a cold song,
Ever since we started the only one.
CHORUS
OUTRO:
That's the heart of a cold song,
We sing the heart of the cold song,
Thats the heart of all songs,
Thats the heart of a cold song.
