Shield chords by 
Deep Purple 
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Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
F#m
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F#m
C#m
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B
Bm
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Verse 1
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Mama plays a queen on the hill built on a dream
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While the children play in the field
Papa smokes the pipe of
F#m
a sweet and better life
Interlude 1
But how strong is the shield?
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Can peace be found on the carpet
Verse 2
above ground
F#
Where sky is forever blue?
F#m
So let it
Verse 3
E
pass baby now,
A
D
the slow and riding cloud
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A
F#m
Which may take me from
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you
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
F#
Many things a man can lose
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His self, his rights, his views
But never his heart or his love
F#
So take this hand of mine
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and climb baby, climb
To the hill up above
F#
Verse 5
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F#
F#m
Now you can play a queen on
the hill built on a dream
F#
While our children play in
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the field
E
I can smoke the pipe of
A
D
a sweet and better life
G
A
And trust in the strength of the shield
Interlude 3
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Bm
G
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A
C#m
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B
Bm
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C#
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B
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B
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E
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B
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C#
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B
Bm
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Verse 6
F#
F#m
So trust in your love, and Lucy up above
F#
And let light pass like a wheel
Don't take the chance of
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life's hectic dance
Kiss the strength of the shield
F#
Verse 7
F#m
F#
F#m
The seeker will be found by
the looker on the ground
And to his wish he will yield
Verse 8
F#m
E
Fate will have it's word, of course
A
The time will change it's course
D
G
A
And hold the strength of the shield
Outro 1
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E
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B
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ChordsF#m F# C#m B Bm...
F#m
F#
C#m
B
Bm
E
A
D
G
C#
Capo: 2
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