Key: G major
Intro 1
B
C#
C#sus4
C#m
E
F#
G#m
F#
B
C#m
E
B
F#
Verse 1
B
November of '43
On a boat comin' 'cross the sea
G#m
F#
E
He left a boy, came back a man
B
She started running' when she
saw his face
G#m
It'd been 655 days
F#
E
Since she held his hand
G#m
B
He got down on one knee
G#m
B
and pulled out that ring
G#m
B
That he bought in Aberdeen
F#
And when it hit that New York sky
Verse 2
B
It shined just like a spotlight
C#m
A star up in the night sky
E
The kind of thing that takes
F#
G#m
your breath away
F#
B
Her eyes sparkled like that diamond
C#m
With love beaming from 'em
E
The kind of light that's never
F#
gonna fade
It's gonna shine
B
Verse 3
For the next 55 years
Through the laughter and the tears
G#m
F#
E
My grandma al ways fore that band
B
through atom bombs and a baby boom
Dr. King and a man on the moon
G#m
F#
E
F#
No it never left her hand
G#m
B
G#m
On the day she passed away
B
Mama put it on a chain
G#m
B
Now and then on special days
F#
Mom would wear it around
her neck
Verse 4
B
And it would shine just like a spotlight
C#m
A star up in the night sky
E
The kind of thing that takes
F#
G#m
your breath away
F#
B
Her eyes sparkled like that diamond
C#m
With love beaming from 'em
E
The kind of light that's never
F#
gonna fade
B
It's gonna shine, shine, shine, shine, shine,
C#m
shine, shine, shine, shine
E
F#
Verse 5
D#m
Mama said one of these days
E
B
I'd know why she gave me that ring
C#m
F#
B
Sittin' here I know she was right
D#m
Oh, it's not the biggest
stone you've ever seen
E
B
C#m
But girl I can promise you one thing
F#
The rest of your life
Verse 6
B
It's gonna shine just like a spotlight
C#
C#sus4
B
A star up in the night sky
E
The kind of thing that takes
F#
G#m
your breath away
F#
B
your eyes sparkled like that diamond
C#m
With love beaming from 'em
E
The kind of light that's never,
F#
never, never gonna fade
B
It's gonna shine, shine, shine
C#m
Shine, shine, shine
E
Shine, shine, shine
F#
G#m
Like a beacon calling me home
F#
B
It's gonna shine
C#m
E
Oh yeah, shine, shine, shine
Outro 1
F#
B
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