Key: G major
Intro 1
C
D
Dsus4
Dm
F
G
Am
G
C
Dm
F
C
G
Verse 1
C
November of '43
On a boat comin' 'cross the sea
Am
G
F
He left a boy, came back a man
C
She started running' when she
saw his face
Am
It'd been 655 days
G
F
Since she held his hand
Am
C
He got down on one knee
Am
C
and pulled out that ring
Am
C
That he bought in Aberdeen
G
And when it hit that New York sky
Verse 2
C
It shined just like a spotlight
Dm
A star up in the night sky
F
The kind of thing that takes
G
Am
your breath away
G
C
Her eyes sparkled like that diamond
Dm
With love beaming from 'em
F
The kind of light that's never
G
gonna fade
It's gonna shine
C
Verse 3
For the next 55 years
Through the laughter and the tears
Am
G
F
My grandma al ways fore that band
C
through atom bombs and a baby boom
Dr. King and a man on the moon
Am
G
F
G
No it never left her hand
Am
C
Am
On the day she passed away
C
Mama put it on a chain
Am
C
Now and then on special days
G
Mom would wear it around
her neck
Verse 4
C
And it would shine just like a spotlight
Dm
A star up in the night sky
F
The kind of thing that takes
G
Am
your breath away
G
C
Her eyes sparkled like that diamond
Dm
With love beaming from 'em
F
The kind of light that's never
G
gonna fade
C
It's gonna shine, shine, shine, shine, shine,
Dm
shine, shine, shine, shine
F
G
Verse 5
Em
Mama said one of these days
F
C
I'd know why she gave me that ring
Dm
G
C
Sittin' here I know she was right
Em
Oh, it's not the biggest
stone you've ever seen
F
C
Dm
But girl I can promise you one thing
G
The rest of your life
Verse 6
C
It's gonna shine just like a spotlight
D
Dsus4
C
A star up in the night sky
F
The kind of thing that takes
G
Am
your breath away
G
C
your eyes sparkled like that diamond
Dm
With love beaming from 'em
F
The kind of light that's never,
G
never, never gonna fade
C
It's gonna shine, shine, shine
Dm
Shine, shine, shine
F
Shine, shine, shine
G
Am
Like a beacon calling me home
G
C
It's gonna shine
Dm
F
Oh yeah, shine, shine, shine
Outro 1
G
C
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