The Spirit Of Man

song: The Spirit Of Man

artist: Chris de Burgh

from the 1986 A&M Album Into the Light

Playing time 4:40

transcribed by Gunter Kohl (kohl@kph.uni-mainz.de)

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:

bm C

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:

bm C

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:

bm C

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)

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