Darius Rucker - Shine

^GNovember of '43 ^GOn a boat coming 'cross the sea ^C/GHe left a ^D/Gboy, came back a ^Cman ^GShe started running when she saw his face ^GIt'd been 655 days ^C/GSince she ^D/Gheld his ^Chand ^EmHe got down on ^Gone knee ^EmAnd he pulled ^Gout that ring ^EmThat he bought in ^GAberdeen And when it ^Dhit that New York sky

It ^Gshined just like a spotlight A ^Amstar up in the night sky C Am Em C D, The kind of thing that takes your breath away Her ^Geyes sparkled like that diamond With ^Amlove beaming from 'em The ^Ckind of light that's never gonna ^Dfade It's gonna ^Gshine

^GFor the next 55 years ^GThrough the laughter and the tears ^C/GMy grandma ^D/Calways wore that ^Cband ^GThrough atom bombs and a baby boom ^GA Dr. King and a man on the moon ^C/GNo it never ^D/Gleft her ^Chand ^EmOn the day she ^Gpassed away ^EmMama put it on a ^Gchain ^EmNow and then on ^Gspecial days Mom would ^Dhang it on her neck

And it would ^Gshine just like a spotlight A ^Amstar up in the night sky C Am Em C D, The kind of thing that takes your breath away Her ^Geyes sparkled like that diamond With ^Amlove beaming from 'em The ^Ckind of light that's never gonna ^Dfade It's gonna ^Gshine shine shine ^AmShine shine shine, ^Coh ^D

^BmMama said one of these days ^CI know why she ^Ggave me that ring ^AmSittin' here I ^D/Gknow she was ^Gright Oh^Bm, it's not the biggest stone you've ever seen But ^Cgirl I can promise ^Gyou one thing ^AmThat for rest of^D your life

It's gonna ^Gshine just like a spotlight A ^Amstar up in the night sky C Am Em C D, The kind of thing that takes your breath away Your ^Geyes sparkled like that diamond With ^Amlove beaming from 'em The ^Ckind of light that's never, never, never^D gonna fade It's gonna ^Gshine, shine, shine ^AmShine, shine, shine ^CShine, shine, shine Like a ^Ambeacon ^Emcalling me ^Chome It's ^Dgonna ^Gshine ^Am Oh yeah, ^Cshine, shine, shine ^{D G}