Shine On You Crazy Diamond Uke tab by Pink Floyd

12 Chords used in the song: GmM7, Edim, Gm, Gb, Bb, Eb, Dm, Cm, F, Gm7, C7, D

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Artist: 
Year:  1975
Difficulty: 
4.23
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords and Tablature
# Chords:
# GmM7 chordGmM7 Edim chordEdim
# 1 1
# 2 3
# 2 4
# 0 0

Gm chordGm
Remember when you were young,
Gb chordGb Bb chordBb
You shone like the sun.
Eb chordEb Dm chordDm Cm chordCm Bb chordBb F chordF
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Gm chordGm
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Gb chordGb Bb chordBb
Like black holes in the sky.
Eb chordEb Dm chordDm Cm chordCm Bb chordBb F chordF
Shine on you crazy diamond.


Gm chordGm
You were caught in the crossfire
GmM7 chordGmM7
Of childhood and stardom,
Gm7 chordGm7 C7 chordC7
Blown on the steel breeze.
Eb chordEb Edim chordEdim
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Bb chordBb Dm chordDm D chordD Gm chordGm
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine

Solo: Gm chordGm Gb chordGb Bb chordBb Eb chordEb Dm chordDm Cm chordCm Bb chordBb F chordF

Gm chordGm
You reached for the secret too soon,
Gb chordGb Bb chordBb
You cried for the moon.
Eb chordEb Dm chordDm Cm chordCm Bb chordBb F chordF
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Gm chordGm
Threatened by shadows at night,
Gb chordGb Bb chordBb
And exposed in the light.
Eb chordEb Dm chordDm Cm chordCm Bb chordBb F chordF
Shine on you crazy diamond.


Gm chordGm
Well you wore out your welcome
GmM7 chordGmM7
With random precision,
Gm7 chordGm7 C7 chordC7
Rode on the steel breeze.
Eb chordEb Edim chordEdim
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Bb chordBb Dm chordDm D chordD Gm chordGm
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner and shine

Uke tab by , 17 May 2014

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About this song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine part track, written as a tribute to Syd Barrett. The track appears on the album Wish You Were Here split into two parts, with I-V and VI-IX bookending the album. Shorter versions have also been performed live, and appeared on the album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd.

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