Shadow Play Rory Gallagher

Shadow Play

Rory Gallagher

Trevor

580
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Dm
Capo:
No capo

Lyrics

[Intro]
| D5 - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| D5 - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |

[Verse 1]
       D5                 Bb5
In the flinty light, it's midnight
    C5
And stars collide
D5              Bb5
Shadows run, in full flight
       C5
To run,  seek and hide

[Pre-Chorus]
          A5       Bb5             C5
I'm still not sure what part I play
In this shadow play,

[Chorus]
Dm Bb5            C5
      this shadow play

[Verse 2]
       D5                 Bb5
In the half light, on this   mad night
         C5
I hear a voice in time
        D5               Bb5
Well, I look back, see a half-smile
              C5
Then it's gone  from sight

[Pre-Chorus]
              A5       Bb5            C5
Would you tell  me how I  can find my way
In this shadow play,

[Chorus]
Dm Bb5       C5
      shadow play
                   Dm Bb5       C5  C5
In this hadow play,      shadow play

[Bridge]
F5
  Sounds come crashing
C5
  And I hear laughing
F5                                C
  All those lights just blaze away
Bb
  I feel a little strange inside
A5
  A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr.
C5
Hyde

[Solo]
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |

[Bridge]
F5
  Sounds come crashing
C5
  And I hear laughing
F5                             C
  All those lights just blaze away
Bb
  I feel a little strange inside
A5                                  C5
  A little Mr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde

[Verse 3]
D5
Thoughts run wild,
Bb5               C5
free as a child into the night
 D5                 Bb5          C5
Across the screen a thin beam of magic light

[Pre-Chorus]
    Am          Bb                  C
Why things they just don't look the same
In this shadow play,

[Chorus]
Dm C5 Bb5        C5
         this shadow play
            Dm C5 Bb5       C5
Shadow play,         shadow play
                 Dm C5
I can't run away in
Bb5                 C5
   this this shadow play
            Dm C5 Bb5            C5
Shadow play,         this shadow play

[Solo]
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |

[Fade Out]
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 |

Bars

[Intro]
| D5 - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| D5 - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |

[Verse 1]
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |

In the flinty light, it's midnight
And stars collide
Shadows run, in full flight
To run,  seek and hide

[Pre-Chorus]
| A5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |

I'm still not sure what part I play
In this shadow play,

[Chorus]
| Dm | Bb5 | C5 | - |

this shadow play

[Verse 2]
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |

In the half light, on this   mad night
I hear a voice in time
Well, I look back, see a half-smile
Then it's gone  from sight

[Pre-Chorus]
| A5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |

Would you tell  me how I  can find my way
In this shadow play,

[Chorus]
| Dm | Bb5 | C5 | -  |
| Dm | Bb5 | C5 | C5 |

shadow play
In this hadow play,      shadow play

[Bridge]
| F5 | - | C5 | - |
| F5 | - | C  | - |
| Bb | - | A5 | - |
| C5 | - | -  | - |

Sounds come crashing
And I hear laughing
All those lights just blaze away
I feel a little strange inside
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr.
Hyde

[Solo]
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |

[Bridge]
| F5 | - | C5 | - |
| F5 | - | C  | - |
| Bb | - | A5 | - |
| C5 | - | -  | - |

Sounds come crashing
And I hear laughing
All those lights just blaze away
I feel a little strange inside
A little Mr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde

[Verse 3]
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |
| D5 | Bb5 | C5 | - |

Thoughts run wild,
free as a child into the night
Across the screen a thin beam of magic light

[Pre-Chorus]
| Am | Bb | C | - |

Why things they just don't look the same
In this shadow play,

[Chorus]
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |

this shadow play
Shadow play,         shadow play
I can't run away in
this this shadow play
Shadow play,         this shadow play

[Solo]
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |

[Fade Out]
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 | Bb5 - - - | C5 - - - | - - - - |
| Dm - - C5 |

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