Shimmer — Shawn Mullins
Chords and lyrics for Shimmer by Shawn Mullins (key of C).
Verse
[Em] Sharing [D]with us what he [G]knows.[Em] Shining [D]eyes are big and [G]blue
[Em] And all [D]around him water [C]flows
This [Am]world to him is new, this [C]world to him is new
Rep. Intro
[Em] To [D]touch a [G]face.[Em] To [D]kiss a [G]smile
[Em] New [D]eyes see no [C]race
The [Am]essence of a child. The [C]essence . . .[D]
Chorus
[C] He's born [G]to shimmer, he's [D]born to [Em]shine. [C] And he's [G]born to [D]radiate
[C] He's born [G]to live, he's [D]born to [Em]love but we'll[C] teach him [G]how to [D]hate
Verse
[Em] And true [D]love it is a [G]rock. [Em] Smoothed [D]over by a [G]stream
[Em] There's no [D]ticking of a [C]clock, that truly [Am]measures what that means
Truly [C]measures what that means
[Em] And this [D]thing we call our [G]time,[Em] I heard a [D]brilliant woman [G]say
[Em] She said you know it's [D]crazy how I want to [C]try to capture mine
I think I [Am]love this woman's way, I think I [C]love this woman's . . .[D]
Chorus
[C] Way she [G]shimmers, the [D]way she [Em]shines. [C] The way she [G][D]radiates
[C] The way she [G]lives, the [D]way she [Em]loves. [C] The way she [G]never [D]hates
Bridge
[Am]Sometimes I think of all of [C]this surrounding me
[G]I know it all as being [D]mine
[Am]But she kisses me and she [C]wraps herself around me
[G]She gives me love, she gives me [D]time yeah, yeah
And I feel [C]fine, yeah [G]yeah. [D]Mmmmmmm-hmmmm [Em]Mmmmmmm
I feel [C]fine[D][G]
Verse
[Em] But [D]time I cannot [G]change. [Em] So [D]here's to looking [G]back
[Em] You know I [D]drink a whole bottle of my [C]pride and I toast to change
To keep these [Am]demons off my back, Just get these [C]demons off my back.
‘Cause I
Chorus
[C] Want to [G]shimmer, I [D]want to [Em]shine. [C] I want to [G][D]radiate
[C] I want to [G]live, I [D]want to [Em]love
[C] I want to try to [G]learn not to [D]hate. Try not to hate
[C] We're born to [G]shimmer, we're [D]born to [Em]shine. [C] We're born to [G][D]radiate
[C] We're born to [G]live, we're [D]born to [Em]love, [C] we're born to [G]never [D]hate.
[D]
Outro
[D]We're born to shimmer, [D]we're all born to shine
[D]
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