St Elmo’s fire (Man in motion) (1985)
G - Em - D - G ~ ~
G Bm C G - Bm - C
1. Growin' up, you don't see the writing on
the wall,
G Bm C
G
passin' by, movin' straight
ahead, you knew it all.
Em C
But maybe sometime if you feel
the pain,
Em C D
you'll
find you're all alone, everything has changed.
G Bm C G - Bm - C
2. Play the game, you know you can't quit until it's won,
G Bm C G -
G - F
soldier
on, only you can do what must be done.
Em C
You know in some way you're a
lot like me,
Em C D
you're
just a prisoner and you're tryin' to break free.
E
- A B7
I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin'
sky,
E
A B7
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher.
E
- A B7
Gonna
be your man in motion, all I need
is a pair of wheels,
E A
B7
take
me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire.
+ C Cm - G
Uh uh.
G Bm C
G Bm C
3. Burning up, don't know just how far that I
can go (just how far I go),
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G
- G - F
soon
be home, only just a few miles down the road.
Em
C
But I can make it, I know that I can,
Em C
D
you
broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man.
+ CHORUS
E - A
B7
+ I can climb the highest
mountain, cross the wildest sea,
E A
B7 - C Cm
- G
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me, burnin' in me.
+ G - Em - D (2x)
G - Em D
+ Just once in his life a man has his time,
G - Em D
and
my time is now, I'm coming alive.
E - A B7
+ I can hear the music playin', I can see the banners fly,
E A B7
feel
like you're back again, and hope ridin' high.
E -
A B7
Gonna
be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels,
E A B7
take
me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire.
+ CHORUS
E - A B7
+ I can climb the highest
mountain, cross the wildest sea,
E A
B7
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me.
E -
A - B7 E A B7
Burni......n',
burnin'
in me, I can feel it burnin',
E - A -
B7 E - A - B7
o...........h,
burnin' ....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (John Parr)