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    Intro:: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

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    1) Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is an introspective tribute to their former bandmate Syd Barrett. 2) The song reflects on Barrett's decline from a bright, creative force into a reclusive figure struggling with mental illness. 3) It recalls Barrett's childhood and rise to fame before the pressures of success took their toll, leaving him "blown on the steel breeze" and worn down by the shadows of the music industry.

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    1) Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is an introspective tribute to their former bandmate Syd Barrett. 2) The song reflects on Barrett's decline from a bright, creative force into a reclusive figure struggling with mental illness. 3) It recalls Barrett's childhood and rise to fame before the pressures of success took their toll, leaving him "blown on the steel breeze" and worn down by the shadows of the music industry.

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    1) Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is an introspective tribute to their former bandmate Syd Barrett. 2) The song reflects on Barrett's decline from a bright, creative force into a reclusive figure struggling with mental illness. 3) It recalls Barrett's childhood and rise to fame before the pressures of success took their toll, leaving him "blown on the steel breeze" and worn down by the shadows of the music industry.

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    Intro:: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

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    1) Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is an introspective tribute to their former bandmate Syd Barrett. 2) The song reflects on Barrett's decline from a bright, creative force into a reclusive figure struggling with mental illness. 3) It recalls Barrett's childhood and rise to fame before the pressures of success took their toll, leaving him "blown on the steel breeze" and worn down by the shadows of the music industry.

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    Shine on Your Crazy Diamond

    Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here


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    Intro:

    I (Base PAD + Solo Moog) = Gm


    II (Base PAD + Solo Guitar)= Gm Dm Cm | Gm | Dm Cm Dm | Gm |
    Pausa ( Guitar Riff )
    III-(Ponte) = C Gm Eb D | Gm |
    IV (Guitar Solo, Org) = Gm C Gm Eb D (Gm Gm(maj7)/F# - G7/F
    G6/E)- Eb D- Eb D
    V (Moog Again, Organ)= Gm Cm Gm| Eb D Eb D | Gm Cm | Gm
    D7
    VI (Guitar Solo, Organ) = Gm Cm Gm | Eb D Eb D| Gm Cm Gm |
    D7
    Gm
    Remember when you were young,
    F#
    Bb
    You shone like the sun.
    Eb Dm Cm Bb F
    Shine on you crazy diamond.
    Gm
    Now there's a look in your eyes,
    F#
    Bb
    Like black holes in the sky.
    Eb Dm Cm Bb F
    Shine on you crazy diamond.
    Gm*
    You were caught in the crossfire
    Gm/F#
    Of childhood and stardom,
    Gm/F
    C9
    Blown on the steel breeze.
    Eb
    Edim
    Come on you target for faraway laughter,
    Bb
    Dm
    D
    Gm
    Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine
    Solo: Gm | F# | Bb | Eb | Dm | Cm | Bb | F
    Gm
    You reached for the secret too soon,
    F#
    Bb
    You cried for the moon.
    Eb Dm Cm Bb F
    Shine on you crazy diamond.
    Gm
    Threatened by shadows at night,
    F#
    Bb
    And exposed in the light.
    Eb Dm Cm Bb F
    Shine on you crazy diamond.
    Gm*
    Well you wore out your welcome
    Gm/F#
    With random precision,
    Gm/F
    C9
    Rode on the steel breeze.
    Eb
    Edim
    Come on you raver, you seer of visions,

    Bb
    Dm
    D
    Gm
    Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner and shine

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