Starlight Star-shine Chords

KeyC Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays481

Starlight Star-shine by Steam Powered Giraffe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, Am, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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intro: 

C          Am          F       G 
Oooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh ooooh 
C          Am         F 
Starlight, starshine, please come back  
       G 
Into my life 
C          Am         F 
You left me all alone, can't you see that  
   G 
My, heart’s your home 

F                    G 
There's a void in my soul (and it leaves me feeling cold) 
F                     G 
Will i ever find peace from it's tolls 

C          Am        F              G 
Starlight, starshine, all of my mind couldn't unwind 
C          Am              F 
What it was, what it'll be, what future  
   G 
Can i hope to see 

F             G 
I am not in a dream (and there's no reason to scream) 
F                       G 
And this is not the end, or so it seems 

C             Am                   C 
You were like starlight, just like starshine 
G 
Casting down on me 

C                   Am              F 
When the light would go down and the darkness was found 
G 
You would shine hope to me 

C              Am          F         G 
Oooooh-ooh-ooh-oooh ooh-ooh-oooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh (x2) 

C          Am        F                G 
Starlight, starshine, no longer do you shine so bright 
C             Am               F 
The sun frowns, the moon sighs, sad is the        G 
Universe through my eyes 

F               G 
L am not just a machine (through my heart i will sing) 
F                         G 
I'm just a person holding onto a dream 

C             Am                  F 
You were like starlight, just like starshine 
G 
Casting down on me 

C                   Am              F 
When the light would go down and the darkness was found 
G 
You would shine hope to me 

C            Am                   F 
You were like starlight, just like starshine 
G 
Casting down on me 

C                   Am              F 
When the light would go down and the darkness was found 
G 
You would shine hope to me 

C
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante