Starshine Angel Wine Chords

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Starshine Angel Wine by Strawbs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C, Am, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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      G 
I can hear you 
                   D        Em 
Like the rain that falls so sweetly 
      C 
I can hear you 
         D                  Em                   C 
Like the sun that dries the fields and feeds the grain 
      D                Em              C 
I can hear your spirit singing sweet refrains 
G            C   D 
Oh__, little starshine 
G            C   D 
Oh__, little starshine 
  
  
INTERLUDE: D ~ G  Em ~ C  D ~ G  D ~ C  
  
  
      G 
I can feel you 
                 Em          D 
Like a breath of fresh green pastures 
      C 
I can feel you 
         D               Em            C 
Like the touch of summer breezes in my hair 
      D                  Em                  C 
I can feel your presence flowing through the air 
G            C   D 
Oh__, little starshine 
G            C    
Oh__, little star 
   
   
INTERLUDE: G ~   C ~   G ~   C ~   G ~   C ~   G ~   D ~ C   
   
   
   
                    II - Angel Wine 
  
  
Intro: (## Power chord riff ##) 
  
    D       Em      C      G 
The sun was sinking in the West 
    Am      Bm      C 
The sky was burning wild 
   D       Em         C       G 
As evening showed its starlit crest 
         Am     Bm    C 
I looked deep into my child 
  
  
   Em       D      C    D 
Oh fool, oh mortal man 
   Em        D     C    D 
We live life as we can 
    Em           D       C 
But now who do I think I am? 
  
  
INTERLUDE: C - D  C - A  C -D  C - A 
  
  
    D        Em         C        G 
The world is black, the world is white 
    Am       Bm      C 
The world is you and I 
   D      Em       C       G 
We surely ought to see the light 
     Am       Bm         C     
That burns in children's eyes 
  
  
   Em         D    C    D 
Oh Lord, give us a sign 
    Em        D      C     D 
The world's a bitter crime 
     Em          D           C 
That soon we may taste angel wine 
  
  
Power Riff Break: G Bm D Bm C Bm D Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm G Bm C 
  
  
  D      Em     C       G 
I see my future clearly now 
   Am       Bm      C 
My world is full of song 
   D        Em     C        G 
Be truthful to yourself, my child 
         Am            Bm      C       
And your heart will be forever strong 
   
   
   Em         D    C    D 
Oh Lord, give us a sign 
    Em        D      C     D 
The world's a bitter crime 
     Em          D           C     
That soon we may taste angel wine 
  
  
   Em         D    C    D 
Oh Lord, give us a sign 
    Em        D      C     D 
The world's a bitter crime 
     Em          D           C      
That soon we may taste angel wine 
  
OUTRO:  Lead Break 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante