The Shadow Proves The Sunshine Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays428

The Shadow Proves The Sunshine by Switchfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, Bsus4, C#m and A2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			E         Bsus4            C#m    Bsus4 
Sunshine, won't you be my mother 
A2        Bsus4            C#m   Bsus4 
Sunshine, come and help me sing 
E           Bsus4             C#m     Bsus4 
My heart is darker than these oceans 
A2          Bsus4           C#m    Bsus4 
My heart is frozen underneath 

       E                        Bsus4 
We are, crooked souls trying to stay up straight 
C#m             Bsus4 
Dry eyes in the pouring rain, well 
A2           Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 
A2           Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 

E                    Bsus4 
Too scared that I'll run away 
C#m                Bsus4 
Hold fast till the break of day, well 
A2         Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 
A2         Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 

E        Bsus4          C#m       Bsus4 
Oh Lord, why did you forsake me? 
A2       Bsus4         C#m   Bsus4 
Oh Lord, don't be far away 
E            Bsus4        C#m     Bsus4 
Storm Clouds gathering beside me 
A2                 Bsus4             C#m      Bsus4 
Please Lord, don't look the other way 

      E                       Bsus4 
I'm a, crooked soul trying to stay up straight 
C#m              Bsus4 
Dry eyes in the pouring rain, well 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 

E	             Bsus4 
Too scared that I'll run away 
C#m	           Bsus4 
Hold fast till the break of day, well 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 

E       A2    C#m A2 
Yeah// Yeah/// Shine on me 
E      A2    C#m A2 
Yeah// Yeah/// Shine on me 
E     A2     C#m A2 
Yeah// Yeah/// Shine on me 
E        A2         C#m     A2 
       Shine on me 

E / Bsus4 / C#m / Bsus4 / A2 / Bsus4 / A2 / Bsus4 during the Oh's 

       E                        Bsus4 
We are, crooked souls trying to stay up straight 
C#m             Bsus4 
Dry eyes in the pouring rain, well 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 

E                    Bsus4 
Too scared that I'll run away 
C#m                Bsus4                
Hold fast till the break of day, well 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 
A2          Bsus4 
The shadow proves the sunshine 

E       A2    C#m A2 
Yeah// Yeah/// Shine on me 
E      A2    C#m A2 
Yeah// Yeah/// Shine on me 
E     A2     C#m A2 
Yeah// Yeah/// Shine on me 
E       A2          C#m                A2                 E 
       Shine on me      let my shadows prove the sunshine 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante