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Shine

Billy Elliot the Musical

Shine
Elton John/Lee Hall
from "Billy Elliot - The Musical" (2005)

Gm - Eb - D - Gm - Cm - D

Gm
It doesn't matter if you're large or small
Eb
Trapezoid, or short or tall
D		   Gm
Even if you can't dance at all
         Cm                  D
All you really gotta do is shine

Gm
It doesn't matter if your life's a mess
Eb
The whole process will coalesce
D                  Gm
Girls, just try to effervesce
         Cm                    D
All you really have to do is shine

Eb                         F
Give them that old razzle dazzle
 Gm                Bb/F
Turn on the old pizzazz
            Cm               D
There's no time for shilly shally
         Eb                C/E
Give it backbone, give it welly
          F               D/F#
Bowl 'em over, knock them out
 Gm                     G7
Show them what life is all about
 Cm             Eb         F          Bb/F  F  Bb/F
Give them that old razzle dazzle, and shi - i - ne

Gm
It doesn't matter if you're unemployed
Eb
Only partially humanoid
D                  Gm
An octopoid whose mind's a void
Cm                    D
All you gotta do is shine

Gm
It doesn't matter if you're born in Leeds
Eb
They love to see a heart that bleeds
D			 Gm
You'll all be stars one day, you'll see
         Cm                  D
All you really gotta do is shine

repeat chorus

Cm		       F
You might be feeling lousy
    Bb/F              Gm
You might be feeling blue
  Ab            F
A little disenchanted
  Bb/F
A minor touch of flu
       G7
They couldn't give a monkey's cuss
       Cm
They couldn't give a fig
 Ab                F
Come on girls get over it
      D               F   Bb/F
It's all part of the gig, yeah

Eb                         F
Give them that old rinkle tinkle
Gm                 Bb/F
Give them the old kabam
          Cm             D
Grab the buggers by the bollocks
           Eb                   C/E
Knock 'em sideways, blow their minds out
         F              D/F#
Keep it coming, keep it coming
  Gm                 G7
There's no time for half-assed frolics
 Cm            Eb          F          Bb/F  F  Bb/F
Give them that old razzle dazzle, and shi - i - ne

    Eb                       F
It doesn't matter if you're short or squat
  Gm                              Bb/F
Cerebrally challenged, completely shot
     Cm            D
You might have it, or might not
Eb             C/E     F  D/F#
All you really have to do is
Eb             C/E     F  D/F#    G
All you really have to do is    shine
 Cm            Eb          F         Bb/F  F  Bb/F
Give them that old razzle dazzle and shi - i - ne
 Cm             Eb          F         Ab         Eb        Bb     Eb/Bb - Bb
Give them that old razzle dazzle and shine, and shine, and shine