St.Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
Intro:
[G] [C] [D] [G] [C] [D]
Verse 1:
G Bm C G
Growinʼ up, you donʼt see the writing on the wall (Bm) (C)
G Bm C G
Passinʼ by, movinʼ straight ahead, you knew it all (Bm) (C)
Em C
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
Em C D
Youʼll find youʼre all alone, everything has changed
Verse 2:
G Bm C G
Play the game, you know you canʼt quit until itʼs won (Bm) (C)
G Bm C G
Soldier on, only you can do what must be done (Bm) (C)
Em C
You know in some way youʼre a lot like me
Em C D
Youʼre just a prisoner and youʼre tryinʼ to break free
|Chorus:
|E A B
| I can see a new horizon, underneath the blazinʼ sky
|E A B
| Iʼll be where the eagleʼs flying higher and higher
|E A B
| Gonna be your man in motion, all I needʼs this pair of wheels
|E A B
| Take me where my futureʼs lyinʼ, St. Elmoʼs fire
|C D
| Ooh ooh ooh ooo-ooh (G)
Verse 3:
G Bm C G Bm C
Burning up, donʼt know just how far that I can go (Just how far I go)
G Bm C G
Soon be home, only just a few miles down the road (Bm) (C)
Em C
I can make it, I know, I can
Em C D
You broke the boy in me but you wonʼt break the man
|Chorus 2:
|E A B
| I can see a new horizon, underneath the blazinʼ sky
|E A B
| Iʼll be where the eagleʼs flying higher and higher
|E A B
| Gonna be your man in motion, all I needʼs this pair of wheels
|E A B
| Take me where my futureʼs lyinʼ, St. Elmoʼs fire
|E A B
| I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea
|E A B C D
| I can feel St. Elmoʼs fire burninʼ in me, burninʼ in me
Instrumental:
[G] [Em] [D] [G]
G Em D
Bridge:
G C D
Just once in his life, a man has his time
G C D
And my time is now, and Iʼm coming alive
|Chorus 3:
|E A B
| I can hear the music playinʼ, I can see the banners fly
|E A B
| Feel like youʼre back again, and hope ridinʼ high
|E A B
| Gonna be your man in motion, all I needʼs this pair of wheels
|E A B
| Take me where my futureʼs lyinʼ, St. Elmoʼs fire
|E A B
| I can see a new horizon, underneath the blazinʼ sky
|E A B
| Iʼll be where the eagleʼs flying higher and higher
|E A B
| Gonna be your man in motion, all I needʼs this pair of wheels
|E A B
| Take me where my futureʼs lyinʼ, St. Elmoʼs fire
|E A B
| I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea
|E A B
| I can feel St. Elmoʼs fire burninʼ in me
Outro:
G C D
G C D G