The Test

Intro: 
C 
Shining on our skin, shining 

Shining on our skin, shining 
C F          Am        G 
  Shining on our skin, shining 
C F          Am        G 
  Shining on our skin, shining 


 
C           F 
Little star 
Am         G            C        F 
I tried to put you on a pedestal 
Am         G               C                F 
You didn't ask for all the flashing lights 
Am       N.C.            C             F 
I didn't think of how it could disturb 
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Or how it hurt 
C  F         Am G 
 I wish I knew 
C      F       Am  G 
 The pain I've caused 
C   F        Am G 
 My butterfly 
    C      F     Am 
Was always being watched 
 

 
C            F        Am            G 
 I know they tried to put us to the test 
C              F             Am               G 
 We're not the same, but I'm treading on your footsteps 
C            F                  Am  G 
 Sometimes I think you wish I'd go away 
       C      F         Am           G 
But my shadow stays and it's okay to be yourself 
C            F        Am            G 
 I know they tried to put us to the test 
C              F              Am         G 
 You're not to blame, but you need to be free now 
C            F                Am     G 
 You made me whole when I was broken too 
      C        F          Am     G 
And I hope and pray I can do the same for you 
 

 
C F          Am        G          C 
  Shining on our skin, shining on us 
F          Am        G          C 
Shining on our skin, shining on us 
F          Am             G          C 
Shining on our skin, it's shining on our skin 
     F           Am 
It's shining on us 
G                C       F Am G 
Surrounding all around you 
 

 
C       F     Am G           C 
 A hand tenderly reaching to me 
F          Am        G 
You are my reason to be 
   C               F 
Or what I want, or look like 
Am       G             C             F 
  What I wear, all the clothes on my back 
    Am       G 
And what I attract 
C  F            Am G C   F        Am       G 
 I trace the line     of what you have sewn 
C       F     Am 
Keep my own design 
G         C 
Make it a landscape 
F        Am 
Make it alive 
 

 
C            F                Am     G 
 I know they tried to put you to the test 
C           F                  Am             G 
 I'm not so different, time is knocking on my doorstep 
C            F          Am          G 
 You show me your razor-sharp laser vision 
C     F                   Am           G 
 Real brave will make you feel kind of different 
C            F               Am     G 
 I know they tried to put us to the test 
C            F             Am              G 
 I'm not the same when I'm hanging on your coattail 
C          F              Am   G   C 
 Sometimes I wish I could multiply you 
F          Am      G    C       F Am G 
But I know you are all around me 
C F Am      G    C 
    You are all around me 
 

Outro: 
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I know you feel just like a butterfly 
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In case I have to tread so lightly on my footsteps 
  G                 C       F        Am 
I see that there is so much light in your heart 
     G          C 
It's shining on our skin 
     F          Am 
It's shining on us 
G                C         F Am G 
Surrounding all around you 

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