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Shadow Play

The song describes a nighttime scene with stars colliding and shadows running and hiding. The singer feels unsure of their role in this "shadow play" and hears laughing and voices but things don't look the same. Wild thoughts run free as a child and a thin beam of magic light appears on the screen. The singer can't escape this shadow play.

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Shadow Play

The song describes a nighttime scene with stars colliding and shadows running and hiding. The singer feels unsure of their role in this "shadow play" and hears laughing and voices but things don't look the same. Wild thoughts run free as a child and a thin beam of magic light appears on the screen. The singer can't escape this shadow play.

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Shadow Play

by Rory Galagher
In the flinty light, it's midnight
And stars collide.
Shadows run, in full flight
To run, seek and hide.
I'm still not sure what part I play
In this shadow play, this shadow play.
In the half light, on this mad night
I hear a voice in time.
Well, I look back, see a half-smile
Then it's gone from sight.
Won't you tell me how I can find my way
In this shadow play, this shadow play.
Sounds come crashing
And I hear laughing
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.
Sounds come crashing
Can I hear laughing?
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside
A little Dr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.
Thoughts run wild, free as a child
Into the night.
Across the screen a thin beam
Of magic light.
Things they just don't look the same
In this shadow play, this shadow play
Shadow play, shadow play.
I can't run away from this shadow play

Tablature for Shadow Play by Rory Gallagher:


Dm
Bb
C
E|---------------------|---------|-----------------------|
B|----------------10-13|----13-13|13---13-13-13-10----10-|
G|10-9----9-10-12------|---------|-----------------12----|
D|-----12--------------|---------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------|---------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------|---------|-----------------------|
Dm
Bb
E|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------13-13-13|
G|12-10s9-10-9h10p9------|---------9-10-12-9-10|---9-10-12b14---------|
D|------------------12-10|12s15s12-------------|12--------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
C
Dm
E|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
B|13--13-13-13-13-13-13|13-13-----------------|---------------------------|
G|r12-10-9--10-9-----9-|10--9h10p9------------|---------9-10p9----10-12b15|
D|----------------12---|-----------10-12-10-12|12s15s12--------12---------|
A|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
Bb
C
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---12p10-9-10-9h10p9------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------12-10|12s15s12-10h12p10------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------12-10----10|
E|10------------------------|------------------------13---|
Dm
Bb
E|------------------------|---------------|----------------|
B|------------------------|---------------|--------------13|
G|------------------------|---------------|---9-10-12b14---|
D|------------------------|-------------10|12--------------|
A|10-8h10p8s7-8-7h8p7-----|---7-8-10s12---|----------------|
E|--------------------10-8|10-------------|----------------|
C
Dm
E|--------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
B|13----13-13----13----13---|----13---|------13----13----13---13|
G|14r12-10-12b14-12b14-14r12|----12b14|12b14----12----10----9---|
D|--------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------|-------------------------|
Bb
C
Dm
E|----------|----------------|--|12h13p12p10-12h13p12p10-12h13p12p10-12h13p12p10|
B|----------|----------------|--|-----------------------------------------------|
G|10-10p9---|9-10-9h10p9-----|--|-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------12|------------12tr|--|-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------|----------------|--|-----------------------------------------------|

E|----------|----------------|--|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb
C
E|12h13p12p10-12h13p12p10-12h13p12p10-12h13p12p10|15b17---|15b17---|
B|-----------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
Dm
Bb
C
E|--------|-----------------|------------------|---------------|
B|--------|-----------------|------------------|--------------8|
G|--------|-----------------|------------------|------5-7-7s9--|
D|10h12-10|-----------------|------------------|---------------|
A|--------|10-8-10----10p8p7|8-7h9p7-----------|---------------|
E|--------|-----------------|--------10-8-7-8--|5-7-5----------|
Dm
Bb
C
E|-----------|----------|------------------|---------------|
B|--------5-6|8-6-8-8b10|(10)-(10)r8b10----|r8b10r8b10-----|
G|----5-7----|----------|------------------|---------------|
D|5h7--------|----------|------------------|---------------|
A|-----------|----------|------------------|---------------|
E|-----------|----------|------------------|---------------|
Dm
Bb
C
E|--------------|-----------8|8---------8----|8-------8|
B|8b10r8p6-8-6--|--6---8b10--|8b10---r8-8b10-|8b10-----|
G|-------------7|----7-------|---------------|---------|
D|--------------|------------|---------------|---------|
A|--------------|------------|---------------|---------|
E|--------------|------------|---------------|---------|
Dm
Bb
C
E|8---------|---------------------|----------------|------|
B|--r8-6p5--|6-5h6p5-----------5-6|-8-6h8p6-5-6-5--|------|
G|---------7|--------7-5-7b9r7----|---------------7|7-----|
D|----------|---------------------|----------------|------|
A|----------|---------------------|----------------|------|
E|----------|---------------------|----------------|------|

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