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SHIMMER by Shawn Mullins (Eggshells)
Tabbed by Aron (Bud)
Regular tuning, capo on 3. Tabs relative to capo. 

This isn't 100% accurate, but it gives you a more detailed look
than the plain chords version.

Intro:
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|---0-2-0--------|
|-2-------2\0----|
|-------------3--|

Verse:(x2)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------0--0--------2--2-------0------0-0-------0-|
|-----2------2--0h2------2-----0------0-------0---|
|-0h2---------0----------0-----2------2---0h2-----|
|-0-----------------------0h2h3--0h2h3------------|

Ending of verse:                       The...a child...
|------------------------3---3-3-3-3---0---0-0-0-0--|
|------------------------3---3-3-3-3---1---1-1-1-1--|
|-------0--0--------2----0---0-0-0-0---2---2-2-2-2--|
|-----2------2--0h2------2---2-2-2-0---2---2-2-2-2--|
|-0h2---------0----------3---3-3-3-3---0---0-0-0-0--|
|-0-------------------------------------------------|
...the essence of a child...
|------3---3-----0h2-2-x-3-2-2-x----|
|------3---3-----3---3-x-3---3-x-3--|
|------0---0-----0h2-2-x-2---2-x-2--|
|------2---2-----0-----x-0---0-x-0--|
|------3---3------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

Chorus: 
(Chord sequences repeat as shown; then the whole thing repeats.) 
   (   x2) (   x2) (   x2) (   x2) (   x2) (   x2) (   x4)
|--3---3-3-3---3-3-2---2-2-0---0-0-0---0-0-3---3-3-2---2-2|
|--3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-0---0-0-1---1-1-3---3-3-3---3-3|
|--0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2-2-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2-2|
|--2---2-2-0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2-2-2---2-2-0---0-0-0---0-0|
|--3---3-3-2---2-2---------2---2-2-3---3-3-2---2-2--------|
|--0---0-0-3---3-3---------0---0-0-0---0-0-3---3-3--------|
   C9      G       D       Em      C       G       D

Bridge:
Am C G D Am C G D (Repeat chorus tab once here)

Lyrics:
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Verse 1:
sharing with us what he knows
shining eyes are big and blue
and all around him water flows
this world to him is new
this world to him is new

to touch a face
to kiss a smile
new eyes see no race
the essence of a child
the essence

Chorus:
he's born to shimmer, he's born to shine
he's born to radiate
he's born to live, he's born to love
but we'll teach him how to hate

Verse 2:
true love it is a rock
smoothed over by a stream
no ticking of a clock
truly measures what that means
truly measures what that means

and this thing they call our time
heard a brilliant woman say
she said you know it's crazy
how I want to try to capture mine
I think I love this woman's way
I think I love this woman's

Chorus:
way she shimmers, the way she shines
the way she radiates
the way she lives, the way she loves
the way she never hates

Bridge:
sometimes I think of all the shit that can surround me
I know it all as being mine
but she kisses me and wraps herself around me
she gives me love, she gives me time
and I feel fine
I feel fine

Verse 3:
but time I cannot change
so here's to looking back
you know I drink a whole bottle of my pride
and I toast to change
to keep these demons off my back
just get these demons off my back

Chorus:
cause I want to shimmer, I want to shine
I want to radiate
I want to live, I want to love
I want to try to learn not to hate
try not to hate
we're born to shimmer, we're born to shine
we're born to radiate
we're born to live, we're born to love
we're born to never hate