Guitar Tab:Why Does The Sun Shine?

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A version of this song's chords intended for beginner guitarists is available at the TMBG In 4 Chords project: Why Does The Sun Shine?.

Why Does The Sun Shine?

By: Hy Zaret & Lou Singer

Key: F Major

Year: 1993

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Intro: F - Bb - F - - - Chorus: F - Bb - The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, F - C - A gigantic nuclear furnace F - Bb - Where hydrogen is built into helium F C F / Bb F At a temperature of millions of degrees. 1. |: F Bb F Bb Yo ho, it's hot - the sun is not F - C - A place where we could live; F - Bb - But here on Earth there'd be no life C F / Bb F  :| Without the light it gives. |: F Bb F Bb We need its light, we need its heat, F - C - We need its energy; F - Bb - Without the sun, without a doubt C F / Bb F  :| There'd be no you and me. Chorus F Bb The sun is hot... It is so hot that everything on it is a gas. Iron, copper, aluminum, and many others. F Bb The sun is large... If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star. F Bb C The sun is far away... About 93 million miles away - and that's why it looks so small. |: F Bb And even when it's out of sight C F / Bb F  :| The sun shines night and day. |: F Bb F Bb The sun gives heat; the sun gives light - F - C - The sunlight that we see; F - Bb - The sunlight comes from our own sun's C F / Bb F  :| Atomic energy... Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and helium. Chorus: F - Bb - The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, F - C - A gigantic nuclear furnace F - Bb - Where hydrogen is built into helium F C F / Bb F At a temperature of millions of degrees. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + -E.M. ok, i'm still asking for help on this, but i mad some progress last night: the sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace E -9--11--9--9------------8------------------------------9---11--9- B --------------11--9--11---11--9-------------9--9--9-10----------- G ----------------------------------11--10-11---------------------- D ----------------------------------------------------------------- A ----------------------------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------------------------- where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees E --9---11-11-9--9----------------------------------------------------------- B -------------------11---9-9--11-9----------9--9--9---9---11--11--9---9----- G ---------------------------------11-11-11-------------------------------11- D --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- any suggestions? i haven't worked on the intro yet. thanks, nathan \ Here's me nit picking on a revised version of Nathan's. It's a bit sketchy right now. E -9--11--9--9-------------------------------------------9---11--9- B --------------11-----9-11-9---?-------------9--9--9-10----------- G -----------------11---------------11--10-11---------------------- D ----------------------------------------------------------------- A ----------------------------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------------------------- E --9---11-11-9--9---------------------------------------------------------8- B -------------------11---9-9--11-9----------9--9--9---9---11--11--9---9----- G ---------------------------------11-11-11---------------------------------- D --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next verse is almost like this: E -11--9-------11--9-------11-9------------ B -------11--9-------11--9-----11--9-----9- G ------------------------------------11--- D ----------------------------------------- A ----------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------- But that seems too simple. -Gabby Ok, this is pretty rough but it sounds good. The rythum in this is bad if not completely wrong, so ignore it. The sun is a mass... |---------------------------------------------------| |-1--3--1-1---------------------------------1-3-1---| |------------2---0-2-0-------------------2----------| |--------------3--------3--0-----3--3-3-------------| |----------------------------3-3--------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| Then vary the same notes to get the right rythum for the words. The sun is hot... (again for the sun is large) |-----------------| |--3--1-----------| |-------2---------| |---------3-------| |-----------------| |-----------------| The sun is far away... |----------------| |--3--1----------| |-------2-0---0--| |-----------3----| |----------------| |----------------| Then the ending bit, sorry don't know the words. |-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------1-1-1-1----------------| |-------0-2---0-2-3---0-------------------------| |----3------3---------------------3-------------| |--3--------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| "I'd get more sense out of a squashed hedgehog." -Arnold Rimmer http://www.angelfire.com/pages7/bryand/