Em                                    D#                     G
    Remember when you were young,        you shone like the sun,
      C   Em      Am     C   D       D7
    shine on you cra.....zy diamond !
    Em                               D#                            G
    Now there's a look in your eyes        like black holes in the sky,
      C   Em      Am     C   D       D7
    shine on you cra.....zy diamond !

              Em                         D#
    You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom
         G                   A7
    and blown on the steel breeze,
     C                       A
    come on, you target for faraway laughter
     G                          B           B7         Em
    come on, you stranger, you legend, you martyr and shine!

( D# G C Em Am C D D7 )

         Em                                 D#                      G
    You reached for the secret too soon,         you cried for the moon,
      C   Em       Am     C   D       D7
    shine on you cra.......zy diamond!
       Em                             D#                   G
    Threatened by shadows at night,          exposed in the light,
      C   Em       Am     C   D       D7
    shine on you cra.......zy diamond!

              Em                         D#
    Well, you wore out your welcome with random precision,
         G                  A7
    you rode on the steel breeze,
     C                       A
    come on, you raver, you seer of visions.
     G                         B          B7           Em
    come on, you painter, you piper, you prisoner and shine!

( D# G C Em Am C D D7 )

    Em                             D#                      G
    Nobody knows where you are,           how near and how far.
      C   Em      Am     C   D       D7
    shine on you cra.....zy diamond !
    Em                        D#                          G
    Pile on layer on layer,         I'll be joining you there,
      C   Em      Am     C   D       D7
    shine on you cra.....zy diamond !

              Em                     D#
    And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
           G                  A7
    we'll sail on the steel breeze,
     C                           A
    come on, you boy child, you winner and loser,
     G                       B         B7           Em
    come on, you miner for truth and delusion, and shine.