Biography:
The Ruts were a reggae-influenced British punk rock band, notable for the 1979 Top 10 hit "Babylon's Burning." Thier debut album The Crack was produced by Mick Glossop and released in September 1979, reaching number 16 in the UK Albums Chart. Singles "Babylon's Burning" and "Something That I Said" were re-recorded for the album. The band were active in anti-racist causes and played a number of benefits for Rock Against Racism.
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WEST ONE (SHINE ON ME) by THE RUTS
INTRO: C# C# D D A A C# C# D D E E stop
VERSE:
C# D
Lights are burning red and white, lost on an island in the night
A C# D
Rescue me O here I stay a traffic island castaway, lost in a bar
E
Deciding soon to make it straight
BREAK: (strum each chord once)
A G (B bass) F# G
Out in the dark and on my own (shine on me)
I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)
VERSE:
Glass is smashed, its only champagne, it trickles down the drain
A treat for sewer rats, you are like a rat when you get high
People falling on the floor or running at the door
DAMPENED VERSE:
C# D
Lights in the night, burning red and white
A
Shine on me so I can see
C# D
Out in the cold, out on my own (on my own)
E
Shine on me so I can see, shine on me...
BREAK-SOLO
C# C# D D A A C# C# D D E E E E
STOP
GUITAR: A A (G bass) A (F# bass) A (G bass) x1
A A (G bass) A (F# bass) A (G bass)
Out in the dark and on my own
I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)
Out in the dark, standing here alone
Out in the night where traffic warders roam
Out in an island, where you abandoned me
I am still burning, bright so I can see
Lights in the night, burning red and white
Shine on me so i can see, shine on me, shine on me
Shine on me so i can see, shine on me, shine on me
Shine on me, shine on me, shine on me
Shine on me, shine on me, shine on me
OUTRO GUITAR:
A A (G bass) A (F# bass) A (G bass)
E------------------------------------------------------|
B-------2----------2-----------2-------------2---------|
G-----2---2-----2---2-------2---2----------2---2-------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A---0--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------3-----------2-------------3-------------|
INTRO: C# C# D D A A C# C# D D E E stop
VERSE:
C# D
Lights are burning red and white, lost on an island in the night
A C# D
Rescue me O here I stay a traffic island castaway, lost in a bar
E
Deciding soon to make it straight
BREAK: (strum each chord once)
A G (B bass) F# G
Out in the dark and on my own (shine on me)
I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)
VERSE:
Glass is smashed, its only champagne, it trickles down the drain
A treat for sewer rats, you are like a rat when you get high
People falling on the floor or running at the door
DAMPENED VERSE:
C# D
Lights in the night, burning red and white
A
Shine on me so I can see
C# D
Out in the cold, out on my own (on my own)
E
Shine on me so I can see, shine on me...
BREAK-SOLO
C# C# D D A A C# C# D D E E E E
STOP
GUITAR: A A (G bass) A (F# bass) A (G bass) x1
A A (G bass) A (F# bass) A (G bass)
Out in the dark and on my own
I am stranded here with no way home (shine on me)
Out in the dark, standing here alone
Out in the night where traffic warders roam
Out in an island, where you abandoned me
I am still burning, bright so I can see
Lights in the night, burning red and white
Shine on me so i can see, shine on me, shine on me
Shine on me so i can see, shine on me, shine on me
Shine on me, shine on me, shine on me
Shine on me, shine on me, shine on me
OUTRO GUITAR:
A A (G bass) A (F# bass) A (G bass)
E------------------------------------------------------|
B-------2----------2-----------2-------------2---------|
G-----2---2-----2---2-------2---2----------2---2-------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A---0--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------3-----------2-------------3-------------|
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