Van Halen - Josephina: chords

      G
Josephina, there's so much I want to know
       Bm
I've known you for all of mine
     Em
But not all of yours
               Am
You're not a stranger
F
No, nothing could be further
   Am
I look back and I wonder
F                   G      F
What you were like long before

Josephina, if I asked you, would you tell me?
The fact from the fancy
And the dreams in between
Tell me a story
All about yours truly
Photographs from the past
Imagine the mystery

 F                G              C      Am
Did you get your head lost in a daydream?
      A#                     G
Cinderella waiting for her charming
F#               B
Did you break a heart like
 G#          C#     D
little girls often do?
D#            F
Pigtails and painted toes
D#                      A#        F   E
All dressed up in your mother's clothes

Chorus:
                   Am
Can you shine the light?
F                      Am
Ah, can you shine the light?
F        G          Am             F
Oh please, can you shine some light?
     G                  Am   F
Yeah, can you shine the light?
           D          Em
Shine the light on a shadow

Josephina, would you lay down your defenses?
So I can make sense of
Those colors fading to grey
It's not that you're hiding
Something I'd never imply
Yesteryear may be gone
Can't say the same for today

Yeah, Josephina
Ah, Josephina

How else am I to know that all the while
There was a mischievous look behind that smile?
It's hard to tell when innocence comes and goes
I'm sure that there were
times life could be unkind
Without a shoulder to cry on

Chorus:
Can you shine the light?
Ah, can you shine the light?
Yeah please, can you shine some light?
Yeah, can you shine the light?
Yeah, can you shine the light?
Shine the light on a shadow