#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: LTWU46B@prodigy.com (MR KEN L REYNOLDS) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:04:55, -0500 Subject: c/chapin_harry/shooting_star.pro album: Vereties and Balderdash song: Shooting Star artist: Harry Chapin transcribed: Ken Reynolds Here is an oldie and a goodie. Enjoy. Shooting Star Harry Chapin (klr) [Em] He was crazy, of course >From the [C] first she must have known it But [D] still she went on [Bm] with him And she [G] never once had [Em] shown it And she took him off the street And she [C] dried his tears of grieving She [D] listened to his [Bm] visions She be [G] lieved in his be [Em] lieving [C] He was the sun burning bright and brittle And [D] she was the moon shining back his light a little [C] He was a shooting star [Bm] She was softer and more slowly He [A] could not make things possible But [C] she could make them holy, Holy [Em] [Em] He was dancing to some music No one [C] else had ever heard He'd [D] speak in unknown [Bm] languages And she would [G] translate every [Em] word And when the world was laughing At his [C] castles in the sky She'd [D] hold him in her [Bm] body Until he [G] once again could [Em] fly [C] He was the sun burning bright and brittle And [D] she was the moon shining back his light a little [C] He was a shooting star [Bm] She was softer and more slowly He [A] could not make things possible But [C] she could make them holy, Holy [Em] She [G] gave him a daughter and she [D] gave him a son She was a [Bm] mother and a wife And a [Em] lover when the day was done He was to [G] far gone for giving love What he [D] offered in its stead Was the [Bm] knowledge she was the only thing That [Em] was not in his [G] head [D] - [Em] [Em] He took off east one morning Towards the [C] rising sun's red glow She [D] knew he was going [Bm] nowhere But of [G] course she let him [Em] go And as she stood and watched him dwindle Much too [C] empty to be sad He [D] reappeared be [Bm] side her Saying "You're [G] all I've ever [Em] had" [C] He was the sun burning bright and brittle And [D] she was the moon shining back his light a little [C] He was a shooting star [Bm] She was softer and more slowly He [A] could not make things possible But [C] she could make them holy, Holy [Em] I hope you all enjoy that one. I have a wide variety of popular artist and venues for audio tape trading. Contact me at < ltwu46B@prodigy.com > and I will e-mail my list to you. Ken Reynolds