Shooting Star — Harry Chapin
Chords and lyrics for Shooting Star by Harry Chapin (key of Em).
Verse 1
[Em]He was crazy, of course
[C]From the first she must have known it
[D]But still [Bm]she went on with him
[G]And she never once had [Em]shown it
[Em]And she took him off the street
[C]And she dried his tears of grieving
[D]She listened to his [Bm]visions
[G]She believed in his [Em]believing
Chorus
[C]He was the sun burning bright and brittle
[D]And she was the moon shining back his light a little
[C]He was a shooting star
[Bm]She was softer and more slowly
[A]He could not make things possible
[C]But she could make them [Em]holy, Holy
Verse 2
[Em]He was dancing to some music
[C]No one else had ever heard
[D]He'd speak in unknown [Bm]languages
[G]And she would translate every [Em]word
[Em]And when the world was laughing
[C]At his castles in the sky
[D]She'd hold him in her [Bm]body
[G]Until he once again could [Em]fly
Chorus
[C]He was the sun burning bright and brittle
[D]And she was the moon shining back his light a little
[C]He was a shooting star
[Bm]She was softer and more slowly
[A]He could not make things possible
[C]But she could make them [Em]holy, Holy
Verse 3
[G]She gave him a daughter and she [D]gave him a son
[Bm]She was a mother and a wife
[Em]And a lover when the day was done
[G]He was too far gone for giving love
[D]What he offered in its stead
[Bm]Was the knowledge she was the only thing
[Em]That was not in his [G]head
Verse 4
[Em]He took off east one morning
[C]Towards the rising sun's red glow
[D]She knew he was going [Bm]nowhere
[G]But of course she let him [Em]go
[Em]And as she stood and watched him dwindle
[C]Much too empty to be sad
[D]He reappeared beside [Bm]her
[G]Saying "You're all I've ever [Em]had"
Chorus
[C]He was the sun burning bright and brittle
[D]And she was the moon shining back his light a little
[C]He was a shooting star
[Bm]She was softer and more slowly
[A]He could not make things possible
[C]But she could make them [Em]holy, Holy