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Catch A Falling Star

Bobby Vinton

RockAdvanced for beginners16 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G7○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon
C7×○
F
CdimDiagram coming soon
Am×○○
G○○○
A×○○
Em7○○○○○
A7×○○○
D××○
BDiagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
GdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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C                     Dm7         C                  Dm7 
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket 
C            G7  Fdim   C   Dm7 
Never let  it  fade  away 
C                   Dm7         C                   Dm7 
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket 
C             G7   Fdim C  C7 
Save it for a    rainy day 
    F            Dm7           F              Dm7   
For love may come and tap you on the shoulder 
C          Cdim      C   C7 
Some starless night 
    F              Dm7        F                       Dm7 
And just in case you feel you want to hold her 
C      Am     G     Cdim    G   Fdim 
You'll have a pocketful of star light 
C                      Dm7        C                  Dm7 
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket 
C            G7  Fdim C  Dm7 
Never let it fade away 
C                       Dm7     C                   Dm7 
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket 
C             G7   Fdim C  C7 
Save it for a    rainy day 
    F               Dm7      F           Dm7   
For when your troubles start to multiplyin' 
C       Cdim        C   C7 
And they just might 
     F              Dm7   F               Dm7 
It's easy to forget them without tryin' 
C    Am     G     Cdim   G    Fdim     A    Em7     Cdim  A7 
With just a pocketful of star light, pocket full of star light 
D                       G/B         D                    G  
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket 
D7M               G     D 
Never let it fade away 
D                      G/B        D                     G  
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket 
D7M                G   D 
Save it for a rainy day 
D7M                 G   D             
Aave it for a rainy day,  
D7M F#m7 G A7 D G/B D G D7M Gdim D 
Save it for a rainy day

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Chord set

C · Dm7 · G7 · Fdim · C7 · F · Cdim · Am · G · A · Em7 · A7 · D · B · F#m7 · Gdim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.