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Shooting Star (ver. 2)

Bad Company

RockAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

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

A×
E
G
D××
G5Diagram coming soon
D5Diagram coming soon
F#5Diagram coming soon
E5Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              INTRO A E G A A E G A  
 
(VERSE) 
 
A             E                  G                  A    D/A 
 Johnny was a school boy when he heard his first Beatles song 
A        E                           G                        A    
 Love Me Do, I think it was and from there it didn't take him long 
A              E               G          A     D/A 
 Got himself a guitar, used to play every night 
A              E                       G              A 
 Now he's in a rock & roll outfit, and everything's alright 
D           E 
  Don't you know? 
 
 
(VERSE) 
A                E         G         A    D/A 
 Johnny told his Mama, Hey Mama I'm goin' away 
A                  E               G                 A 
 I'm gonna hit the big time, gonna be a big star someday, yeah 
A          E                  G               A   D/A 
 Mama came to the door with a teardrop in her eye 
A              E              G                   A 
 Johnny said, "Don't cry Mama smiled and wave goodbye 
D           E     D    E 
  Don't you know, yeah yeah 
          D                   A                   
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
D         E     D         E 
Don't you know, don't you know 
          D                   A 
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
    G5                                  D5           E   D  E 
And all the world will love you just as long as long as you are 
(VERSE) 
 
A              E            G                 A   D/A 
 Johnny made a record, went straight up to number one 
A         E                 G                 A 
 Suddenly everyone loved to hear him sing his song 
A             E            G                     A    D/A 
 Watching the world go by, surprising it goes so fast 
A              E                            G                    A 
 Johnny looked around him and said, Well, I made the big time at last 
D          E     D    E 
 Don't you know, yeah yeah 
          D                   A                   
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
D         E     D     E 
Don't you know, Whoa, yeah    
          D                   A 
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
    G5                                  D5                  E   
And all the world will love you just as long as long as you are 
  D        E  
A shooting star 
(Instrumental) 
 
 F#5 E5 B F#5 E5 B F#5 E5 B  F#5 E5 
 
 
(Chorus) 
 
          D                   A                   
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
D         E     D       E 
Don't you know, ahhhhh  haaaa 
          D                   A 
Don't you know that you are a shooting star now 
    G5                                  D5           E   D  E 
And all the world will love you just as long as long as you are 
 
 
(VERSE) 
 
A            E          G           A   D/A 
 Johnny died one night, died in his bed 
A          E                 G              A 
 Bottle of whiskey, sleepin' tablets by his head  
A              E                    G           A   D/A 
 Johnny's life passed him by like a warm summer day 
A                     E             G              A 
 If you listen to the wind, you can still hear him play 
D  E      D    E     
   Whoa...whoa whoa 
 
 
(Chorus) 
 
          D                   A                   
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
D          E     D         E 
 Don't you know, don't you know 
          D                   A 
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
D          E 
 Don't you know 
          D                   A 
Don't you know that you are a shooting star 
E 
Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you know 
          D              A 
Don't you know you are a shooting star 
E     D             A      E 
Na na na na na na na na na na ~ 
- TO FADE 
 
          
 

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Chord set

A · E · G · D · G5 · D5 · F#5 · E5 · B

Practice tip

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