Shooting Star chords
Bad Company *  1975 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_Star_(Bad_Company_song)

[Intro]

          2x

[Verse 1]

             
 Johnny was a 


schoolboy,
             
when he heard 

              
his first Beat

    
les song.
        
Love Me Do, I 

think it was,
             
and from there

              
 it didn't tak

      
e him long.
              
Got himself a 


guitar,
             
used to play e

     
very night
              
Now he's in a 

      
rock 'n' roll 

outfit,
             
and everything

     
's alright.
            
Don't you know

   
?

[Verse 2]

             
 Johnny told h

   
is Mama,
             
"Hey, Mama, I'

         
m goin' away.
              
I'm gonna hit 

    
the big time,
             
gonna be a big

          
 star someday"

.
          
Mama came to t

he door,
             
with a teardro

         
p in her eye.
              
Johnny said, "


don't cry, Mam

a,
             
smile and wave

     
 goodbye".
         
Don't you know

?
         
Yeah......yeah

.....

[Chorus]

            
Don't you know

              
 that you are 

  
a shooting sta

r?
         
Don't you know

?
         
Don't you know

?
            
Don't you know

              
 that you are 

  
a shooting sta

r?
             
And all the wo

              
rld will love 

            
you just as lo

ng,
              
as long as you

     
 are.

[Verse 3]

             
 Johnny made a

 
 record,
             
went straight 

             
up to number o

ne.
         
Suddenly every

one loved,
             
to hear him si

       
ng his song.
             
Watchin' the w

orld go by,
             
surprisin' it 

        
goes so fast.
              
Johnny looked 

  
around him and

 said,
             
"well, I made 

              
the big-time a

  
t last".
         
Don't you know

?
         
Don't you know

?

[Chorus]

            
Don't you know

              
 that you are 

  
a shooting sta

r?
         
Don't you know

?
         
Don't you know

?
            
Don't you know

              
 that you are 

  
a shooting sta

r?
             
And all the wo

              
rld will love 

            
you just as lo

ng,
              
as long as you

            
 are  a shooti

   
ng star.  2x 

[Verse 4]

            
 Johnny died o

ne night, 
           
died in his be

d.
          
Bottle of whis

ky, 
             
sleeping table

          
ts by his head

.
              
Johnny's life 

             
passed him by,

 
             
like a warm su

     
mmer day.
              
If you listen 

            
to the wind, 
             
you can still 

         
hear him play.
        
Woooooh

[Outro]

            
Don't you know

              
 that you are 

  
a shooting sta

r?
            
Don't you know

  
?    3x

             
Na na na na na

             
 na na na na n

           
a na na na nah

  5x

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