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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 96 17:33:01 EDT
From: slehman@MIT.EDU (Scott A. Lehman)


SHOOTING STAR - Harry Chapin
covered by Pat Benatar
from the "Harry Chapin Tribute" album

       Amhe (x02210@1)was crazy, of course
         G (320003@1)                 Ffrom (133211@1)the first she must have known it
        Gbut (320003@1)she ***** went on with him
    G (320003@1)            Amand (x02210@1)never once had shown it
    Amshe (x02210@1)took him off the streets
        G (320003@1)                Fand (133211@1)she dried his tears of grieving
      G*************************** (320003@1)      G (320003@1)           Amshe (x02210@1)believed in his believing

      C (x32010@1)                    Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)  oh he was the sun burning bright and brittle and
               G (320003@1)                           Am (x02210@1)  she was the moon shining back his light a little
            F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)  he was a shooting star, she was softer and more slowly
      Am (x02210@1)  he could not make things possible
       F (133211@1)                          Am (x02210@1)  but she could make them holy - holy

         Am (x02210@1)                        Gwell (320003@1)she gave him a daughter and she gave him a son
          G (320003@1)                      Fshe (133211@1)was a mother and a wife, and a lover when the day was done
            Amwhen (x02210@1)he was too far gone for giving love
        Gwhat (320003@1)he offered her instead
        Amwas (x02210@1)the knowledge she was the only thing
     F (133211@1)            Amthat (x02210@1)was not in his head