SHOOTING STAR by Bad Company
Standard tuning EADGBE
Strum pattern / /  / / /  / /  / / /

VERSE 1

A                  E            G                    A
Johnny was a school boy when he heard his first Beatles song.

A               E                   G                A
?Love me do?  I think is was and from there it didn?t take him long.

A               E       G               A
Got himself a guitar, used to play every night.

A               E               G               A
Now he?s in a rock n? roll outfit and everythings alright.

VERSE 2

A               E       G              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
Mama came to the door with a teardrop in her eye.

A               E          G            A
Johnny said, don?t cry mama, smiled and waved goodbye.

VERSE 3

D                                    A          
Don?t you know that you are a shooting star.

D          E
Don?t you know

D          E
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 you are.



VERSE 4

A               E             G             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
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.

VERSE 5

D                                    A          
Don?t you know that you are a shooting star.

D          E
Don?t you know

D            E
Whoa         Yeah

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 you are ? a shooting star.

BRIDGE

F#5     E5      B       (x3)
F#5             E5

VERSE 6
D                                     A         
Don?t you know that you are a shooting star.

D          E
Don?t you know

D       E
Ah      Ha

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 you are.

VERSE 7

A                 E    G             A
Johnny died one night, died in his bed.

A             E         G               A
Bottle of whiskey, sleeping tablets by his head.

A               E          G                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.

VERSE 8

D                                     A         
Don?t you know that you are a shooting star.

D          E
Don?t you know

D          E
Don?t you know

D                                    A
Don?t you know that you are a shooting star.

OUTRO

D                                      A                
Don?t you know that you are a shooting star.

D          E
Don?t you know

D          E
Don?t you know

D                                      A
Don?t you know that you are a shooting star