Importante cantante y compositor de bonitas melodías folk, su primer sencillo “Taxi” logró un éxito inminente, pero sus primeros dos álbumes, “Head And Trais” y “Sniper And Other Love Songs” no disfrutarían del mismo éxito. Su tercer trabajo, “Short Stories”, permaneció en las listas unos seis meses gracias al sencillo “W.O.L.D.”. El disco “Verities And Balderdash” fue disco de oro y Chapin también consigue una nominación de la Academia por su documental “Legendary Champions” en 1968.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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From: [email protected] (MR KEN L REYNOLDS) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:04:55, -0500 Subject: c/chapin_harry/shooting_star.pro
album: Vereties and Balderdash song: Shooting Star artist: Harry Chapin transcribed: Ken Reynolds
Here is an oldie and a goodie. Enjoy.
Shooting Star Harry Chapin (klr)
[Em] He was crazy, of course >From the [C] first she must have known it But [D] still she went on [Bm] with him And she [G] never once had [Em] shown it And she took him off the street And she [C] dried his tears of grieving She [D] listened to his [Bm] visions She be [G] lieved in his be [Em] lieving
[C] He was the sun burning bright and brittle And [D] she was the moon shining back his light a little [C] He was a shooting star [Bm] She was softer and more slowly He [A] could not make things possible But [C] she could make them holy, Holy [Em]
[Em] He was dancing to some music No one [C] else had ever heard He'd [D] speak in unknown [Bm] languages And she would [G] translate every [Em] word And when the world was laughing At his [C] castles in the sky She'd [D] hold him in her [Bm] body Until he [G] once again could [Em] fly
[C] He was the sun burning bright and brittle And [D] she was the moon shining back his light a little [C] He was a shooting star [Bm] She was softer and more slowly He [A] could not make things possible But [C] she could make them holy, Holy [Em]
She [G] gave him a daughter and she [D] gave him a son She was a [Bm] mother and a wife And a [Em] lover when the day was done He was to [G] far gone for giving love What he [D] offered in its stead Was the [Bm] knowledge she was the only thing That [Em] was not in his [G] head [D] - [Em]
[Em] He took off east one morning Towards the [C] rising sun's red glow She [D] knew he was going [Bm] nowhere But of [G] course she let him [Em] go And as she stood and watched him dwindle Much too [C] empty to be sad He [D] reappeared be [Bm] side her Saying "You're [G] all I've ever [Em] had"
[C] He was the sun burning bright and brittle And [D] she was the moon shining back his light a little [C] He was a shooting star [Bm] She was softer and more slowly He [A] could not make things possible But [C] she could make them holy, Holy [Em]
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