Chords for How to play "Shooting Star" by Bad Company on acoustic guitar
Tempo:
78.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
G
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Hey Eric here from 1starguitarlessons.com giving you a quick lesson in the song Shooting Star.
[E] Fairly simple song, a lot of basic [Eb] chords, probably a pretty good beginner song if you
want to consider this sort of like even like a campfire song, great tune.
Anyways let's get right into the bare bones of it.
When the words come in we're going to go right to an A.
[A] A, John [E] was a school boy E [G] when he
heard G his first Beatles [A] song.
So A.
So [G] we're going to go from an [A] A, then [E] a E, [G] G, to A.
Quick story pattern I'm doing here for the verse.
Down, down, down, [E] up, down, down, [G] down, up, down, down, [A] down, up, down.
We'll continue.
[E] [G] [A]
[E] [G] [A]
[E] [G] [A]
Now [E] what [Eb] you could do there for a [A] string pattern.
Down, down, [E] down, down, down, down, down, up, down, down, down, down.
You're back [A] into E, A, [G] G to [A] A.
[E] So you follow [G] this progression [A] again a handful of times.
This will be like [E] your second verse.
[G]
[A] Finish it off here.
[E] [G]
[A] [E] D, E, D, E.
[Em] Now you're into the chorus.
D, [A] [D] don't you [A] love a shooting star?
A, [E] D, E, D, E.
D, don't [D] you know D?
[A] A, shooting star.
A, [G] don't you just [D] love
D, D, D, D, [E] D.
D, D, D, D, D.
And you're back [Bb] into the verse.
Let's see if we can give you a quick strumming [Ab] pattern for the chorus part. Don't [D] you
[A]
[E] [E]
[D] [A]
[Gm] [D]
[E]
And then you're back into the next verse.
There's only one other major change in it.
It'll be like the bridge where the solo comes in.
It [Gb] goes an F sharp.
[E] [B] E, E, F [E] sharp.
[B] E, E, F [E] sharp.
[B] E, E,
[Gb] F sharp.
[E] E, and then you kick it right into the chorus.
[D] Don't you know that you'll [A] always shoot a shooting star?
[Ab] And basically the bridge part we can do there is
[Gb] Down, down, [E] down, up, down.
Down, [B] down, up, down, down, down, up.
[Gb] Just keep it real simple.
[B]
[E] Fairly simple song, a lot of basic [Eb] chords, probably a pretty good beginner song if you
want to consider this sort of like even like a campfire song, great tune.
Anyways let's get right into the bare bones of it.
When the words come in we're going to go right to an A.
[A] A, John [E] was a school boy E [G] when he
heard G his first Beatles [A] song.
So A.
So [G] we're going to go from an [A] A, then [E] a E, [G] G, to A.
Quick story pattern I'm doing here for the verse.
Down, down, down, [E] up, down, down, [G] down, up, down, down, [A] down, up, down.
We'll continue.
[E] [G] [A]
[E] [G] [A]
[E] [G] [A]
Now [E] what [Eb] you could do there for a [A] string pattern.
Down, down, [E] down, down, down, down, down, up, down, down, down, down.
You're back [A] into E, A, [G] G to [A] A.
[E] So you follow [G] this progression [A] again a handful of times.
This will be like [E] your second verse.
[G]
[A] Finish it off here.
[E] [G]
[A] [E] D, E, D, E.
[Em] Now you're into the chorus.
D, [A] [D] don't you [A] love a shooting star?
A, [E] D, E, D, E.
D, don't [D] you know D?
[A] A, shooting star.
A, [G] don't you just [D] love
D, D, D, D, [E] D.
D, D, D, D, D.
And you're back [Bb] into the verse.
Let's see if we can give you a quick strumming [Ab] pattern for the chorus part. Don't [D] you
[A]
[E] [E]
[D] [A]
[Gm] [D]
[E]
And then you're back into the next verse.
There's only one other major change in it.
It'll be like the bridge where the solo comes in.
It [Gb] goes an F sharp.
[E] [B] E, E, F [E] sharp.
[B] E, E, F [E] sharp.
[B] E, E,
[Gb] F sharp.
[E] E, and then you kick it right into the chorus.
[D] Don't you know that you'll [A] always shoot a shooting star?
[Ab] And basically the bridge part we can do there is
[Gb] Down, down, [E] down, up, down.
Down, [B] down, up, down, down, down, up.
[Gb] Just keep it real simple.
[B]
Key:
E
A
G
D
B
E
A
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Hey Eric here from 1starguitarlessons.com giving you a quick lesson in the song Shooting Star.
[E] Fairly simple song, a lot of basic [Eb] chords, probably a pretty good beginner song if you
want to consider this sort of like even like a campfire song, great tune.
Anyways let's get right into the bare bones of it.
When the words come in we're going to go right to an A.
[A] A, John [E] was a school boy E [G] when he
heard G his first Beatles [A] song.
So A.
So [G] we're going to go from an [A] A, then [E] a E, [G] G, to A.
_ _ Quick story pattern I'm doing here for the verse.
Down, down, down, [E] up, down, down, [G] down, up, down, down, [A] down, up, down.
We'll continue.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A]
Now [E] what _ _ _ _ [Eb] you could do there for a [A] string pattern.
Down, down, [E] down, down, down, down, down, up, down, down, down, down.
You're back [A] into E, A, _ [G] G to [A] A.
_ _ _ [E] So you follow [G] this progression _ [A] again a handful of times.
This will be like [E] your second verse.
[G] _
_ [A] _ _ Finish it off here.
[E] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] D, E, D, E.
[Em] Now you're into the chorus.
D, [A] [D] don't you [A] love a shooting star?
A, [E] D, E, _ D, E.
D, don't [D] you know D?
_ [A] A, shooting star.
A, [G] don't you just [D] love_
D, D, D, D, [E] D.
D, _ _ D, D, D, D.
And you're back [Bb] into the verse.
Let's see if we can give you a quick strumming [Ab] pattern for the chorus part. Don't [D] you_
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ And then you're back into the next verse.
There's only one other major change in it.
It'll be like the bridge where the solo comes in.
It [Gb] goes an F sharp.
[E] _ _ [B] E, E, _ F [E] sharp.
_ [B] E, E, _ F [E] sharp.
_ [B] E, E, _
_ [Gb] F sharp.
_ [E] E, and then you kick it right into the chorus.
[D] Don't you know that you'll [A] always shoot a shooting star?
[Ab] And basically the bridge part we can do there is_
[Gb] Down, down, [E] down, up, down.
Down, [B] down, up, down, down, down, up.
[Gb] Just keep it real simple.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Hey Eric here from 1starguitarlessons.com giving you a quick lesson in the song Shooting Star.
[E] Fairly simple song, a lot of basic [Eb] chords, probably a pretty good beginner song if you
want to consider this sort of like even like a campfire song, great tune.
Anyways let's get right into the bare bones of it.
When the words come in we're going to go right to an A.
[A] A, John [E] was a school boy E [G] when he
heard G his first Beatles [A] song.
So A.
So [G] we're going to go from an [A] A, then [E] a E, [G] G, to A.
_ _ Quick story pattern I'm doing here for the verse.
Down, down, down, [E] up, down, down, [G] down, up, down, down, [A] down, up, down.
We'll continue.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A]
Now [E] what _ _ _ _ [Eb] you could do there for a [A] string pattern.
Down, down, [E] down, down, down, down, down, up, down, down, down, down.
You're back [A] into E, A, _ [G] G to [A] A.
_ _ _ [E] So you follow [G] this progression _ [A] again a handful of times.
This will be like [E] your second verse.
[G] _
_ [A] _ _ Finish it off here.
[E] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] D, E, D, E.
[Em] Now you're into the chorus.
D, [A] [D] don't you [A] love a shooting star?
A, [E] D, E, _ D, E.
D, don't [D] you know D?
_ [A] A, shooting star.
A, [G] don't you just [D] love_
D, D, D, D, [E] D.
D, _ _ D, D, D, D.
And you're back [Bb] into the verse.
Let's see if we can give you a quick strumming [Ab] pattern for the chorus part. Don't [D] you_
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ And then you're back into the next verse.
There's only one other major change in it.
It'll be like the bridge where the solo comes in.
It [Gb] goes an F sharp.
[E] _ _ [B] E, E, _ F [E] sharp.
_ [B] E, E, _ F [E] sharp.
_ [B] E, E, _
_ [Gb] F sharp.
_ [E] E, and then you kick it right into the chorus.
[D] Don't you know that you'll [A] always shoot a shooting star?
[Ab] And basically the bridge part we can do there is_
[Gb] Down, down, [E] down, up, down.
Down, [B] down, up, down, down, down, up.
[Gb] Just keep it real simple.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _