Shooting Star
Words and music Bob Dylan.
Released on Oh Mercy (1989) and in a live version
on Unplugged (1995).
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
B” (in the bridge) is a chord with a whole lot of tones in it, on several guitars, playing quite different chords. A good approximation is x22324.
In the outtake version the song is clearly played in C, with a capo on the 4th fret (see below). On Unplugged Dylan plays his licks without a capo, while Jackson uses the capo on the 4th fret.
E E/g# A E
E E/g# A
A B E A
E E/g# A E
E E/g#
Seen a shooting star tonight
A E
And I thought of you
E E/g#
You were trying to break into another world
A
A world I never knew
A B
I always kind of wondered
E A
if you ever made it through
E E/g#
Seen a shooting star tonight
A E
And I thought of you.
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me
If I was still the same If I ever became
what you wanted me to be
Did I miss the mark or overstep the line
that only you could see
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me.
C#m /c
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
/b /a#
As the last firetruck from hell
A B E
goes rolling by, all good people are praying
C#m /c
It's the last temptation the last account
/b /a#
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
A B”
The last radio is playing.
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
Tomorrow will be another day
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
that you needed to hear me say
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away.
Capoed version (capo 4th fret)
C C/e
Seen a shooting star tonight
F C
And I thought of you
C C/e
You were trying to break into another world
F
A world I never knew
F G
I always kind of wondered
C F
if you ever made it through
C C/e
Seen a shooting star tonight
F C
And I thought of you.
...
Am /g#
Listen to the engine listen to the bell
/g /f#
As the last firetruck from hell
F G C
goes rolling by, all good people are praying
Am /g#
It's the last temptation the last account
/g /f#
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
F F/g
The last radio is playing.
(The Unplugged version has
F D9
The last radio is playing.
with D9 = x57555 or something like that.
Also the Fs are occasionally played Fmaj7 (133210)