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Intro
Dm |Dm |Dm |Dm | Dm |Dm |Dm
Verse 1
He was crazy of course. From the first she must have known it
But still she went on with him and she never once had shown it
And she took him off the streets and she dried his tears of grievin'
C Am F Dm | Dm |
She listened to his visions, she believed in his believin'
Chorus 1
Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle and
She was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star, she was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible but, she could make them holy
Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm |
Holy...
Verse 2
He was dancin' to some music no one else had ever heard
He'd speak in unknown languages she'd translate every word
And when the world was laughing at his castles in the sky
C Am F Dm | Dm |
She'd hold him in her body and he once again would fly
Chorus 2
Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle and
She was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star, she was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible but, she could make them holy
Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm |
Holy...
Bridge
But she gave him a daughter and she gave him a son
She was a mother and a wife and a lover when the day was done
When he was too far gone for givin’ love what he’d offer in its stead
Was the knowledge she was the only thing that was not
Bb | Bb | C | C | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm |
In his head ----_____________
Verse 3
He took off east one morning in the risin’ sun’s red glow
She knew he was goin’ nowhere but of course she’d let him go
As she stood and watched him dwindle, much too empty to be sad
C Am F Dm | Dm
He reappeared beside her and said, “You’re all I’ve ever had…”
Chorus 3
Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle and
She was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star, she was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible but, she could make them holy
Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle and
She was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star, she was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible but, she could make them holy
Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm |
Ho-ly--------
Written By: Harry Chapin
Album: Reelin' In The Years Archive
Year: 1977
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