Flaming star    (video)    (midi)

 

    C - Am

 

      C                        Am

1. Every man has a flaming star,

         C                                  F

    a flaming star over his shoulder,

                C                            Am

    and when a man sees his flaming star,

                           F     - G                         C

    he knows his time,        his time has come.

 

   C                                               Am

Flaming star, don’t shine on me, flaming star,

  C                                             Am

flaming star, keep behind me, flaming star.

                Dm

There’s a lot of livin’ I gotta do,

             Dm                                                                       Am

give me time to make a few dreams come true, flaming star.

 

          C                            Am

2. When I ride, I feel that flaming star,

             C                                   F

    that flaming star, over my shoulder,

            C                                  Am

    and so I ride in front of that flaming star,

                             F       - G                          C

    never lookin’ around,       never lookin’ around.       +  CHORUS

 

      C                                    Am

3. One fine day I’ll see that flaming star,

             C                                   F

    that flaming star, over my shoulder,

                C                        Am

    and when I see that old flaming star,

                         F     - G                          C

    I’ll know my time,         my time has come.      +  CHORUS

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)   (Elvis Presley)