Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1971 melalui label rekaman Geffen Records.
“Shooting Star” muncul dalam album studio mereka yang bertajuk People Like Us.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Shooting Star” dari The Mamas & The Papas:
INTRO:
Bb Bbm Bb Bbm Bb
F Gm Cm Bb
You were a shooting star, weren't you?
Gm Cm Bb
Til moon dust came along and burned you.
CHORUS:
Bbm Bb
You ought to do what you do, you ought
to do..(doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..)
Bbm Bb
You ought to do what you do, you ought
F Gm Cm Bb
to do..across the milky way, wav-ing.
Dm Gm G Cm Bb
You know your heart is worth sav-ing.
CHORUS:
Bbm Bb
You ought to do what you do, you ought
to do..(doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..)
Bbm Bb
You ought to do what you do, you ought
to do..(doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..)
Bb Gm Cm Bb
Your name in Northern Lights, glow..ing.
F Gm Cm Bb
You know your mind is worth blow..ing?
OUTRO:
Bbm Bb
You ought to do what you do, you ought
to do..(doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..)
Bbm
(doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-
Bb
doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
...F Bb Bbm Bb..
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