Chords for A Fallen Star with Don Helms
Tempo:
78.95 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
D
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#] [Am]
[C] [D] [Am]
[G] Well, I pulled into a little country [D] store just [Am] to buy me a drink, and there up [G] above
the door [D] hung a [Am] picture of old Hank.
And as I [G] looked up on the wall, [D] an old man's voice called to me [Am] from behind, and in a [G] southern
drawl he told [D] me a tale that [Am] sent chills right down my spine.
[G] He said, well, boy, you know I [D] knew him back when [Am] I was just a kid.
Ah, [G] but if you listen to all them, [D] well, hell, [Am] everybody did.
He said, now, [G] I ain't one that's ever [D] tried to make no [Am] scene out of the man, but why [G] people
tell you all them [D] lies, you know [Am] I'll never understand.
Ah, [G] they'll tell you that he drank all the [D] time, and [Am] he stayed drunk as he could be.
Son, I've [Em] seen him when he was awful dry.
[D] [Am] I know he was mighty good to me.
[G] Like the day I guess that [D] he must have knew that [Am] I'd been sorted down on my luck.
He [G] looked down at my worn-out shoes, [Am] and he slipped me twenty bucks.
He said, [G] you know, the first day of fifty [D]-three, [Am] God, it was awful quiet around here.
[G] Yeah, then the old man, he looked [D] at me [Am] and wiped away a tear.
Said the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
In the back [G] seat of that old [D] car is where the [Am] music died.
I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
Laying cold in the [G] silence still, a falling star tonight.
[C] [D] [Am]
[G] Then the old man, he looked [D] at me, and [Am] he sort of stared at me for a spell.
[G] He said, boy, can't you see that they put [Am] that man through hell?
Yeah, they [G] kept him on the road, and [D] I know they [Am] say he drank a few.
Ah, but [G] that's a mighty heavy load.
What if [Am] that were me or you?
Then he said, you [G] know, if I had the time, [D] I could tell [Am] you even more.
He said, old [G] Hank knows I ain't lying.
[D] Turned and [Am] looked at the picture above the door.
He said, you know, [G] it really ain't that far from [D] here up to [Am] Oakwood Hill.
Old Hank, won't you go see my [G] friend, a falling star [Am] laying cold in the silence still?
Yeah, the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
In the back seat [G] of that old car is where the [Am] music died.
And I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
Laying cold in the [G] silence still, [A] a falling [Am] star again.
Laying cold in the [Em] silence still, [D] a falling star tonight.
[A] [Am]
[C] [D] [Am]
[G] Well, I pulled into a little country [D] store just [Am] to buy me a drink, and there up [G] above
the door [D] hung a [Am] picture of old Hank.
And as I [G] looked up on the wall, [D] an old man's voice called to me [Am] from behind, and in a [G] southern
drawl he told [D] me a tale that [Am] sent chills right down my spine.
[G] He said, well, boy, you know I [D] knew him back when [Am] I was just a kid.
Ah, [G] but if you listen to all them, [D] well, hell, [Am] everybody did.
He said, now, [G] I ain't one that's ever [D] tried to make no [Am] scene out of the man, but why [G] people
tell you all them [D] lies, you know [Am] I'll never understand.
Ah, [G] they'll tell you that he drank all the [D] time, and [Am] he stayed drunk as he could be.
Son, I've [Em] seen him when he was awful dry.
[D] [Am] I know he was mighty good to me.
[G] Like the day I guess that [D] he must have knew that [Am] I'd been sorted down on my luck.
He [G] looked down at my worn-out shoes, [Am] and he slipped me twenty bucks.
He said, [G] you know, the first day of fifty [D]-three, [Am] God, it was awful quiet around here.
[G] Yeah, then the old man, he looked [D] at me [Am] and wiped away a tear.
Said the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
In the back [G] seat of that old [D] car is where the [Am] music died.
I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
Laying cold in the [G] silence still, a falling star tonight.
[C] [D] [Am]
[G] Then the old man, he looked [D] at me, and [Am] he sort of stared at me for a spell.
[G] He said, boy, can't you see that they put [Am] that man through hell?
Yeah, they [G] kept him on the road, and [D] I know they [Am] say he drank a few.
Ah, but [G] that's a mighty heavy load.
What if [Am] that were me or you?
Then he said, you [G] know, if I had the time, [D] I could tell [Am] you even more.
He said, old [G] Hank knows I ain't lying.
[D] Turned and [Am] looked at the picture above the door.
He said, you know, [G] it really ain't that far from [D] here up to [Am] Oakwood Hill.
Old Hank, won't you go see my [G] friend, a falling star [Am] laying cold in the silence still?
Yeah, the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
In the back seat [G] of that old car is where the [Am] music died.
And I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
Laying cold in the [G] silence still, [A] a falling [Am] star again.
Laying cold in the [Em] silence still, [D] a falling star tonight.
[A] [Am]
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[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, I pulled into a little country [D] store just [Am] to buy me a drink, _ _ and there up [G] above
the door [D] hung a [Am] picture of old Hank. _ _
And as I [G] looked up on the wall, [D] an old man's voice called to me [Am] from behind, _ _ and in a [G] southern
drawl he told [D] me a tale that [Am] sent chills right down my spine.
_ _ [G] He said, well, boy, you know I [D] knew him back when [Am] I was just a kid.
_ _ Ah, [G] but if you listen to all them, [D] well, hell, [Am] everybody did. _ _ _
He said, now, [G] I ain't one that's ever [D] tried to make no [Am] scene out of the man, _ _ but why [G] people
tell you all them [D] lies, you know [Am] I'll never understand.
_ _ Ah, [G] they'll tell you that he drank all the [D] time, and [Am] he stayed drunk as he could be.
_ _ Son, I've [Em] seen him when he was awful dry.
[D] _ [Am] I know he was mighty good to me. _ _
_ [G] Like the day I guess that [D] he must have knew that [Am] I'd been sorted down on my luck.
_ He [G] looked down at my worn-out shoes, [Am] and he slipped me twenty bucks.
_ _ He said, [G] you know, the first day of fifty [D]-three, [Am] God, it was awful quiet around here. _ _
[G] Yeah, then the old man, he looked [D] at me [Am] and wiped away a tear. _
Said the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
_ In the back [G] seat of that old [D] car is where the [Am] music died.
I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
_ Laying cold in the [G] silence still, a falling star tonight. _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Then the old man, he looked [D] at me, and [Am] he sort of stared at me for a spell. _ _
[G] He said, boy, can't you see that they put [Am] that man through hell? _ _
Yeah, they [G] kept him on the road, and [D] I know they [Am] say he drank a few.
_ _ Ah, but [G] that's a mighty heavy load.
What if [Am] that were me or you?
_ _ Then he said, you [G] know, if I had the time, [D] I could tell [Am] you even more.
_ _ _ He said, old [G] Hank knows I ain't lying.
[D] Turned and [Am] looked at the picture above the door. _ _
He said, you know, [G] it really ain't that far from [D] here up to [Am] Oakwood Hill.
Old Hank, _ _ won't you go see my [G] friend, a falling star [Am] laying cold in the silence still?
Yeah, the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
_ In the back seat [G] of that old car is where the [Am] music died.
And I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
Laying cold in the [G] silence still, [A] a falling [Am] star again.
_ Laying cold in the [Em] silence still, [D] a falling star tonight.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, I pulled into a little country [D] store just [Am] to buy me a drink, _ _ and there up [G] above
the door [D] hung a [Am] picture of old Hank. _ _
And as I [G] looked up on the wall, [D] an old man's voice called to me [Am] from behind, _ _ and in a [G] southern
drawl he told [D] me a tale that [Am] sent chills right down my spine.
_ _ [G] He said, well, boy, you know I [D] knew him back when [Am] I was just a kid.
_ _ Ah, [G] but if you listen to all them, [D] well, hell, [Am] everybody did. _ _ _
He said, now, [G] I ain't one that's ever [D] tried to make no [Am] scene out of the man, _ _ but why [G] people
tell you all them [D] lies, you know [Am] I'll never understand.
_ _ Ah, [G] they'll tell you that he drank all the [D] time, and [Am] he stayed drunk as he could be.
_ _ Son, I've [Em] seen him when he was awful dry.
[D] _ [Am] I know he was mighty good to me. _ _
_ [G] Like the day I guess that [D] he must have knew that [Am] I'd been sorted down on my luck.
_ He [G] looked down at my worn-out shoes, [Am] and he slipped me twenty bucks.
_ _ He said, [G] you know, the first day of fifty [D]-three, [Am] God, it was awful quiet around here. _ _
[G] Yeah, then the old man, he looked [D] at me [Am] and wiped away a tear. _
Said the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
_ In the back [G] seat of that old [D] car is where the [Am] music died.
I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
_ Laying cold in the [G] silence still, a falling star tonight. _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Then the old man, he looked [D] at me, and [Am] he sort of stared at me for a spell. _ _
[G] He said, boy, can't you see that they put [Am] that man through hell? _ _
Yeah, they [G] kept him on the road, and [D] I know they [Am] say he drank a few.
_ _ Ah, but [G] that's a mighty heavy load.
What if [Am] that were me or you?
_ _ Then he said, you [G] know, if I had the time, [D] I could tell [Am] you even more.
_ _ _ He said, old [G] Hank knows I ain't lying.
[D] Turned and [Am] looked at the picture above the door. _ _
He said, you know, [G] it really ain't that far from [D] here up to [Am] Oakwood Hill.
Old Hank, _ _ won't you go see my [G] friend, a falling star [Am] laying cold in the silence still?
Yeah, the silence [G] of the falling [D] stars still makes me [Am] want to cry.
_ In the back seat [G] of that old car is where the [Am] music died.
And I go up on [G] Oakwood Hill [D] when it's hard to [Am] see the light.
Laying cold in the [G] silence still, [A] a falling [Am] star again.
_ Laying cold in the [Em] silence still, [D] a falling star tonight.
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