Tin Star Chords
Tin Star by Melanie Safka is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Em, D, C, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em D C D
G Em G Em C
How old was I, five or six or so
G C D
The innocent years, long ago
G Em G Em C
My father on his chair, reaching up so far
G C D G
Crowning the tree, with that old tin star
Bm C Em D G Em
And it shines so pretty, like diamonds in the sun
D C D
Nothing but good things will ever come
C G C D G
Little girl don't grow up, stay as sweet as you are
C Em D G
May you always find the wonder of that old tin star
Em G Em C
When I grew up, found a place to live
G C D
And I unpacked my things, I found a gift
G Em G Em
And it felt like home, though I'd traveled so far
C G C D G
'Cause there in my hands was that old tin star
Bm C Em D G Em
And now it shines so pretty, like diamonds in the sun
D C D
Nothing but good things will ever come
C G C D G
Little girl don't grow up, stay as sweet as you are
C Em D G Bm
May you always gaze in wonder at that old tin star
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