Last Updated on February 29, 2024
Shallow is a song sung by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the movie “A Star is Born” in 2018. It is the lead song in a musical romantic drama film and was penned by Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando, Mark Ronson, and Lady Gaga. Also, Lady Gaga herself produced this song along with Benjamin Rice.
Shallow – The Song
Lady Gaga is a 34 years old multi-talented American singer who is not only a writer, an actress, and a record producer, but she is also a brilliant businesswoman. She claimed to fame with the album “The Flame” in 2008 and is known for her songs “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” that topped the charts. She is also known for the songs “Telephone” Bad Romance,” “Alejandro”, etc.; while Bradley Cooper is a forty-five-year-old amazing American actor and a filmmaker who rose to fame with the film and its sequel, “Hangover” and is also known for films like “Limitless,” “Silver Linings,” and many more. He is considered to be one amongst the top 100 influential people in the world, according to Time Magazine, and was also on the Forbes Celebrity 100, thrice. Together these two great personalities created an amazing film about love, music, and sacrifice, and it also turned out to be a blockbuster.
A Star is Born
The movie “A Star is Born” is a remake of a film from 1937 and was a huge success commercially as well as critically, and it grossed $436.2 million worldwide. The original film from which “A Star is Born” was remade, was also an inspiration for the Indian movie “Aashiqui 2” in 2013, which was also a great blockbuster.
Though the movie “A Star is Born” had been nominated for multiple accolades, it won some of them, among which the song “Shallow” won the “Best Original Song” at the 91st Academy Awards and the 76th Golden Globe Awards. At the Grammy Awards, this song was nominated twice, once as the “Song of the Year” and secondly as the “Record of the Year.”
The Chords
“Shallow” is a heart-touching beautiful song, and so is its music. If you are interested and want to learn how to play the shallow chords yourself, then look no further, we have got the Shallow chords right here for you.
[Intro]
|Em D G| |
|C |G D |
|Em D G| |
[Verse 1]
Em D G
Tell me somethin’ girl
C G D
Are you happy in this modern world?
Em D G
Or do you need more
C G D
Is there somethin’ else you’re searchin’ for?
[Refrain]
Em D G
I’m fallin’
C
In all the good times
G D Em D G
I find myself longin’ for change
C G D
And in the bad times, I fear myself.
|Em D G| |
|Em D G| |
[Verse 2]
Em D G
Tell me something boy
C G D
Aren’t you tired tryin’ to fill that void?
Em D G
Or do you need more
C G D
Ain’t it hard keepin’ it so hardcore?
[Refrain]
Em D G
I’m falling
C
In all the good times
G D Em D G
I find myself longing for change
C G D
And in the bad times I fear myself
[Chorus]
Am
I’m off the deep end
D
Watch as I dive in
G D Em
I’ll never meet the ground
Am
Crash through the surface
D
Where they can’t hurt us
G D Em
We’re far from the shallow now
[Bridge]
Am D
In the sha-ha-sha-ha-low
G D Em
In the sha-sha-laaaa-low
Am D
In the sha-ha-sha-ha-low
G D Em
We’re far from the shallow now
(GAGA BUILD UP)
Em Bm D A Em Bm D A
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[Chorus] (strum once and hold)
Am
I’m off the deep end
D
Watch as I dive in
G D Em
I’ll never meet the ground
Am
Crash through the surface
D
Where they can’t hurt us
G D Em
We’re far from the shallow now
[Outro]
Am D
In the sha-ha-sha-ha-low
G D Em
In the sha-sha-laaaa-low
Am D
In the sha-ha-sha-ha-low
G D Em Em
We’re far from the shallow now
More about this favorite song of Yours
The movie “A Star is Born” is also Cooper’s directorial debut and it world premiered in the Venice Film Festival on 31st August 2018 and was released in the theaters of the United States of America on 5th October 2018. It later released limitedly in IMAX theaters in Canada as well as the United States and again re-released in 1,150 theaters of the United States on 28th February 2019, as it had added twelve extra minutes of footage to the film.
However, the song “Shallow” premiered on the radio show, “DJ Zane Lowe‘s Beats 1,” and this was when Lady Gaga was giving an interview about the film on this radio show. “Shallow” is a critically acclaimed song that got worldwide recognition. Bradley Cooper isn’t a singer, but he did sing very well along with Lady Gaga, gaining praise for their vocals along with the song. It’s was a chart-topping song that rocked the charts in more than 20 different countries across the globe.
This song played a pivotal role in the movie and was heard thrice during the entire run time of the movie. Shallow” was originally recorded live in the Greek Theater of Los Angeles, CA, in front of approximately 20000 Lady Gaga fans so that it could be made to look and feel authentic for the film’s sequence. It is a scene where the two lead characters of the film, Jackson (Bradley Cooper) and Ally (Lady Gaga), sings this song, which is about a previous conversation they had between themselves.
It’s also where Ally makes her first stage appearance in the film beckoned by Jackson, where he is already performing. It’s a very emotional scene for both Ally and Jackson, and the song says it all. Hence, it’s an honor to be able to learn and play the Shallow chords.