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I Never Wanted To Be A Star chords
Cat Stevens 1977 (IZITSO album) *
G C D7 G C D
F G C F G
I was seventeen, you were working for
F C
Matthew and Son,
F G C F G
The Beatles met the Queen, and I wrote
Bb C
I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah, yeah
F G C F G D
It was like a dream in the star machine,
G D G
oh, no, izitso, izitso?
G C D D7
I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted
G
to travel far
Em Am F
I only wanted a little bit of love
Am D F# G
So I could put a little love in my heart
G C D7
I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to parties
G
'avec le bourgeois'
Em Am F
I only wanted to sing my song well,
Am D F# G
So I could ring a small bell in your heart
G F G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cat_stevens/i_never_wanted_to_be_a_star_crd.html ]
F G C F G Bb
I was on the road, sleeping between lorry
C F
lights, oh no
G C F G Bb
Stone-drunk and cold, heading into a bad
C F
night, yeah, yeah
G F G D G
Just another bean in the star machine, hi ho,
D G
here I go, here I go
C D G Em Am F Am D F# G
G C D D7
I never wanted to be a star buy my mum a
G
Ferrari car
Em Am F
I only wanted to run my own race,
Am D F# G
So I could win a small place in your heart
G F G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
F G C F G
Nature found a way, it picked me up off the
Bb C F
dark side, yeah, yeah
G C F G
Showed me another day, it made me sing
Bb C
'I think I see the light'
F G F G D G
Not another bean in the star machine, oh no,
D G
this time I won't go
G C D D7
I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted
G
to travel far
Em Am F
I only wanted a little bit of love
Am D F# G C G
So I could put a little love in my heart
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