Cat Stevens - I Never Wanted To Be A Star

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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
A# 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

F G C F G A#
i was on the road , sleeping between lorry
C F
lights , oh no
G C F G A#
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
A# C F
dark side , yeah , yeah
G C F G
showed me another day , it made me sing
A# 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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