I Never Wanted To Be A Star chords

Cat Stevens

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Intro: 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 

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