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I Never Wanted To Be A Star

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Cat Stevens 1977 (IZITSO album) *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cat_Stevens_songs
G C D7  G C D
FI was GsevenCteen, Fyou were Gworking for
FMatthew and CSon,
FThe Beatles Gmet the CQueen, Fand I Gwrote
BbI'm gonna get me a Cgun, yeah, yeah
FIt was Glike a Cdream  Fin the Gstar maDchine,
oh, Gno, izitDso, izitGso?
GI never wanted to Cbe a Dstar,  D7I never wanted
to Gtravel far
EmI only wanted a Amlittle bit of Flove
So I could Amput a little Dlove in my F#heaGrt
GI never wanted to be Cla-de-da,  D7go to parties
'avec le Gbourgeois'
EmI only wanted to Amsing my song Fwell,
So I could Amring a small Dbell in your F#heaGrt
GYeah, yeah, yeah, Fyeah, yeah, Gyeah
FI was Gon the Croad, Fsleeping beGtween Bblorry
Clights, oh Fno
Stone-Gdrunk and Ccold, Fheading Ginto a Bbbad
Cnight, yeah, Fyeah
Just aGnother Fbean in the Gstar maDchine, hi Gho,
here I Dgo, here I Ggo
C D G Em  Am F Am D  F# G
GI never wanted to Cbe a Dstar  D7buy my mum a
GFerrari car
EmI only wanted to Amrun my own Frace,
So I could Amwin a small Dplace in your F#heaGrt
GYeah, yeah, yeah, Fyeah, yeah, Gyeah
FNature Gfound a Cway, Fit picked me Gup off the
Bbdark Cside, yeah, Fyeah
Showed me aGnother Cday, Fit made me Gsing
'BbI think I see the Clight'
FNot aGnother Fbean in the Gstar maDchine, oh Gno,
this time DI won't Ggo
GI never wanted to Cbe a Dstar,  D7I never wanted
to Gtravel far
EmI only wanted a Amlittle bit of Flove
So I could Amput a little Dlove in my F#heaGrtC  G  
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by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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I Never Wanted To Be A Star chords

Cat Stevens 1977 (IZITSO album) *

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cat_Stevens_songs

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

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

'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

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

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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