Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) – I Never Wanted To Be A Star (Guitar)

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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

   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
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