The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes (Guitar)

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Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star,

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And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are.

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There are stars in every city,

         G                  A
In every house and on every street,

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And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard

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Their names are written in concrete!

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Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the boulevard,

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She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard

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But they turned her into a princess

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And they sat her on a throne,

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But she turned her back on stardom,

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Because she wanted to be alone.

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You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,

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Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of,

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People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,

C                      G                    D
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

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Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,

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And he looks up ladies  dresses as they sadly pass him by.

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Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi

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cos he’s liable to turn and bite,

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But stand close by Bette Davis

        A                      D
Because hers was such a lonely life.

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If you covered him with garbage,

       G                        D
George Sanders would still have style,

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And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney

         G                    A
He would still turn round and smile,

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But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn

    G              A
cos she's not very tough,

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She should have been made of iron or steel,

            A                      D
But she was only made of flesh and blood.

        C                        G                   D
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,

C                        G                            D
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of,

C                     G                          D
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,

C                      G                    D
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

D             A           G             D
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star

    F#m            Bm                   G              A
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.

    Bm               F#m
And those who are successful,

   G              A
Be always on your guard,

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Success walks hand in hand with failure

      A              D
Along Hollywood Boulevard.

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I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,

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A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,

  C                      G              D   
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain

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And celluloid heroes never really die.

        C                        G                   D        Dsus4 D
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,

C                        G                            D
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of,

C                     G                          D
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,

C                      G                    D   Dsus4 D
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.

   C                G              D
Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain

   C                G            D
Oh celluloid heroes never really die.

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I wish my life was a non stop Hollywood movie show,

  C                G                      D  
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,

        C                G              D  Dsus4 D 
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain

    C                G            D  
And celluloid heroes never really die.