I Never Wanted To Be A Star Chords
by Cat Stevens
I Never Wanted To Be A Star by Cat Stevens is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7, D, F, Bb, Em, Am and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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