I Never Wanted To Be A Star chords by Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam

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Intro 1

I was seventeen,

Verse 1
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You were working for Matthew and Son,
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The Beatles met the Queen,
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and I wrote
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I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah, yeah
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It was like a dream in
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the star machine,
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Oh, no, izitso, izitso?

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Verse 2

I never wanted to be a star,

I never wanted to travel far

I only wanted a little bit of love

So I could put a little love in my heart

Verse 3
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I never wanted to be la- de- da,
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Go to parties "Avec le bourgeois"
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I only wanted to sing my song well,
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So I could ring a small bell
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in your heart
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Verse 4
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I was on the road,
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Sleeping between lorry lights, oh no
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Stone- drunk and cold,
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Heading into a bad night, yeah, yeah
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Just another bean in the star machine,
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hi ho,
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Here I go, here I go

Interlude 1

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Verse 5
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I never wanted to be a star
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Buy my mum a Ferrari car
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I only wanted to run my own race,
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So I could win a small place
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in your heart
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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yeah, yeah
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Verse 6
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Nature found a way,
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It picked me up off the dark side, yeah, yeah
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Showed me another day,
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it made me sing
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"I think I see the light"
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Not another bean in the star machine,
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oh no,
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This time I  won't go

Verse 7
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I never wanted to be a star,
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I never wanted to travel far
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I only wanted a little bit of love
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So I could put a little love in my
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heart