• Song:

    Movie Star

  • Artist:

    Harpo

  • Album:

    Movie Star

Band: Harpo
Song: Movie star
Tune: Standard

The version that has the key changes between each verse is undoubtedly more true to the song.
But I think it sounds pretty good if you stay in the same key through the whole song, and it's
quite a bit easier to play

[INTRO]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A
[VERSE 1]
D (xx0232@1)              F#m (244222@1)  You feel like Steve McQueen
          G (320003@1)             Awhen (x02220@1)your driving in your car
D (xx0232@1)               F#mand (244222@1)you think you look like James Bond
            G (320003@1)             Awhen (x02220@1)you're smoking your cigar
           Dit's (xx0232@1)so bizarre
              F#myou (244222@1)think you are
      G (320003@1)           Aa (x02220@1)new kind of James Dean
        D (xx0232@1)                  F#mbut (244222@1)the only thing I've ever seen of you
          G (320003@1)                Awas (x02220@1)a commercial spot on the screen

[CHORUS]
D (xx0232@1)         F#mMovie (244222@1)star, Movie star
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1) you think you are a movie
D (xx0232@1)         F#mMovie (244222@1)star, Movie star
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1) you think you are a movie star

[INST]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A

[VERSE 2]
D (xx0232@1)                        F#m (244222@1) You should belong to the jet set
G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1) fly your own private Lear jet
D (xx0232@1)                     F#m (244222@1) but you worked in the grocery store
     G (320003@1)                    Aeveryday (x02220@1)until you could afford to get away
D (xx0232@1)              F#m (244222@1) so you went to Sweden to meet
       G (320003@1)                 AIngmar (x02220@1)Bergman. He wasn't there
                  Dor (xx0232@1)he just didn't care
                      F#mI (244222@1)think it's time for you my friend
                G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1) to stop pretending that you are a

[CHORUS]
D (xx0232@1)         F#mMovie (244222@1)star, Movie star
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1) you think you are a movie
D (xx0232@1)         F#mMovie (244222@1)star, Movie star
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1) you think you are a movie star

[INST]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A

[VERSE 3]
D (xx0232@1)      F#m (244222@1) Frozen hero
G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1) your words are zero
         D (xx0232@1)                  F#mand (244222@1)your dreams have vanished into dark
G (320003@1) and long ago
A (x02220@1) but you don't want to know

[CHORUS]
D (xx0232@1)         F#mMovie (244222@1)star, Movie star
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1) you think you are a movie
D (xx0232@1)         F#mMovie (244222@1)star, Movie star
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1) you think you are a movie star

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