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            Celluloid Heros:The Kinks.
Album - Everybody's In Show-Biz - 1972

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[Verse 1]
D             A           G             D
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
    F#m            Bm                 G              A
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are
          Bm             F#m
There are stars in every city
         G                  A
In every house and on every street
           C/D                 G
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
                A             D
Their names are written in concrete

[Verse 2]
D                    A                 G             D
Don't tread on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard
    F#m               Bm                     G              A
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
         Bm                F#m               G            A
But they turned her into a princess and they sat her on a throne
        C/D                G                    A             D
But she turned her back on stardom, because she wanted to be alone

[Chorus A]
        C                        G                   D
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
C                        G                            D
Some that you recognise, 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

[Verse 3]
D            A           G         D
Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,
       F#m              Bm              G              A
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by
      Bm               F#m                G                  A
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi, cause he's liable to turn and bite
          C/D            G              A                      D
But stand close by Bette Davis, because hers was such a lonely life

[Chorus A]
        C                        G                   D
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
C                        G                            D
Some that you recognise, 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

[Verse 4]
       D                A               G                        D
If you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style
           F#m               Bm               G                    A
And if you stomped on Mickey Rooney, he would still turn round and smile
                 Bm               F#m            G              A
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn, cause she's not very tough
    C/D                      G
She should have been made of iron or steel
            A                      D
But she was only made of flesh and blood

[Chorus A]
        C                        G                   D
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
C                        G                            D
Some that you recognise, 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

[Verse 5]
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         G              A
And those who are successful, be always on your guard
        C/D                     G
Success walks hand in hand with failure
      A              D
Along Hollywood Boulevard.

[Chorus B]
  C                  G                  D
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
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
    C                G            D
And celluloid heroes never really die

[Chorus A]
        C                        G                    D
You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard
C                       G                             D
Some that you recognise, 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

[Chorus B]
    C                       G                   D
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    C                       G                   D
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    C                G              D
Oh, celluloid heroes never feel any pain
    C                G            D
Oh, celluloid heroes never really die

[Chorus B]
  C                  G                  D
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
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
    C                G            Dsus2 D
And celluloid heroes never really die

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