{title:Celluloid Heroes}
{subtitle:The Kinks}

{start_of_verse:Verse 1:}
[D]Everybody's a [A]dreamer and [G]everybody's a [D]star,
And [F#m]everybody's in [Bm]movies, it doesn't [G]matter who you [A]are.
There are [Bm]stars in every [F#m]city,
in every [G]house and on every [A]street,
and if you [C]walk down Hollywood [G]Boulevard
their names are [A]written in con[D]crete.
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{start_of_verse:Verse 2:}
[D]Don't tread on Greta [A]Garbo as you walk [G]down the Boule[D]vard,
She [F#m]looks so weak and [Bm]fragile that's why she [G]tried to be so [A]hard.
But they [Bm]turned her into a [F#m]princess and they [G]sat her on a [A]throne,
but she [C]turned her back on [G]stardom, because she [A]wanted to be alon[D]e.
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{soc:Chorus}
You can [C]see all the stars as you [G]walk down Hollywood [D]Boulevard.
[C]Some that you recognise, [G]some that you've hardly even [D]heard of.
[C]People who worked and [G]suffered, and struggled for [D]fame,
[C]some who succeeded and [G]some who suffered in [D]vain.
{eoc}

{start_of_verse:Verse 3:}
[D]Rudolph Valen[A]tino, looks [G]very much al[D]ive,
And he [F#m]looks up ladies' [Bm]dresses as they [G]sadly pass him [A]by.
Avoid [Bm]stepping on Bela [F#m]Lugosi, cause he's [G]liable to turn and [A]bite.
But stand [C]close by Bette [G]Davis, because [A]hers was such a lonely [D]life.
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{start_of_verse:Verse 4:}
[D]If you covered him with [A]garbage, George [G]Sanders would still have [D]style.
And if you [F#m]stamped on Mickey [Bm]Rooney, he would [G]still turn round and [A]smile.
But please don't [Bm]tread on dearest [F#m]Marilyn, cause [G]she's not very [A]tough.
She [D]should have been made of [G]iron or steel,
but she was [A]only made of flesh and [D]blood.
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{soc:Chorus}
You can [C]see all the stars as you [G]walk down Hollywood [D]Boulevard
...
{eoc}

{start_of_verse:Verse 5:}
[D]Everybody's a [A]dreamer and [G]everybody's a [D]star,
And [F#m]everybody's in [Bm]show biz, it doesn't [G]matter who you [A]are.
And [Bm]those who are [F#m]successful, be [G]always on your [A]guard.
Success [C]walks hand in hand with [G]failure,
along [A]Hollywood Boule[D]vard.
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{start_of_verse:Chorus Alt-1:}
I [C]wish my life was a [G]non-stop Hollywood [D]movie show,
a [C]fantasy world of [G]celluloid villains and [D]heroes.
[C]Because celluloid heroes [G]never feel any [D]pain,
and [C]celluloid heroes [G]never really [D]die.
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{soc:Chorus}
You can [C]see all the stars as you [G]walk along Hollywood [D]Boulevard.
[C]Some that you recognise, [G]some that you've hardly even [D]heard of.
[C]People who worked and [G]suffered, and struggled for [D]fame,
[C]some who succeeded and [G]some who suffered in [D]vain.
{eoc}

{start_of_verse:Chorus Alt-2:}
La, [C]la, la, la, la, la, la, [G]la, la, la, la, la, [D]la, la.
La, [C]la, la, la, la, la, la, [G]la, la, la, la, la, [D]la, la.
Oh, [C]celluloid heroes [G]never feel any [D]pain,
Oh, [C]celluloid heroes [G]never really [D]die.
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{start_of_verse:Coda:}
I [C]wish my life was a [G]non-stop Hollywood [D]movie show,
a [C]fantasy world of [G]celluloid villains and [D]heroes.
[C]Because celluloid heroes [G]never feel any [D]pain,
and [C]celluloid heroes [G]never really [D]die.
{end_of_verse}