Chords for "Everybody's A Star (Starmaker)"

From: Jim Smart
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 1996 8:20 AM


Everybody's A Star (Starmaker) by Ray  Davies

Note: When a chord _pair_ is in brackets and with an equals sign (=), they are
the same chord and aim to depict the overlapping backing vocals.

Intro and Main Riff:  C  Bb   F  G7  x6

C Bb      F     G7
I am a creator,
  C      Bb      F    G7
Inventor and innovator.
C   Bb        F     G7
I observe the people,
    C   Bb   F     G7
The ordinary people
G7
No matter what your occupation is
Am             F7  F7
Everybody's in showbiz.

           C    Bb   F       G7         (C)=
'Cos I'm a Star       (gonna make you a star),
           =(C)            Bb    F      G7         (C)=
  And I can make you a Star      (gonna make you a star),

   =(C)             Bb       F        G7
I believe that everybody's a celebrity,
          C             Bb        F            G7
And we've all got personality and individuality.
   C        Bb            F             G7
We all read lines, and we all act a part,
   C          Bb            F           G7
We all need a script and an audience to play to.
G7
No matter what you do, or who you are,
Am          F7
Everybody's a star.

Riff (Different Rhythm, arpeggios):  |:C///|Bb/F/:|

G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)
  I'm the magic maker,
G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)
  I'm the image maker,
G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)
  I'm the interior decorator.


(Another Rhythm Change)
      C        Bb
I can take any man
C
I see standing in the road
        C            Bb
And put rouge on his cheeks
C
And put some powder on his nose.



     D                C
I'll teach him how to act,
 D
I'll remold and reshape him.
     D            C
I'll put him in a stage suit
D
And I'll teach him how to pose.

(Another Rhythm Change)

G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)
I can turn the most ordinary man in the world into a star.
G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)

(Original Riff?)(not too sure about this part)

      C    Bb   F       G7         C     Bb
I'm a Starmaker  (gonna make you a star),
F                G7         C    Bb   F      G7         (C)
  Yes, I'm gonna make you a Star      (gonna make you a star),

(C)           Bb      F          G7
No matter how dull or simple you are
C       G7      C
Everybody's a star.

(2 bars of claps then a solo on the main riff C Bb F G7 x6)

G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)
I'm the magic maker,
G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)
I'm the image maker,
G         F (bass walks down from F to E to D.....)
I can make or break you.
      C    Bb   F       G7         C     Bb
I'm a Starmaker  (gonna make you a star),
F                G7         C    Bb   F      G7         (C)
  Yes, I'm gonna make you a Star      (gonna make you a star),
(C)      Bb         G7 (F?)
   Gonna make you a star,
     G7            C  C  C
'Cos everybody's a star.


Chords worked out by Ian Grant, in Manchester, England England, and Jim
Smart, in Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii. This was a part of the great Project
Soap Opera, in which two far away souls labored beneath a vision given to
them by the ghost of King Arthur. We hope you enjoy it!

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