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Song title:       Celluloid Heroes
Original Album:	  Everybody's In Showbiz

Words and Music by Raymond Douglas Davies
Copyright © 1972 Davray Music Limited
Published by Davray Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



VERSE1:
Chords:
D  xx0232    F#m  244222
A  x02220    Bm   224432
G  320033    D7   xx0212


| 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           | G                 | A 
There are  stars in every  city, in every  house and on every  street

          | D7                 | G                         | A              | D
And if you  walk down Hollywood  Boulevard, their names are  written in con - crete.




VERSE2:
Chords:
D  xx0232    F#m  244222
A  x02220    Bm   224432
G  320033    D7   xx0212


     | D            | A           | G                   | D
Don’t  step on Greta  Garbo as you  walk down the Boule - vard

   | 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

       | D7                | G                  | A              | D
But she  turned her back on  stardom because she  wanted to be a - lone.




REFRAIN1:
Chords:
C/G  332010
G    320033
D    xx0232


       | C/G                     | G                  | D
You can  see all the stars as you  walk down Hollywood  Boulevard

| C/G                     | G                           | D
  Some that you recognise,  some that you’ve hardly even  heard of

| C/G                     | G                         | D
  People who’ve worked and  suffered and struggled for  fame.

| C/G                      | G                      | D
  Some who’ve succeeded and  some who’ve suffered in vain.




VERSE3:
Chords:
D  xx0232    F#m  244222
A  x02220    Bm   224432
G  320033    D7   xx0212


| D             | A         | G           | D
  Rudolph Valen - tino looks  very much a - live

      | 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 Lu - gosi, ‘cause he’s  liable to turn and  bite

         | D7            | G             | A                      | D
But stand  close by Bette  Davis, because  her's was such a lonely  life.




VERSE4:
Chords:
D  xx0232    F#m  244222
A  x02220    Bm   224432
G  320033    D7   xx0212


      | D               | A              | G                       | D
If you  covered him with  garbage, George  Sanders would still have  style

          | F#m             | Bm              | G                   | A
And if you  stamped on Micky  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.

   | D7                      | G                         | A                     | D
She  should have been made of  iron and steel but she was  only made of flesh and  blood.



[repeat REFRAIN1]



VERSE5:
Chords:
D  xx0232    F#m  244222
A  x02220    Bm   224432
G  320033    D7   xx0212


| D            | A          | G            | D
  Everybody’s a  dreamer and  everybody’s a  star,

   | F#m           | Bm                 | G             | A
And  everybody’s in  showbiz, it doesn’t  matter who you  are. 

   | Bm                | F#m        | G             | A 
And  those who are suc - cessful, be  always on your guard.

       | D7                     | G            | A               | D
Success  walks hand in hand with  failure along  Hollywood Boule - vard.




REFRAIN2
Chords:
C/G  332010
G    320033
D    xx0232


 | C/G               | G                 | D
I  wish my life was a  non-stop Hollywood  movie show

 | C/G             | G                     | D
A  fantasy world of  celluloid villains and  heroes

       | C/G             | G             | D
Because  celluloid heroes  never feel any  pain

   | C/G             | G           | D
And  celluloid heroes  never really  die.



[repeat REFRAIN1]


     | C/G          | G              | D
La la  la  la, La la  la la la la la,  La la la

   | C/G             | G             | D
Oh,  celluloid heroes  never feel any  pain

   | C/G             | G           | D
Oh,  celluloid heroes  never really  die.



[repeat REFRAIN2]