Celluloid Heroes Chords by The Kinks

[Start]

[Intro]

[Verse]
D Dmaj7 D               A           G             D   
■ ■     ■ Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
    Gbm            Bm     G                             A
And everybody's in movies it doesn't matter who you are ■
          Bm              Gbm 
There are starts in every city
         G                  A     
In every house and on every street
           D7                  G        
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
                A                   D
Their names are written in concrete ■
                    A            G             D        
Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard
Gbm                   Bm                     G              A   
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
         Bm                Gbm     
But they turned her into a princess
         G            A     
And they sat her on a throne
        D7                 G      
But she turned her back on stardom
            A            D    
Because she wanted to be alone


[Chorus]
        C                        G                   D        
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
C                       G                            D       
Some that you recognize 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]
        A               G         D    
Rudolph Valentino looks very much alive
       Gbm             Bm              G              A 
And he looks up ladies dresses as they sadly pass him by
Bm                     Gbm   
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
            G                  A   
'cause he's liable to turn and bite
          D     D7 D     G    
But stand close by Bette Davis
        A                      D   
Because hers was such a lonely life
                        A      
If you covered him with garbage
G                               D    
George Sanders would still have style
           Gbm               Bm    
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
         G                    A    
He would still turn round and smile
           Bm                     Gbm    
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
G                    A    
Cause she's not very tough
D7                           G            
She should have been made of iron or steel
            A                      D    
But she was only made of flesh and blood


[Chorus]
        C                        G                   D        
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
C                       G                            D       
Some that you recognize 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]
              A           G             D   
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
Gbm                Bm                  G              A  
And everybody's in show biz it doesn't matter who you are
Bm                Gbm       
And those who are successful
G                 A    
Be always on your guard
D7                              G      
Success walks hand in hand with failure
A               D        
Along Hollywood Boulevard
  C                G                 D         
I wish my life was nonstop Hollywood movie show
C                  G                      D     
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes


[Chorus]
C                        G              D   
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
C                    G               
And celluloid heroes never really die
                D                          
You can see all the stars as you walk along
        C                        G                   D        
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
C                       G                            D       
Some that you recognize 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
C       G    D C G 
■ La la ■ la ■ ■ la
D  C                G              D   
Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain
   C                G            D  
Oh celluloid heroes never really die


[Outro]
  C                G                 D         
I wish my life was nonstop 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


[End]