Let Me Be Your Star

Chords

Standard

F#
Fade in on a girl 
        Ebm
With a hunger for fame 
       B          Bm          F#  Bbm
And a face and a name to remember. 
    Ebm
The past fades away 
        B
Because as of this day 
              E
Norma Jean's gone, 
             Bm/C
She's moving on. 
     F#
Her smile and your fantasies 
Bbdim
Play a duet 
           B
That will make you forget 
           E  B
Where you are. 
     F#           Bbm
The music starts playing 
         Ebm
It's the beat of her heart saying, 
E       B         F#  Bm/C  F#  Bm/C
"Let me be your star." 
       F#
Flash back to a girl 
       Ebm
With a song in her heart 
          B          Bm          F#     Bbm
As she's waiting to start the adventure. 
     Ebm
The fire and drive 
            B
That make dreams come alive, 
               E
They fill her soul. 
            Bm/C
She's in control. 
     F#
The drama, the laughter, 
    Bbdim
The tears just like pearls. 
               B                       E    B
Well, they're all in this girl's repertoire. 
      F#          Bbm
It's all for the taking, 
          Ebm
And it's magic we'll be making. 
E      B        F#  Bm/C  F#
Let me be your star. 
                     Bb
I'll just have to forget the hurt that came before, 
   F#m
Forget what used to be. 
     B              Abm
The past is on the cutting room floor, 
     B        C7        C#
The future is here with me. 
       D7
Choose me! 
     G
Fade up on a star 
        Em
With it all in her sights: 
         C            Cm
All the love and the lights 
         G        Bm
That surround her. 
    Em
Someday she'll think twice 
        C
Of the dues and the price 
                F
She'll have to pay 
(She'll have to pay) 
         Cm/C#
But not today 
(But not today) 
            G
Then she'll do all she can 
        Bdim
For the love of one man 
         C                       F C
And for millions who look from afar. 
     G                Bm
And what you've been needing 
        Em
Is all here and my heart's pleading. 
F      C        G   Cm/C#  G  Cm/C#  G  Cm/C#  G
Let me be your star!