Biography:
Harpo (born Jan Harpo Torsten Svensson, 5 April 1950, Bandhagen, Stockholm) is a Swedish pop star known under the stage name Harpo. He was popular in Sweden and around Europe in the 1970s and is best known for his worldwide hit "Moviestar" which also reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart and number 2 in the Australian Singles Chart in 1976. Harpo has continued to work in the music business, releasing an album of new material as recently as 2005 and continues to tour to this day.
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Band: Harpo
Song: Movie star
Tune: Standard
The version that has the key changes between each verse is undoubtedly more true to the song.
But I think it sounds pretty good if you stay in the same key through the whole song, and it's
quite a bit easier to play
[INTRO]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A
[VERSE 1]
D F#m
You feel like Steve McQueen
G A
when your driving in your car
D F#m
and you think you look like James Bond
G A
when you're smoking your cigar
D
it's so bizarre
F#m
you think you are
G A
a new kind of James Dean
D F#m
but the only thing I've ever seen of you
G A
was a commercial spot on the screen
[CHORUS]
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie star
[INST]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A
[VERSE 2]
D F#m
You should belong to the jet set
G A
fly your own private Lear jet
D F#m
but you worked in the grocery store
G A
everyday until you could afford to get away
D F#m
so you went to Sweden to meet
G A
Ingmar Bergman. He wasn't there
D
or he just didn't care
F#m
I think it's time for you my friend
G A
to stop pretending that you are a
[CHORUS]
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie star
[INST]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A
[VERSE 3]
D F#m
Frozen hero
G A
your words are zero
D F#m
and your dreams have vanished into dark
G
and long ago
A
but you don't want to know
[CHORUS]
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie star
Song: Movie star
Tune: Standard
The version that has the key changes between each verse is undoubtedly more true to the song.
But I think it sounds pretty good if you stay in the same key through the whole song, and it's
quite a bit easier to play
[INTRO]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A
[VERSE 1]
D F#m
You feel like Steve McQueen
G A
when your driving in your car
D F#m
and you think you look like James Bond
G A
when you're smoking your cigar
D
it's so bizarre
F#m
you think you are
G A
a new kind of James Dean
D F#m
but the only thing I've ever seen of you
G A
was a commercial spot on the screen
[CHORUS]
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie star
[INST]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A
[VERSE 2]
D F#m
You should belong to the jet set
G A
fly your own private Lear jet
D F#m
but you worked in the grocery store
G A
everyday until you could afford to get away
D F#m
so you went to Sweden to meet
G A
Ingmar Bergman. He wasn't there
D
or he just didn't care
F#m
I think it's time for you my friend
G A
to stop pretending that you are a
[CHORUS]
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie star
[INST]
D, F#m, G, A, D, F#m, G, A
[VERSE 3]
D F#m
Frozen hero
G A
your words are zero
D F#m
and your dreams have vanished into dark
G
and long ago
A
but you don't want to know
[CHORUS]
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie
D F#m
Movie star, Movie star
G A
you think you are a movie star
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