Let Me Be Your Star
[Intro]
F# Bm/C x2
F#
Fade in on a girl
D#m
With a hunger for fame
B Bm F# A#m
And a face and a name to remember.
D#m
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
A#dim
Play a duet
B
That will make you forget
E B
Where you are.
F# A#m
The music starts playing
D#m
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
D#m
With a song in her heart
B Bm F# A#m
As she's waiting to start the adventure.
D#m
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,
A#dim
The tears just like pearls.
B E B
Well, they're all in this girl's repertoire.
F# A#m
It's all for the taking,
D#m
And it's magic we'll be making.
E B F# Bm/C F#
Let me be your star.
A#
I'll just have to forget the hurt that came before,
F#M
Forget what used to be.
B G#m
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/Db
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/Db G Cm/Db G Cm/Db G
Let me be your star!