D G
e|——————————-3—-3–3———————|
B|–3———1—–7———7–3h5–5–5p3–3—————-|
G|–0————–0–h2———–7–h9——————4–0-|
D|—–4–2–0—————0———————————|
A|——————————————————75—–|
D|————————————————–/9———|
Verse:
G C
They`re gonna put me in the movies
G D
They`re gonna make a big star out of me
G C
They`ll make a film about a man that`s sad and lonely
D G
And all I gotta do is Act Naturally.
Middle:
D G
Well I bet you I`m gonna be a big star
D G
I might win an Oscar You can never tell
D G
The movies gonna make me a big star
A D
`Cos I can play the part so well.
Verse:
We`ll make a film about a man that`s sad and lonely
And begging down upon his bended knee
I`ll play the part But I won`t need rehearsin`
Cos all I gotta do is Act Naturally.
Guitar Solo (play this twice):
D G
e|————————————————————-|
B|————————————————————-|
G|————————————————————-|
D|–0————0———5–5——————————–|
A|———3————3——–b(7)5————————-|
D|–5–4–2–0—–/7—–0—–/7——————7b(9)–5—|
Well I bet you I`m gonna be a big star
I might win an Oscar You can never tell
The movies gonna make me a big star
`Cos I can play the part so well.
Well I hope you come and see me in the movies
Then I know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that ever hit the big time
And all I gotta do is Act Naturally.
Ending:
D G
e|————————————————————-|
B|————————————————————-|
G|————————————————————-|
D|–0————4——-4–5–5——————————-|
A|———3——–5/7———–b(7)5————————|
D|–5–4–2–0—–/7—–0————————–7b(9)–5–|
Assorted guitar licks:
Example licks for verse:
They`re gonna put me in the movies
e|—–3—-3————————————————–|
B|—–0—-0———————-1—————1———–|
G|—–0—-0———————-0———0—–0———0-|
D|——-0—————-0–h2———–0–h2—————-|
A|———-0—2—3—————3————————–|
D|–5————-5——————————————–|
They`re gonna make a big star out of me
e|———-3———3—————————————-|
B|———-0———0—————————————-|
G|———-0———0——————–0———0———|
D|——————————–0–h2—–2–0—————|
A|————————————————3–2–0——|
D|–5——————–5—5—-4–2–0———————-|
They`ll make a film about a man that`s sad and lonely
e|-3——3———-3—————————————–|
B|-0——0———-0—————————————–|
G|-0——0———-0—————–0——-0–0–0——-0-|
D|—————————————-0h2———–0h2—-|
A|—————————0—2—3————————-|
D|——-5——————-5———————————|
And all I gotta do is Act Naturally
e|2———2—————————-|
B|3———3—————–5–3——-|
G|2———2————2/4——–4–0-|
D|——0——————————–|
A|—————————————|
D|—————————————|
Example licks for middle part:
Well I bet you I`m gonna be a big star I might
e|—————————————————|
B|-3—3———————————————|
G|-2—2——————0——-0–0–0–0——-0-|
D|-0—0———————0h2————–0h2—-|
A|————–2–4–5——————————|
D|———0————-0—————————|
..win an Oscar You can never tell (repeat above)
The movies gonna make me a big star `Cos I
e|———————————————–|
B|———————————————–|
G|———————————————–|
D|————-5—–5—–5—–5—–6——-7-|
A|———————————————–|
D|-0–2–4–5—–5—–5—–5—–6—–7——|
can play the part so well.
e|—————————-|
B|—————————-|
G|—————————-|
D|—–12——10—–9—–7-|
A|—————————-|
D|-12——10——9—–7—-|
One other famous lick:
Then I know that you will plainly see
e|——————————————–|
B|——————————————–|
G|——————————————–|
D|—————————–0————–|
A|———————-0–h2—–2–p0——-|
D|-5—-4–2—-0–3h4——————-4–5-|
