George Michael - Star People: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Star People" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C#m7  F#7
Star people (star people),
C#m7
Counting your money
           F#7
Until your soul turns green.
C#m7  F#7
Star people (star people),
C#m7                       F#7
Counting the cost of your desire to be seen.

Bm7      E7            Bm7
I do not count myself among you,
               E7
I may have been living in a dream.
Bm7                  E7           Bm7
It’s just that there seem so many of you,
               E7
Can’t help but hope,
                        C#m7
There’s a difference between.

                      F#7
And if I live to be a hundred and one
       C#m7
I will never understand
         F#7
What you are, honey?
    C#m7
I’m looking for sympathy,
     F#7
Just get me on NBC,
       C#m7                         F#7
And where’s the hell’s my dumb ass PR?
Yeah-yeah.

Chorus:
             C#m7       F#7
     I said, maybe your mama
              C#m7
     Gave you up, boy.
               F#7
     (It’s the same old, same old.)
             C#m7       F#7
     I said, maybe your daddy
                      C#m7
     Didn’t love you enough, girl.
      F#7
     (How much is enough?)

C#m7 F#7
Star people (star people),
C#m7                      F#7
Never forget your secret’s safe with me.
     C#m7                      F#7
Just look at all the wonderful people
(Star people).
     C#m7
Hey, trying to forget
        F#7
Just who and what they have been.

Bm7         E7
Oh, it’s a dream (it’s a dream)
       Bm7                    E7
With a nightmare stuck in the middle (middle).
              Bm7               E7
Yeah. Are you serious? I’m just curious
        Bm7                 E7
Without all this attention, mm,
               C#m7
You’d die, I’d die,
We’d die.

                      F#7
And if I live to be a hundred and one
               C#m7
(Wouldn’t we baby),
                             F#7
I will never understand just how.
Uh. (I’m talking to you.)
C#m7
You’re looking for sympathy
     F#7
From people who work to eat,
    C#m7                        F#7
And they don’t really seem to mind.
Yeah-yeah.

Chorus:
             C#m7       F#7
     I said, maybe your mama
              C#m7
     Gave you up, boy.
               F#7
     (It’s the same old, same old.)
             C#m7              F#7
     I said, maybe (baby) your daddy
                      C#m7
     Didn’t love you enough, girl.
     (Didn’t love you enough.)
     F#7
     How much is enough? (People.)

Instrumental: Bm7  E7

             Bm7    E7
How much is enough?
             Bm7
How much is enough?
                          E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.
        Bm7               E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.

        Bm7                     E7
Are you serious? Yeah, I’m just curious.
                     Bm7
(More good stuff for me.)
                          E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.
        Bm7               E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.
                            G#7
(Yeah, let’s go back to the play.)
Are you serious?

C#m7   F#7
Hah, DJ (is that why you’re a star?)
                         C#m7
Why do you wanna tell me that?
    F#7       E       C#m7
(Is that what makes a star?)
         F#7
Hah, DJ,
                        C#m7
Get yourself some Oprah cash.

F#7 E     C#m7
Uh, baby,
                                  F#7
Do you really think you’ve got it so hard?
Huh?
(Is that what makes a star?)
                                  C#m7
Do you think it might do you some good
               F#7
To look around you
E     C#m7
And decide how you might feel
       F#7
If the pain you felt was real? Oh, baby,
Tell me.
C#m7
Bad, bad boy.
   F#7      E      C#m7
Is that why you’re here?

                               F#7
Now nothing comes for nothing, baby,
                               C#m7
That fame and fortune’s heaven sent,
      F#7 E
Baby.
    C#m7
And who gives a fuck
          F#7
About your problems, darling,
                             C#m7
‘Cause you can pay the rent.
        F#7           E            C#m7
You can pay. (Is that what makes a star?)
Pay.
Pay.
F#7
Pay.
Pay. (Is that what makes a star?)
Pay.
Pay.
C#m7
Pay.
             F#7       E       C#m7
(Bad boy, is that what makes a star?)
             F#7
You can pay.
(Is that what makes a star?)

F#7
Baby,
            C#m7
It’s right, baby.
It’s right, baby.
    F#7       E       C#m7   F#7
(Is that what makes a star?)
               C#m7
Baby, you’re a star.
    F#7      E      C#m7   F#7
(Is that why you’re star?)
               C#m7  F#7 E
Baby, you’re a star.


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

C#m7

Guitar chord C#m7

E

Guitar chord E

E7

Guitar chord E7

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

G#7

Guitar chord G#7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Bm7

Guitar chord Bm7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Star People" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Star People" by George Michael.