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Intro
(drum roll)
(horns:)
Eb G#/Eb
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(band enters):
Eb
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Verse 1:
(electric guitar plays only those chords tagged with *)
Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus4 Eb
A thousand hands applaud tonight
Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm
I sing my songs my star shines bright
Gsus4 Gm G#
I stop and smile I take my bow
Bb7sus4
I leave the stage and then somehow
Chorus 1
Eb Cm
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry
Ab Bb [N.C.]
You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little
Verse 2:
Out on that stage I play the star
I'm famous now I've come so far
A famous fool I let love go
I didn't know I'd miss you so
Chorus 2
Eb Cm
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry
G# Bb (Eb)
Hating myself since I let you say goodbye
Eb Cm G# Bb
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Bridge:
Db [N.C.]
Every night a different room
Bb [N.C.]
Every night a different club
Eb Cm
And yet I'm lonely all the time
Ab [N.C.]
When I sign my autograph
Gb [N.C.]
When I hold an interview
G# Bb
Can't get you out of my mind
Verse 3:
Come back my love come back to me
I need you now so desperately
What good is fame it's just a game
I'd give it all to be the same
Chorus 3/Coda:
Eb Cm
Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see
G# Bb Cm
Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
G# Bb
Your smiling face waiting backstage for me
Eb Eb7/C# G#/C Bb
Backstage
Eb Eb7/C# G#/C Bb Ebsus4 Eb
Backstage
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