backstage

Intro:

        (drum roll)

        (horns:)

        Eb              Ab/Eb
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  /
 / / /

        (band enters):

        Eb
        / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

        (electric guitar plays only 
those chords tagged with *)

        Ebsus4*     Eb    Ebsus4*
        A thousand hands    
       Eb
applaud tonight
        Fsus4*     Fm    Fsus4*  
        I sing my songs    my 
           Fm
star shines bright
        Gsus4*      Gm     Ab*
        I stop and smile   I take my
 bow
        Bb7sus4*
        I leave the stage and then 
somehow

Chorus 1:

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             Eb              
        Backstage I'm lonely, 
  Cm
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              
        Backstage I'm lonely, 
  Cm
backstage I cry
        Ab                     Bb 
        Hating myself since I let 
           (Eb)
you say goodbye

        Eb       Cm       Ab      
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 
 Bb
 / / / /

Bridge:

        Db [N.C.]
        Every night a different room
        Bb [N.C.]
        Every night a different club
        Eb                         
        And yet I'm lonely all the 
 Cm
time
        Ab [N.C.]
        When I sign my autograph
        Gb [N.C.]
        When I hold an interview
        Ab                       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
        Ab                       
        Your smiling face waiting 
  Bb                 Cm
there backstage for me
              Ab                 
        Your smiling face waiting 
               Bb
backstage for me
             Eb   Eb7/Db  Ab/C  Bb
        Backstage
             Eb   Eb7/Db  Ab/C  
        Backstage
Bb   Ebsus4  Eb