Backstage

Gene Pitney

(band enters):

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 Ab*
I stop and smile I take my bow
Bb7sus4*
I leave the stage and then somehow

Chorus 1:

 EbCm
        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:

 EbCm
        Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry
 AbBbEb
        Hating myself since I let you say goodbye

Bridge:

Db (N.C.)
Every night a different room
Bb (N.C.)
Every night a different club
 EbCm
        And yet I'm lonely all the time
Ab (N.C.)
When I sign my autograph
Gb (N.C.)
When I hold an interview
 AbBb
        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:

 EbCm
        Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see
 AbBbCm
        Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
 AbBb
        Your smiling face waiting backstage for me
 EbEb7/DbAb/CBb
        Backstage                
 EbEb7/DbAb/CBbEbsus4Eb
        Backstage                             

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers


Ab Ab/C Bb Cm Eb Eb7/Db
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