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Backstage by Gene Pitney





                      Backstage 







Intro:

	(drum roll)

	(horns:)

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

	(band enters):

	Eb
	/ / / /  / / / /

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:

	     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
	Ab                     Bb            (Eb)
	Hating myself since I let you say goodbye

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

Bridge:

	C# [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
	F# [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                         Bb                 Cm
	Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
	      Ab                                Bb
	Your smiling face waiting backstage for me
	     Eb   Eb7/C#  Ab/C  Bb
	Backstage
	     Eb   Eb7/C#  Ab/C  Bb   Ebsus4  Eb
	Backstage







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version 2






.(Capo 3rd fret for orig.) INTRO: C F C
C
A thousand hands applaud tonight,
Dm
I sing my songs my star shines bright.
Em                F
I stop and smile, I take my bow,
G                     G7
I leave the stage and then, somehow..
 
CHORUS:
    C                     Am
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry.
F                         G
You've gone away and each night, I seem to die a little.. 

#2.
C
Out on that stage I play the star.
Dm
I'm famous now, I've come so far.
Em             F 
A famous fool, I let love go.
G                  G7 
I didn't know, I'd miss you so.

CHORUS: 
    C                     Am
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry.
F                      G               C   Am F G
Hating myself, since I let you say goodbye..

#3. 
Bb
Every night a different room,
G
Every night a different club.
C                          Am 
And yet I'm lonely all the time.
F    
When I sign my autograph,
Eb 
When I hold an interview,
F                       G 
Can't get you out of my mind.

#4.
C
Come back my love, come back to me.
Dm 
I need you now, so desperately.
Em                 F
What good is fame? It's just a game,
G                   G7 
I'd give it all, to be the same.

#5. 
    C                 Am
Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see..
F                         G                     Am 
Your smiling face waiting there, backstage, for me.
     Dm           F                       G  G7
Your smiling face waiting, backstage, for me.
    C       F   G     C  F G C
Backstage...Backstage...







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