Backstage

(drum roll) (horns:) Eb Ab/Eb / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / (band enters): Eb / / / / / / / / (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 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 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 Eb Cm Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry Ab Bb Eb Hating myself since I let you say goodbye Eb Cm Ab Bb / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 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 Ab Bb Can't get you out of my mind 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/ 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/Db Ab/C Bb Backstage Eb Eb7/Db Ab/C Bb Ebsus4 Eb Backstage