Backstage:Gene Pitney. #4 in UK, #2 in Canada, #25 in USA in '66. ***(Check it out on YouTube.) #1.(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... A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.