#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "Backstage (I'm Lonely)" (Ainsfield - Denson) 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 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers