"Backstage (I'm Lonely)"
(Ainsfield - Denson)

Intro:

(drum roll)

(horns:)

EbEb Piano Chord 
              Ab/EbAb/Eb Piano Chord 

/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

(band enters):

EbEb Piano Chord 

/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

(electric guitar plays only those chords tagged with *)

Ebsus4*     EbEb Piano Chord 
    Ebsus4*       EbEb Piano Chord 

A thousand hands    applaud tonight
Fsus4*     FmFm Piano Chord 
    Fsus4*             FmFm Piano Chord 

I sing my songs    my star shines bright
Gsus4*      GmGm Piano Chord 
     Ab*Ab* Piano Chord 

I stop and smile   I take my bow
Bb7sus4*Bb7sus4* Piano Chord 

I leave the stage and then somehow

Chorus 1:

EbEb Piano Chord 
                CmCm Piano Chord 

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:

EbEb Piano Chord 
                CmCm Piano Chord 

Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry
AbAb Piano Chord 
                     BbBb Piano Chord 
            (Eb)
Hating myself since I let you say goodbye

EbEb Piano Chord 
       CmCm Piano Chord 
       AbAb Piano Chord 
       BbBb Piano Chord 

/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Bridge:

Db [N.C.]
Every night a different room
Bb [N.C.]
Every night a different club
EbEb Piano Chord 
                          CmCm Piano Chord 

And yet I'm lonely all the time
Ab [N.C.]
When I sign my autograph
Gb [N.C.]
When I hold an interview
AbAb Piano Chord 
                       BbBb Piano Chord 

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:

EbEb Piano Chord 
                CmCm Piano Chord 

Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see
AbAb Piano Chord 
                         BbBb Piano Chord 
                 CmCm Piano Chord 

Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
AbAb Piano Chord 
                                BbBb Piano Chord 

Your smiling face waiting backstage for me
EbEb Piano Chord 
   Eb7/Db  Ab/CAb/C Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 

Backstage
EbEb Piano Chord 
   Eb7/Db  Ab/CAb/C Piano Chord 
  BbBb Piano Chord 
   Ebsus4  EbEb Piano Chord 

Backstage

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers