Backstage:Gene Pitney.
#4 in UK, #2 in Canada, #25 in USA in '66.
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#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.
