Gene Pitney – Backstage (Guitar)

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..

    C                     Am
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry.

F                         G
You've gone away and each night, I seem to die a little.. 

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.

    C                     Am
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry.

F                      G               C   Am F G
Hating myself, since I let you say goodbye..

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.

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.

    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...