Nina Simone – Stars (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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1.0x
Chords
As recorded by Nina Simone
(From the 2011 Album LIVE AT MONTREUX 1976)
[Chorus]
D Am Stars, they come and go Am They come fast, they come slow B7 They go like the last light of the sun Em All in a blaze A7 All you see is glory D But it gets lonely there A F# When there's no one there to share Em A You can shake it away A If you'll hear a story
[Verse 1]
D People lust for fame F#m D7 Like athletes in a game D7 They break their collarbones Em And come up swinging A Some of them are crowned A Some of them are downed A Some are lost and never found D But most have seen it all F# They live their lives D B Em7 In sad cafés and music halls A And they always have a story
[Verse 2]
D Some make it when they're young F# Bm Before the world has done its dirty job G Em And later on someone will say Em "You've had your day A Now you must make way" (Don't they always?) D But you'll never know the pain F#m Am Of using a name you never owned Em A The years of forgetting what you know too well
[Bridge]
D That you who gave the crown F# Have been let down C Bm Em You try to make amends A Without defending
[Verse 3]
D Perhaps pretending A D You never saw the eyes B7 Of young men at twenty-five B7 Who followed as you walked Em7 Asked for autographs Em7 Kissed you on the cheek Em7 You never could believe A They really loved you, never D Some make it when they're old F#m Perhaps they have a soul B7 Em7 They aren't afraid to bare A7 Em7 A Perhaps there's nothing there
[Bridge]
A But anyway D That isn't what I meant to say F#m I meant to tell about a story Am F#m Since we all have stories B7 But I can't remember it anyway Em7 A7 So I'll tell about the mood that's in the United States today A7 And permeating even Switzerland A D It goes
[Interlude]
D D7
[Verse 4]
D7 G C Em But I'll continue anyway until I get it together Em Some women have a body A7 Men would want to see A7 And so they put it on display D A Some people play a fine guitar Am I could listen to them play all day B7 Em7 But anyway A I'm trying to tell my story D Bm Janis Ian told it very well Em7 Janis Joplin told it even better A D Billie Holiday even told it even better A Bm7 We always, we always Em We always have a story
[Outro]
Em The latest story that I know Em Is the one that I'm supposed to go out with Em And the latest story that I know A Is the one that I'm supposed to go out with A And the latest story that I know A Is the one that I'm supposed to go out with A And the latest story that I know A Is the one that I'm supposed to go out with C# A F#m B Nothing more than feelings N.C. B Felings, nothing more than feelings E A N.C. Feelings of love, you know that