Van Morrison – Stage Name (Guitar)

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As recorded by Van Morrison (From the 2022 Album WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE?) [Intro] G N.C. [Chorus]
N.C.   Em
It's a stage name

      Bm
Not a real name

               C
Could be a nickname

D                  G
Or a make-it-stick name

       Em
It's a stage name

      Bm
Not a real name

               C
Could be a nickname

D                     G
Have-to-make-it-stick name
[Verse 1]
            C
Travel incognito

D               G
Move behind the scenes

Em             C
Spin under the radar

   D                 G
If I wanna follow my dream

               C
Leave it all behind me

D          G
Pick my getaway

Em                 C
Maybe the grass is greener

D         G
From far away
[Chorus]
       Em
It's a stage name

      Bm
Not a real name

               C
Could be a nickname

D                  G
Or a make-it-stick name

       Em
It's a stagе name

      Bm
Not a real name

               C
Could bе a nickname

D                     G
Have-to-make-it-stick name
[Verse 2]
C                      D
Must have been off the rails

     G                     Em
To believe in a movie star name

   C                            D
It may have seemed like a good idea

       G
At the time

              C
Well, further on up the timeline

D                   G
It no longer jives, but undermines

Em                      C
I guess I'll have to go back

      D      G
To my proper real name
[Chorus]
        Em
It's my stage name

       Bm
Not my real name

               C
Could be a nickname

D                  G
I-have-to-make-it-stick name

        Em
It's my stagе name

       Bm
Not my real name

            C
Might be my nickname

D                       G
I-have-to-make-it-stick name
[Bridge]
              C
One of them's Ringo and Sting

G
Tell me, what a bad thing

         A
If every woman and man is a star

       D
How do you know who you are?

          C               D
If Thomas Woodward is Tom Jones

G                       Em
Then I know I'm not alone

       C
And if Cliff is Harry Webb

D                    G
And Clive is Georgie Fame

     C
[?]

             D
What the hell?

     G                Em
Man, this is really insane

             C
Have we gone off the rails

D                 G
Or is this just a name game?
[Out-Chorus]
        Em
It's my stage name

       Bm
Not my real name

           C
Could be a nickname

D                     G
Have-to-make-it-stick name

        Em
It's my stage name

            Bm
It's not my real name

            C
Could be my nickname

D                      G
Have-to-make-it-stick— say it again

        Em
It's my stage name

            Bm
It's not my real name

                 C
It used to be my nickname

D                       G
I-have-to-make-it-stick name

        Em
It's my stage name

            Bm
It's not my real name

                 C
It used to be my nickname

D                   G
Now-I-make-it-stick name