Tablature backstage - Gene Pitney

          



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                          "Backstage (I'm Lonely)"

                            (Ainsfield - Denson)

  

  Intro:

  

  	(drum roll)

  

  	(horns:)

  

  	Eb              Ab/Eb

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

  

  	(band enters):

  

  	Eb

  	/ / / /  / / / /

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	(electric guitar plays only those chords tagged with *)

  

  	Ebsus4*     Eb    Ebsus4*       Eb

  	A thousand hands    applaud tonight

  	Fsus4*     Fm    Fsus4*             Fm

  	I sing my songs    my star shines bright

  	Gsus4*      Gm     Ab*

  	I stop and smile   I take my bow

  	Bb7sus4*

  	I leave the stage and then somehow

  

  Chorus 1:

  

  	     Eb                Cm

  	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:

  

  	     Eb                Cm

  	Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry

  	Ab                     Bb            (Eb)

  	Hating myself since I let you say goodbye

  

  	Eb       Cm       Ab       Bb

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

  

  Bridge:

  

  	Db [N.C.]

  	Every night a different room

  	Bb [N.C.]

  	Every night a different club

  	Eb                          Cm

  	And yet I'm lonely all the time

  	Ab [N.C.]

  	When I sign my autograph

  	Gb [N.C.]

  	When I hold an interview

  	Ab                       Bb

  	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:

  

  	     Eb                Cm

  	Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see

  	Ab                         Bb                 Cm

  	Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me

  	      Ab                                Bb

  	Your smiling face waiting backstage for me

  	     Eb   Eb7/Db  Ab/C  Bb

  	Backstage

  	     Eb   Eb7/Db  Ab/C  Bb   Ebsus4  Eb

  	Backstage

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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 Backstage, de Gene pitney 

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