D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)   AThey're (x02220@1)waiting to hate you
    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)     ESo (022100@1)give them an excuse
[this repeats for all verses]
 
G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)   
Hats off to my distant hope
AI'm (x02220@1)held back by a velvet rope
G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)      
And he's behind the wall the smoke machine has made between us
G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                                      AAnd (x02220@1)if he does exist, if camera clicking, green room guests swirl round the 
                             Gman (320003@1)whose real life can be touched
GThen (320003@1)I will do just that much
[this repeats for the next stanza]