Backstage:Gene Pitney.
#4 in UK, #2 in Canada, #25 in USA in '66.

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#1.(Capo 3rd fret for orig.) INTRO: C F C
CA (x32010@1)thousand hands applaud tonight,
DmI (xx0231@1)sing my songs my star shines bright.
Em (022000@1)              FI (133211@1)stop and smile, I take my bow,
G (320003@1)                   G7I (320001@1)leave the stage and then, somehow..
 
CHORUS:
    C (x32010@1)                   AmBackstage (x02210@1)I'm lonely, backstage I cry.
F (133211@1)                       GYou've (320003@1)gone away and each night, I seem to die a little.. 

#2.
COut (x32010@1)on that stage I play the star.
DmI'm (xx0231@1)famous now, I've come so far.
Em (022000@1)           F (133211@1)A famous fool, I let love go.
G (320003@1)                G7 (320001@1)I didn't know, I'd miss you so.

CHORUS: 
    C (x32010@1)                   AmBackstage (x02210@1)I'm lonely, backstage I cry.
F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1) AmF GHating (320003@1)myself, since I let you say goodbye..

#3. 
BbEvery (x1333x@1)night a different room,
GEvery (320003@1)night a different club.
C (x32010@1)                        Am (x02210@1)And yet I'm lonely all the time.
F (133211@1)  
When I sign my autograph,
Eb (x43121@3)When I hold an interview,
F (133211@1)                     G (320003@1)Can't get you out of my mind.

#4.
CCome (x32010@1)back my love, come back to me.
Dm (xx0231@1)I need you now, so desperately.
Em (022000@1)               FWhat (133211@1)good is fame? It's just a game,
G (320003@1)                 G7 (320001@1)I'd give it all, to be the same.

#5. 
    C (x32010@1)               AmBackstage (x02210@1)I wait now, hoping I'll see..
F (133211@1)                       G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)Your smiling face waiting there, backstage, for me.
     Dm (xx0231@1)         F (133211@1)                     G (320003@1)G7Your (320001@1)smiling face waiting, backstage, for me.
    C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)FG CBackstage...Backstage... (x32010@1)

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