[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Am Am7/G D7sus2/F# G D6/F# Em
I was never one for singing what I really feel
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Except tonight I'm bringing everything I know that's real
[Chorus]
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Stars they come and go they come fast or slow
E7 Am Am7/G
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
D7sus /F# D7sus /F#
And all you see is glory
G D6/F# Dm6/F E7
Hey but it gets lonely there when there's no one here to share
Am Am7/G D7sus2/F# D7 D7sus2 D7
We can shake it away if you'll hear a story
[Verse 2]
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People lust for fame like athletes in a game we break our collarbones
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and come up swinging some of us are downed
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some of us are crowned and some are lost and never found
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But most have seen it all they live their lives in sad cafes and music halls
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They always come up singing
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Some make it when they're young before the world has done its dirty job
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and later on someone will say You've had your day now you must make way
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But they'll never know the pain of living with a name you never owned
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or the many years forgetting what you know too well
[Bridge]
Em Em/D# Em/D
That the ones who gave the crown have been let down
Em/C# Cmaj7 D7 D7sus4 D7
You try to make amends without defending
[Verse 3]
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Perhaps pretending you never saw the eyes of grown men of twenty-five
E7 Am
that follow as you walk and ask for photographs
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Or kiss you on the cheek and you never can believe they really loved you
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Some make it when they're old
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Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare
D7sus2/F# D7 D7sus2 D7
or perhaps there's nothing there
[Chorus]
G D /F# Dm /F
Stars they come and go they come fast or slow
E7 Am Am7/G
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
D7sus /F# D7sus /F#
And all you see is glory
G D6/F# Dm6/F E7 Am Am7/G
But most have seen it all they live their lives in sad cafes and music halls
D7sus /F# D7sus /F#
They always have a story
[Verse 4]
G D /F# Dm /F
Some women have a body men will want to see
E7
and so they put it on display
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Some people play a fine guitar I could listen to them play all day
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Some ladies really move across the stage and gee they sure can dance
Am Am7/G D7sus2/F#
I guess I could learn how if I gave it half a chance
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But I always feel so funny when my body tries to soar
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And I seem to always worry about missing the next chord
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I guess there isn't anything to put up on display
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Except the tunes and whatever else I say
[Bridge]
Em Em/D# Em/D Em/C#
But anyway that isn't really what I meant to say
Cmaj7 D7sus4
I meant to tell a story I live from day to day
[Chorus]
G D /F# Dm /F
Stars they come and go they come fast or slow
E7 Am Am7/G
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
D7sus2/F# D7/F#
And all you see is glory
G D6/F# Dm6/F E7 Am Am7/G
But most have seen it all they live their lives in sad cafes and music halls
D7sus /F#
And we always have a story
[Verse 5]
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So if you don't lose patience with my fumbling around
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I'll come up singing for you
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even when I'm down
[Outro]
Am Am7/G D7sus2/F# D7/F#
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