INTRO
[F9] [Bbm7]
The audience treated him kindly
[F9] [Bbm7]
But nobody shouted for more
[G#M7] [Db/Eb]
These days you don’t read much about him
[G#M7] [Db/Eb]
No star on his dressing room door
[Cm9] [Gm]
I went backstage to see him
Dm(M7) G7#11
No crowds to stand in my way
[Bb]
He didn't look sad
F/A add 9
No he didn’t look sad
Bb (big scale walk up) D
But here’s something he wanted to say
[STROPHE 1]
[Am] [E/G#]
In my heyday young girls wrote to me
[Gdim7] [Dm/F]
Everybody seemed to have time to devote to me
[G/F] [C/E] [F]
Everyone I saw all swore they knew me
F#m7/11 C#7aug/F Esus E
Once upon a song
[Am] [E/G#]
Main attraction, couldn't buy a seat
[Gdim7] [Dm/F]
The celebrity, celebrities were dying to meet
[G/F] [Em] [E7]
I've had every accolade bestowed on me
[Am] [D/A] [Am]
And so you see
CHORUS
[F] [G/F]
If I never sing another song
[Em7] [F]
Or take another bow
[Dm] [E7] [Am] [Bm/A] [Am]
I would get by, but I'm not sure how
[STROPHE 2]
[Am] [E/G#]
Always posing, but you love it all
[Gdim7] [Dm/F]
Though you have to learn to act like you're above it all
[G/F] [C/E] [F]
Everything I did the world applauded
F#m7/11 (add C) C#7aug/F Esus E
Once upon a star
[Am] [E/G#]
Framed citations, hang on every wall
[Gdim7] [Dm/F]
Got a scrapbook full of quotes, I can't recall them all
[G/F] [Em7] [E7]
There were times I felt the world belonged to me
[Am] [Bm/A] [Am]
And so you see
CHORUS
[F] [G/F]
If I never sing another song
[Em] [F]
It wouldn't bother me
[Dm] [Dm/C] [E7] (add [F])
I had my share of fame
[Am] [D7/A] [Am]
You know my name
N.C.
Modulate up to Eb
[B`- PART]
[Fm7] [Ab/Bb] [Bb7]
If I never sing another song
[E7#11] [EbM7] [AbM7]
Or take another bow
[AbM7/Eb] [Dm7b5]
I would get by,
[G13b9] [Cm7] [G7/D] [Eb]
But I'm not sure how
[Edim7] [Fm7] [Ab/Bb]
If I never sing another song
[E7#11] [EbM7] [AbM7]
Or take another bow
[Dm7b5]
Life would go on
G7aug Cm
But I'm not sure How
N.C.
(Solo on scale with C5, C+, and C6 bass)
