Stars Tabulatur von Janis Ian

[Intro]
G  D6/F#  Dm6/F  E7

[Verse 1]
Am       Am7/G         D7sus2/F#      G     D6/F#   Em
   I was never one for singing       what I really feel
Am         Am7/G                  D7sus2/F#             D7   D7sus4  D7
   Except tonight I'm bringing everything I know that's real

[Chorus]
  G                 D6/F#                    Dm6/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#   D7sus2/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]
G                 D6/F#                   Dm6/F        E7
  People lust for fame like athletes in a game,    we break our collarbones
                Am                              Am7/G
  and come up swinging, some of us are downed
                         D7sus2/F#                      D7sus2/F#
  some of us are crowned,          and some are lost and never found
                         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
                      D7sus2/F#       D7   D7sus4  D7
  They always come up singing
                            G       D6/F#                 Dm6/F            E7
  Some make it when they're young, before the world has done its dirty job
            Am                                        Am7/G                  D7sus2/F#   D7
  and later on someone will say "You've had your day,        now you must make way"
             D7sus4  D7       G       D6/F#        Dm6/F                E7
  But they'll never know the pain of living with a name you never owned
          Am           Am7/G            D7sus2/F#
  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]
            G                       D6/F#                       Dm6/F
Perhaps pretending you never saw the eyes of grown men of twenty-five
      E7                               Am
that follow as you walk and ask for photographs
                        Am7/G                        D7sus2/F#                D7sus2/F#
Or kiss you on the cheek      and you never can believe they really loved you
                           G    D6/F#
Some make it when they're old
   Dm6/F              E7                Am            Am7/G
(Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare
                         D7sus2/F#     D7   D7sus2  D7
or perhaps there's nothing there)

[Chorus]
  G                 D6/F#                    Dm6/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#   D7sus2/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
                  D7sus2/F#      D7sus2/F#
They always have a story

[Verse 4]
        G           D6/F#            Dm6/F
  Some women have a body men will want to see
              E7
  and so they put it on display
               Am                 Am7/G                         D7sus2/F#     D7sus2
  Some people play a fine guitar,       I could listen to them play all day
                      G              D6/F#     Dm6/F               E7
  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
        G              D6/F#        Dm6/F           E7
  But I always feel so funny when my body tries to soar
        Am             Am7/G      D7sus2/F#
  And I seem to always worry about missing the next chord
G                     D6/F#       Dm6/F         E7
  I guess there isn't anything to put up on display
               Am   Am7/G                    D7sus2/F#
  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                 D6/F#                    Dm6/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
                   D7sus2/F#
And we always have a story

[Verse 5]
   G                  D6/F#           Dm6/F      E7
So if you don't lose patience with my fumbling around
              Am        Am7/G    D7sus2/F#
I'll come up singing for you,
               G   D6/F#  Dm6/F   E7
even when I'm down

[Outro]
Am  Am7/G  D7sus2/F#  D7/F#
G  C  G