Backstage chords by
The Temptations

N/A

Key: Bb major

Verse 1

Oh yeah

Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh, yeah, yeah

Ooh

Verse 2
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
He's the entertainer
C C 
 
Smiling as though nothing's
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
wrong
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Now the crown is standing
C C 
 
He's touching their heart
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
with his song

Verse 3

Nobody knows he's hurting inside

Nobody knows the times

he has cried

Backstage, when the

Verse 4
G G 
 
crowd
Am Am 
 
is gone
C C 
 
G G 
 
Backstage, when his life is his own,
Am Am 
 
yeah
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Backstage, he's lost and alone
'cause there's
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Nobody waiting in the wings for him
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
To love (love)
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
No, no, no, no, no

Verse 5
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
When the gleaming glitter
C C 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
He seems much more than a  man
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Before the night is over
C C 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
He hopes to touch every being,
C C 
 
oh yes

Verse 6

Nobody knows by looking at him

Nobody knows he's just

like them

Backstage, he is a

Verse 7
G G 
 
human being,
Am Am 
 
yeah
C C 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Backstage, his heart is  twing
Backstage,
F F 
 
C C 
 
he's a scene worth seeing 'cause there's
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Nobody waiting in the wings for him
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
To love (love)
C C 
 
No, no, nobody with him
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
To love (love)

Verse 8

Ooh Ooh- ooh-

ooh- ooh

Dsus4

Doo- do- do- do- do

Verse 9
C C 
 
G G 
 
One so many love him tonight
C C 
 
G G 
 
One so many please treat him right
C C 
 
When the curtain goes down
Em Em 
 
And the spotlight goes dim
C C 
 
Not because he's the entertainer
No, no, no
D D 
 
But just because he's

Verse 10
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
him
(him)
C C 
 
Somebody love the man
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Because he's him
(him)
C C 
 
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
C C 
 

Verse 11
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Backstage, when the curtain
Am Am 
 
is closed
C C 
 
G G 
 
Backstage, the real man is exposed,
Am Am 
 
yeah
C C 
 
Backstage, who would have
F F 
 
C C 
 
ever supposed that
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Nobody waiting in the wings for
G G 
 
C C 
 
him (nobody waiting in the wings for him)
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
To love (love)

Verse 12
C C 
 
Oh baby, I need a standing ovation
Am Am 
 
sometimes (love)
C C 
 
(Nobody waiting in the wings for him)
F F 
 
You can't see no man no man
C C 
 
in the wings here to love
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Oh yeah (love)
C C 
 
Where did all of the fine ladies go? (Love)
G G 
 
I don't know (nobody waiting
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
in  the wings for him)
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
Nobody seem to be waiting to love
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
(love) yeah (love)
Nobody (nobody waiting) nobody waiting
F F 
 
C C 
 
(in the wings for him)
G G 
 
To love (love)
G G 
 

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