Backstage chords by The Temptations
Verse 1
G
Bm
C
Oh yeah
G
Bm
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh, yeah, yeah
Em
C
Ooh
Verse 2
G
Bm
He's the entertainer
C
Smiling as though nothing's
G
Em
C
wrong
G
Bm
Now the crown is standing
C
He's touching their heart
G
Bm
C
with his song
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Verse 3
G
C
Nobody knows he's hurting inside
G
C
Nobody knows the times
Am
he has cried
C
Backstage, when the
Verse 4
G
crowd
Am
is gone
C
G
Backstage, when his life is his own,
Am
yeah
C
F
C
Backstage, he's lost and alone
'cause there's
Am
C
F
C
Nobody waiting in the wings for him
G
Bm
To love (love)
Em
C
Dsus4
No, no, no, no, no
Verse 5
G
Bm
When the gleaming glitter
C
G
Bm
C
He seems much more than a man
G
Bm
Before the night is over
C
G
Bm
He hopes to touch every being,
C
oh yes
Verse 6
C
G
C
Nobody knows by looking at him
G
C
Nobody knows he's just
Am
like them
C
Backstage, he is a
Verse 7
G
human being,
Am
yeah
C
G
Am
C
Backstage, his heart is twing
Backstage,
F
C
he's a scene worth seeing 'cause there's
Am
C
F
C
Nobody waiting in the wings for him
G
Bm
To love (love)
C
No, no, nobody with him
G
Bm
C
To love (love)
Verse 8
G
Ooh Ooh- ooh-
Bm
ooh- ooh
C
Dsus4
D
Doo- do- do- do- do
Verse 9
C
G
One so many love him tonight
C
G
One so many please treat him right
C
When the curtain goes down
Em
And the spotlight goes dim
C
Not because he's the entertainer
No, no, no
D
But just because he's
Verse 10
G
Bm
him
(him)
C
Somebody love the man
G
Bm
Because he's him
(him)
C
Ooh- ooh- ooh- ooh
Dsus4
C
Verse 11
Am
C
G
Backstage, when the curtain
Am
is closed
C
G
Backstage, the real man is exposed,
Am
yeah
C
Backstage, who would have
F
C
ever supposed that
Am
C
Nobody waiting in the wings for
G
C
him (nobody waiting in the wings for him)
G
Bm
To love (love)
Verse 12
C
Oh baby, I need a standing ovation
Am
sometimes (love)
C
(Nobody waiting in the wings for him)
F
You can't see no man no man
C
in the wings here to love
G
Bm
Oh yeah (love)
C
Where did all of the fine ladies go? (Love)
G
I don't know (nobody waiting
Am
C
in the wings for him)
F
C
G
Bm
C
Nobody seem to be waiting to love
Am
C
(love) yeah (love)
Nobody (nobody waiting) nobody waiting
F
C
(in the wings for him)
G
To love (love)
G
Backstage
The temptations
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