Chords for Nina Simone - Stars (at Montreux Festival in 1976)

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_ _ _ Stars, they come and [D] go.
_ They come fast, [C#] they come slow.
[F#m] _ _ They go [C#] [B] like the last light of the sun, all in a [Em] blaze.
Hey, girl, sit down. _ _
Sit down. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [N] _ _ Sit down. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Stars, they come and go.
[A] They come fast, they come [C] slow.
They go like [B] the last light of the sun, all in [Em] a blaze.
_ _ All you see [A] is glory. _
_ _ But it gets [Dm] lonely there when [C#m] there's no one there to [F#] share. _ _
You [G] can shake it [Em] away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] if you hear a story.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ People [D]
lust for fame, _ _ _ like [F#m] athletes in a game.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ They break their collarbones and [B] come up swinging.
[Em] _ _ _ Some of them are [G] _
crowned.
Some of them are down. _ _ _
_ Some are lost and never found. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ But most have seen it [D]
all.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
They live their [D] lives inside cafes [B] and [Em]
music halls. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And they always [B] have a story.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ Some make it when [D] they are young.
_ _ _ [F#] Before the world is done as a [Bm] dirty [D] job. _
[G] _ Later on, [E] someone will say [Em] you've had your day.
_ _ _ _ _ Now you must make way. _ _ _ _ _ _
Don't they always?
_ [A] But you'll never know [D] the pain of _ _ _ _ [C#m] using a name you [F#m] never own.
[F#] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ [Em] The years of forgetting _ what you know too well. _ _ _
[D] And you who gave the crown [C#m] have been let down.
You try [Am] to [B] make _ _ [Em]
amends _ _ _ _ _ without _ defending, [B] _ _ _ _ [A]
perhaps _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] pretending.
_ _ _ _ [A] You never saw the [C] eyes [F#] _ _ [C] of young men at 25.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Who followed as you walked, [A] _ [Em] took autographs, _ _ kissed you on the cheek. _ _ _ _ _
You never could believe [G] they really loved you. _ _
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[A] Some make it when they're [D] old. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ Perhaps they have a [F#] soul they [B] aren't afraid to [Em] bear. _ _
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_ _ Perhaps there's nothing there. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
But anyway, that isn't what I meant to say.
[D] _ _
_ I meant to tell about a story, _ [F#m] [C#m] since [F#m] we all have [C] stories.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _
But I can't remember it anyway.
_ _ [Em] _ _
So I'll tell about the mood that's in the United States today.
And permeating even Switzerland.
And then [A] _ [G] it [A] goes.
[D] _
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_ _ But I'll continue anyway until I get it [Bm] together.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
Some _ women have a body men will want to see.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
So [G] they put it on [A] display.
Some people play a [D] fine guitar. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] I could listen to them play all day.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ But anyway, _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ I'm trying to tell my story. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Janice, he entered it very well.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ Janice Joplin told it even better.
[Em] _
_ _ _ _ Billie [A] Holiday [G] even told it even better.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ We always, _ [A] _ _
we always, _ [Bm] _ _
we always have a [Em] story. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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The latest story that I know is the one that I'm supposed to go out with.
And the latest story that I know is the one that I'm supposed to go [G] out with.
And the latest story that I know is the one that I'm supposed to go out with.
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