Chords for Janis Ian - Stars (live 1974)

[G] It's called Stars and that's what it's about.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] I _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] was never [D] one for singing _ _
[G] What I [D] _ [Em] really feel
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ Except tonight [C] I'm bringing
_ Everything [D] I [F#] know [D] that's real
_ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [G] _
Stars, they [D] come and [Bm] go
They [Dm] come fast, they come slow
They go [E] like the last light of the sun
All [Am] in a place
_ And all you see [D] is glory
_ Hey, _
_ _ [G] but it gets [D] lonely there
[Dm] When [E] there's no one here to share
We [Am] _ _ can [C] shake it away
If [D] you hear a story
[Am] [D] People _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ lust [D] for fame
Like [Dm] athletes in a game
We [E] all break our collarbones
And [Am] come up swinging
Some of us are [C] crowned
[Am] And some of us are [D] downed
_ And some are lost and never found
Most [G] have seen it all
[D] They _ [Dm] live their [E] lives in sad [Am] cafes
And music halls
[C] They _ _ _ [D] always come up singing _
Some _ make [G] it when they're young
[D] Before the [Dm] world has done its dirty [E] job
_ _ [Am] Later on someone will say
You've had your day, _ you [D] must make way
_ But _ they'll never [C] know [G] the pain [D] of living
With [Dm] a name [A] you [E] never owned
_ _ [Am] All the many [C] years
Forgetting [D] what you know too well
[F#] That [Em] the ones who gave [D#] the crown
Have been [G] let down
[C#] You try to make [C] _ amends
Without [D]
defending Perhaps [G] _ _ pretending
You never saw [D] the eyes
[Bm] Of grown [Dm] men of twenty-five
Who [E] all followed as you walked
And [Am] asked for autographs
Or kissed you on the [C] cheek
And _ [D] you never could believe
[F#] They really loved you
[D] _ _ _
[G] Some make it when they're [D] old
_ Perhaps [E] they have a soul
[Am] They're not afraid to bear
Or [C] _ _ perhaps there's [D] nothing there _ _
_ _ [G] _ Stars, they [D] come and go
[Bm] They [Dm] come fast, they come slow
They [E] go like the last light of the sun
[Am] All in a blaze
_ [C] _
And all you see [D] is glory _ _
But _ most have [G] seen it all
[D]
They [Dm] live their [E] lives in sad cafes
[Am]
And music halls
[C] They _ _ [Am] always have [D] a story
_ Some _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] women [D] have a body
Men [Dm] will want to see
_ So [A] they [E] put it on display
[Am] Some people play a fine guitar
_ [C] _
[A] _ I [D] could listen to them play all day _
_ [E] Some ladies [G] really move
[D] Across the stage
[Dm] Gee, _ [E] they sure can dance
_ _ [Am] I guess I could [C] learn how
If I gave [D] it half a chance
[Am]
But [G] I always [D] feel so funny
[Dm] When my body [D] tries to [E] soar
And [Am]
I always [C] seem to worry
[D] About missing the next chord _
_ [G] _ [Bm] So I guess [D] there isn't [Dm] anything
To put out [E] on display
_ _ [Am] Except the tunes
_ _ _ Whatever else [D] I say
[Am] And _ [Em] anyway, that [D#] isn't really
_ [G] What I [C#] meant to say
I [C] just meant to tell a story
I [D]
live from [Gm] day [D] to day
The [G] _
stars, they [D] come and [Bm] go
_ [D]
[Dm] They come fast, they come slow
[E] They go like the last light of the sun
[Am] All in a blaze
_ [C] _ [Am] _
_ And all you [D] see is glory _ _
Those _ [F#] _ [G] who've seen it all
[D]
Live [Dm] out their [E] lives in sad cafes
[Am] And musicals
_ _ _ We [D] always have a story
_ _ _ [G] So [D] if you don't lose patience
[Dm] _ With [A] my fumbling [E] around
I'll _ [Am] _ come up [C] singing for [D] you
_ _ _ Even [G] when I'm [D] down
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _