Kunci: A minor
Verse 1
Am
In the window of the storefront
C
There's a mugshot for a manhunt
F
And those cakes all decorated
Am
Piñatas shaped like parrots. Secrets
Verse 2
Am
C
leaking from the gas tanks
Dm
In the back while they were twisting
Am
E
up balloons.
Am
The helium
Verse 3
was noble
C
And the nitrous was obnoxious
F
And the neon lit the stage
Dm
For the patrons in their boxes.
Verse 4
Am
And the scarecrow stepped
on set
C
He stumbled then recovered.
Verse 5
F
If you really want to dance then
Dm
G
put your shoes on
Verse 6
F
Was blinking like an isolated
Dm
G#dim
neutron.
Verse 7
C
He said it's perfect when you're
Em
F
fi nally performing
Am
F
But all this waiting around just
Verse 8
F
Stand up and start to clap
Dm
Try to take this whole thing back.
Verse 9
Am
But the night is just beginning
C
For the actor and the gaffer
Dm
He's taking off his makeup
Em
Am
E
And they meet up by the back door
Verse 10
Am
In the alley there's an taxi
C
G
When they get in it starts
F
And the driver gets a feeling
Verse 11
Am
And it's quiet and he listens
G
C
To the actor the gaffer
Am
F
Discuss the things they're getting
C
Dm
G#dim
And where they're going after.
Verse 12
Em
F
time or the morning?
Am
It's hard to get to sleep
F
C
after performing.
Em
When a star is born the habit
Am
F
It's hard to get to sleep
Verse 13
Am
The ad renaline it kicks in
When the stagehand hits the curtain.
Dm
Am
It's exciting when you're working
Dm
Am
You get to be a different person.
Verse 14
Am
Dm
But later when it's over
Am
A
And they're sweeping up
Dm
Am
the lobby and
Dm
Am
You're still on that wavelength.
And it's sometimes hard to shake it.
Verse 15
Am
The bakery is a business
That's pretty unsuspecting.
Dm
Am
Dm
They're busy on the third shift and
Am
Dm
Am
The doors are always open.
Verse 16
Am
The actor and the gaffer
A
Am
They enter through the kitchen
Dm
When the baker sees them coming
Am
Dm
Am
He starts taking off his apron.
Verse 17
Am
But the gaffer never turned up
dead since last night.
Verse 18
Am
F
The director phones the actor
Dm
But the actor doesn't answer.
Verse 19
F
They're pacing around backstage
Dm
G
Trying to brush up on their lines.
Verse 20
Am
C
Am
C
Plays the savior.
Am
F
Comes in and does the part without
Am
Dm
E
The dangerous behavior.
Verse 21
C
Em
But when a star is born the habit
Am
F
C
It's hard to get to sleep after performing.
Em
F
Is 4am the night time or the morning?
Am
F
C
It's hard to get to sleep after performing.
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