50000 chords by Sting

Intro: (play 8 times!)
A  D

Verse:
F            A
Another obituary in the paper today,
F                     D
One more for the list of those who've already fallen.
F              A
Another one of our comrades is taken down,
F             D
Like so many others of our calling.
F             A
We tweet our anecdotes, our commentary,
F              D
Or we sing his songs in some sad tribute,
F                     A
While the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell,
C

That he's no longer able to deny or refute.

Chorus:
A   D       A     D
50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,
A         D       A       D
And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.

Chorus:
F             A
How well I remember the stadiums we played,
F                     D
And the lights sweeping across a sea of 50,000 souls we'd face.
F              A
A serious drug that you could never kick,
F                   D
Or one that you couldn't imagine you'd ever replace.

F               A
We flew like kites on the wings of amphetamine,
F                 D
Secured only to a bass line and a snare drum beat.
F           A
But really what did any of it mean?
C
When there's a higher philosophy in reflection and defeat.

Chorus:
A   D       A     D
50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,
A         D       A       D
And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.
A         D       A       D
Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,
A        D       A
Rock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.

Verse:
F           A
Reflecting now on my own past,
F              D
Inside this prison I've made of myself.
F           A
I'm feeling a little better today,
F                     D
Although the bathroom mirror is telling me something else.
F           A
These lines of stress, one bloodshot eye,
F              D
The unhealthy pallor of a troubled ghost.
F           A
Where did I put my spectacle case?
C
I'm half blind and as deaf as any post.

Outro:
A         D       A       D
50,000 hands are raised to a man that's just like you and me.
A         D       A       D
We create the gods we can and gift them immortality.
A         D       A       D
Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,
A        D       A
Rock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.