Stars-rhinestone Cowboy Live chords by Glen Campbell

Stars/Rhinestone Cowboy
Glen Campbell
Album Live At The Royal Festival Hall
Glen Campbell's 33rd Album
Released 1977 Capitol Records

(no Intro)

Verse 1

Dm       Dm7   G    C    G   Am
  I was never one for singing  what I really feel
F            Dm  G              Am
  Except tonight I'm bringin'  everything I know is real
C          G         G7    Bb
Stars they come and go They come fast they come slow
         A         A7      Dm  F
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
          G   F G G7
They always have a story
  Am       Am7     C          Am  F
But it gets lonely here when theres no one here to share
             Dm F         G7
We can shake it all away   If you'll hear a story

Verse 2

C          G           Bb  Am
People lust for fame  like athletes in a game
          G7        Dm
We break our collar bones and come up swinging
          Dm7
Some of us are down  some are crowned
F              G
some are lost an never found
G7         C  G
Those thats seen it all
Bb            Am7     Dm
they live their lives in sad cafes an music halls
Dm7        G   G7
They always have a story

Verse 3

   Dm7          C
Some make it when they're young
G          Bb       Am7
Before the world has done it's dirty job
 Dm          F
Later on someone will say you've had your day
       G    C G
Now you must make way

Verse 4

         G7   C  G
Some make it when they're old
Bb          Am       Dm       F
Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare
              G   G7
Or perhaps there's nothin' there

Verse 5

C          G              Bb
Stars they come and go They come fast they come slow
         A        A7      Dm  F
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
          G   Am G G7
And all they see is glory

Verse 6

Am           Am7       C
So if you don't lose patientce with my fumblin' around
F
I'll come up singin' for you
G       C  G Am7       Dm
Even when I'm down    I'll come up singing
G
singing
G7    C G
singing


Chorus 1

    F   G  C   F C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy
    Cmaj7        C         G C G
riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
      F  G   C   F C
Just like a Rhinestone cowboy
    Cmaj7         Am       Am7 G
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
    Dm      G    F   Em Dm F Em Dm G
Lord an offers comin' over the phone
                   F Em Dm F G
Verse 7

     C                      F    C
I've been walkin' these streets so long  singin' the same ole songs
                        G
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
   F
Where hustles the name of the game
                          C  F C
And nice guys get washed away like the snow an the rain
       G              F      C
Theres been a load of compromisin' on this road to my horizion
  F           D           G
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Chorus 2

    F  G   C   F C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy
    Cmaj7        C         G C G
Riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
    F  G   C   F C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy
    Cmaj7         C          G
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
    G7           F   Em Dm F Em Dm G
Lord an offers comin' over the phone
                   F Em Dm F G
Verse 8

    C
Well I really don't mind the rain and a smile can hide all the pain
                              G    C G
But your down when you're ridin' the train thats taking the long way
  F
And I dream of the things I'll do with a subway token an a dollar tucked

 Am7    C  G C
inside my shoe
        G                F       C
There'll be a load of compromisin' Lord on that road to my horizion
  F           D           G C G
But I wanna' be where them lights are shinin' on me

Chorus 3

    F  G   C    F C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy
    Cmaj7        C         G C G
riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
      F  G   C   F C
Just like a Rhinestone cowboy
    Cmaj7         C          G
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
                F   Em Dm F Em Dm G
Lord an offers comin' over the phone
                    F Em Dm
outro

    F  G   C   F C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy


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