E                               A
 Just a kid with a song when he wandered from home,
     B7                      E
 in search of the phantom of fame.
 E                                  A
 She promised she'd wait, but he got back too late.
       B7                           E
 Just a scene from the dark side of fame.


  [Verse]
  E                          A
 In the wrong frame of mind, he took to the wine,
 B7                        E
 holding pieces of love's broken chain.
  E                       A
 It was colder than jade, in this world that he'd made,
 B7                         E
 all alone on the dark side of fame.


 (spoken)
 E                            A
 His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world.
 B7                      E
 They had earned him the highest acclaim.
  E                             A
 And yet his greatest desire was the simple wamth of love's fire,
  B7                         E
 cause its cold on the dark side of fame.


  [Verse]
E                            A
 The wine took its toll and soon he'd grown old,
   B7                    E
 much sooner than most people do.
 E                               A
 But, there's no trace of shame in the sound of his name,
 B7                        E
 though he lived on the dark side of fame.
 B7                    E
 He lived on the dark side of fame.