C                                           Am
Boy you don't know me
          C              Am
I'm a nobody
C                               Am
Singin on the strip
                 C             Am
For a few pennies
C                            Am
I got a busted string
          C                     Am
And broken guitar
                C                   Am
I've been singing for tips
                C                         Am
Down at the local bar


              F                    
Like an old tin star
                             C
I'm beat up and rusty
 
                         G
Lost in the shining stars 
                                    Am
Of Nashville Tennessee
F
Well I wrote this song
                                      C
For those who are like me
                                       G                           
Lost in the shining stars, the shining stars


               C                 
Well we don't got fame
          Am
No name in lights
                   C
No billboard hits
           Am
No sold out nights
               C
We got dues to pay
                    Am
Tryna make a way
                      C
Some of us wait on luck
                            Am
While some just pray


              F                    
Like an old tin star
                             C
I'm beat up and rusty
                          G
Lost in the shining stars 
                                    Am
Of Nashville Tennessee
F
Well I wrote this song
                                      C
For those who are like me
                                       G                           
Lost in the shining stars, the shining stars

                   F                            Am
Well if the music wasn't running
                          F                         C
Through the blood in my veins
                      G
I might just walk away
                     C
Oh I might walk away
                   F                          Am
But the music keeps on running
                    F                               C
Through the blood in my veins
                   G
And it just makes me stay
                                   C
Oh it makes me stay


              F                    
Like an old tin star
                             C
I'm beat up and rusty
                          G
Lost in the shining stars 
                                    Am
Of Nashville Tennessee
F
Well I wrote this song
                                      C
For those who are like me
                                       G                           
Lost in the shining stars, the shining stars
         C                           Am                          C, Am, C,Am, C,Am
Of Nashville Tennessee