Eric Clapton – Behind the Mask


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Song: Behind The Mask

Artist: Eric Clapton

Album: August (1986)

Rating: 4/5

 
Intro:  
C# 
 
 
A 
 
 
B 
 
 
G#m 
(4 
 
times)
 
C# 
 
A 
ll alone had to  
A 
talk about it
 
B 
Like 
 
 
A 
two-edged sword, he
G#m 
touched you and he stabs me
 
C# 
 
A 
ll along I knew you wer
A 
E 
 
A 
phony 
 
girl.
 
B 
Sit behind the mask where you  
G#m 
control your world.
 
C# 
Yesterday he had you  
A 
in his arms
 
B 
When I’m holding you I feel his  
G#m 
bitter 
 
charms
 
C# 
I can’t judge what you  
A 
do to me.
 
B 
 
C 
amouflage the truth, Indulge your  
G#m 
fantasy.
 
Who do you  
C# 
love? Is it  
A 
me 
 
now?
 
Is it  
B 
him babe? I don’t  
G#m 
know.
 
Who do you  
C# 
love? Is it  
A 
me 
 
babe?
 
Is it  
B 
him now? I don’t  
G#m 
know.
 
Amaj7 
There is nothing in your eyes;  
B 
that’s the way you cry.
 
Amaj7 
All is grand, all is bright. Yo
B 
u’re just studying my mind.
 
Amaj7 
There is nothing in your eyes;  
B 
that’s the way you cry.
 
Amaj7 
All is grand, all is bright. Yo
B 
u’re just studying my mind.
Eb 
D 
 
C# 
Was I invited to your  
A 
masquerade?
 
B 
Well the party’s over so now take  
G#m 
off your face
 
C# 
You say love but it’s  
A 
hard to see
 
B 
When you’re in his arms throwing  
G#m 
rocks at me.
 
Who do you  
C# 
love? Is it  
A 
me 
 
now?
 
Is it  
B 
him babe? I don’t  
G#m 
know.
 
Who do you  
C# 
love? Is it  
A 
me 
 
babe?
 
Is it  
B 
him now? I don’t  
G#m 
know.
 
Solo over Amaj7 and  
B 
(with the two others chords  
Eb 
 
 
D 
) and the same chords as

the intro.

 
C# 
I walk around stuck with
A 
in my gloom
 
B 
When I come to you and sit in  
G#m 
your 
 
room
 
C# 
Truth is new , I have n
A 
ot 
 
 
A 
trace
 
B 
Take off your mask so I can  
G#m 
see your face.
 
Who do you  
C# 
love? Is it  
A 
me 
 
now?
 
Is it  
B 
him babe? I don’t  
G#m 
know.
 
Who do you  
C# 
love? Is it  
A 
me 
 
babe?
 
Is it  
B 
him now? I don’t  
G#m 
know.
 
Outro*:  
C# 
 
 
A 
 
 
B 
 
 
G#m 

*There’s only keyboards on the real song but you can play fingerpicking instead.

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