Tonart: D minor
Verse 1
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People ask me, brother,
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why do you play guitar?
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but it's a little late for you to be a star.
Perhaps you need to do it,
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cause you have no self esteem.
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But surely it's the time in life to
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give up childish dream s
I played
Columbus stockade blues and
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thought for a little while
Then picked
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Jimmy
Brown, the newsboy in
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Calypso style
Why do I do this thing that I do?
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Seems right big thing to ask
Like
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Sisyphus going up that hill it
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clearly is my task
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Sliding to a minor 9th with clarity and grace
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I stopped my show just for a moment
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Looked a lady in the face
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Wanting to impress her
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And give her a little fright
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I quickly hit the opening chord
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From a hard day's night
I play guitar
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For reasons too tough to explain
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Yet obvious to some of us
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It keeps me calm and sane
I play guitar when I'm homesick,
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when I'm restless and in love
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A cold or two, a hot lick will do,
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so push don't come to shove
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I play guitar when I am lonely
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I play gui tar when I am blue
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I play guitar when I am happy
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And for spare change, I'll play for you
She looked at me in sympathy
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And came out with a smile
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I think I've heard you play before
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I remember your profile
She dug into her purse,
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passed her makeup, keys and coins
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Said maybe a successful band
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will one day let you join
I thanked her for her silver
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and bid her a good day
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I watched her grab a cab,
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then I carried on my way
Bob
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Marley, his great redemption song
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As if I led a big time band
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and they all played along
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Shifting to some blues, I waved like
B .B.
King
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His three o 'clock in the morning tune,
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that's a soulful song to sing
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That's a soulful song to sing
Threw in
Malaguena, like
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Playing fast and silly when
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there really was no need
Yes, I'm safe and warm now,
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it's just me and my guitar
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I'm playing for my sanity,
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I don't need to be a star
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In my mind, I always packed the place
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Be it winter, spring or fall
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I get to headline big -time festivals
Carnegie
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Hall
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I play guitar when I am lonely
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I play guitar, when I am blue I play guitar,
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And for spare change, I'll play for you
My mind is quite at ease now,
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I speak through my guitar
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I play to keep my sanity,
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I don't need to be a star
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