Тональность: D minor
Verse 1
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People ask me, brother,
Ebm
why do you play guitar?
F
It's sounding great,
E
Ebm
Bbm
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.
F
But surely it's the time in life to
E
Ebm
Bbm
give up childish dream s
I played
Columbus stockade blues and
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thought for a little while
Then picked
F
Jimmy
Brown, the newsboy in
Eb
Bbm
Calypso style
Why do I do this thing that I do?
Ebm
Seems right big thing to ask
Like
F
Sisyphus going up that hill it
E
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Bbm
clearly is my task
Ebm
Bbm
Sliding to a minor 9th with clarity and grace
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I stopped my show just for a moment
F
Looked a lady in the face
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Wanting to impress her
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And give her a little fright
F
I quickly hit the opening chord
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Ebm
Bbm
Ebm
Bbm
Abm
From a hard day's night
I play guitar
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Ebm
For reasons too tough to explain
F
Yet obvious to some of us
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Bbm
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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Bbm
so push don't come to shove
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Db
I play guitar when I am lonely
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Ab
Bbm
I play gui tar when I am blue
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Db
I play guitar when I am happy
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Bbm
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
F
I think I've heard you play before
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Bbm
I remember your profile
She dug into her purse,
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passed her makeup, keys and coins
F
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
F
I watched her grab a cab,
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Bbm
then I carried on my way
Bob
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Marley, his great redemption song
Ebm
As if I led a big time band
Ab
and they all played along
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Db
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
Gb
F
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That's a soulful song to sing
Threw in
Malaguena, like
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Segovia on speed
F
Playing fast and silly when
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F
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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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Db
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
F
Hall
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I play guitar when I am lonely
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Bbm
Gb
I play guitar, when I am blue I play guitar,
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Bbm
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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