Key: D minor
Verse 1
Eb
Dm
Am
but it's a little late for you to be a star.
Perhaps you need to do it,
Eb
Dm
Am
give up childish dreams
I played
Columbus stockade blues and
Then picked
E
Jimmy
Brown, the newsboy in
D
Am
Calypso style
Why do I do this thing that I do?
Like
Eb
Dm
Am
clearly is my task
Dm
Am
Sliding to a minor 9th with clarity and grace
D
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Gm
From a hard day's night
I play guitar
Am
Dm
For reasons too tough to explain
Dm
Am
It keeps me calm and sane
I play guitar when I'm homesick,
Dm
Am
so push don't come to shove
F
C
I play guitar when I am lonely
Am
G
Am
I play gui tar when I am blue
F
C
I play guitar when I am happy
Dm
Am
And for spare change, I'll play for you
She looked at me in sympathy
Eb
D
Am
I remember your profile
She dug into her purse,
Dm
Am
Dm
passed her makeup, keys and coins
Dm
Am
will one day let you join
I thanked her for her silver
Dm
Am
then I carried on my way
Bob
F
C
Shifting to some blues, I waved like
B .B.
King
F
E
Am
That's a soulful song to sing
Threw in
Malaguena, like
Em
E
Am
there really was no need
Yes, I'm safe and warm now,
Eb
Dm
Am
I don't need to be a star
F
C
In my mind, I always packed the place
G
Am
Be it winter, spring or fall
F
C
I get to headline big -time festivals
Carnegie
E
Hall
F
C
I play guitar when I am lonely
G
Am
F
I play guitar, when I am blue I play guitar,
Dm
Am
And for spare change, I'll play for you
My mind is quite at ease now,
D
Am
I don't need to be a star
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