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