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