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