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