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