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