Folk Singer chords by
Beans On Toast

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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I came for
a one- handed applause
And I stayed because
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on stage I feel at home
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And I'll share my opinion
with an SM- 58
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But that doesn't make me clever
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and that doesn't make me great
In fact sometimes I feel
like I'm a tool
As I gaffer tape my soul to
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the same old chord
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Trying to make a living
whilst trying to stay free
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I'll be down the front tonight
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selling my CDs
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But it's not about the money,
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it's just nice when I get paid
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I'd like to think that if I didn't though
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I'd do it all the same
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It's nice to be important,
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but it's more important to be nice
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I dunno where I read that but I'll bet you've
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heard it once or twice before
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So what am I singing for?

Verse 2
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Well anyone can be a folk singer
You just find a song and sing
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it for another
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It's a funny old tradition,
trying to stay in tune
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While the trials and tribulations scare
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off many but a few
And then you're left to
roam and travel round
Making up songs about the
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stories that you've found
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I'm barely breaking even getting
paid more than I'm worth
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If you give me a tenner
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I'll give you a t- shirt

Verse 3
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But it's not about the selling though,
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it's all about the songs
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It's all about the distance to
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the distant singalongs
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I'm quick to criticize and quick to
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put the world to right
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But I just love singing these
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songs every night
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And so I'm gonna sing a couple more
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Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Did you hear that Pete Seeger
died on Monday?
He pretty much invented this whole
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folk singing malarkey
Just one man and a banjo or guitar
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And a song sung from the heart

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