Key: G major
Verse 1
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F#m
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I started
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to sing in a band at school
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A 15 -year -old boy, not really cool
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I had posters of the
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Beatles on my walls
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And dreamed of full -pack concert halls
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But no one told me how and why,
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it all just needed that first try.
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An d as the years went by,
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Right in the middle of the stage,
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I knew what to do.
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and I learned to come down.
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Sometimes a wise man
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But please don't ask me how and why
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It all just followed that first try
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I sing what I mean, believe me or not
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The words may be cool,
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the lines may be hard
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I don't wanna lie
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You get what you hear till
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No matter if loser,
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no matter if winner
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But after all, that's for sure
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In the end, I'm just a singer
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Singing my songs for you
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Yeah, yeah, I'm just a singer
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Oh, oh, it's singing that's helping
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to get through
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I still don't know about how and why
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But it's getting better with every try
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Forty and more of my years just passed
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And I wonder for how long this could last
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I hope it's halfway,
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there's plenty of time
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and to make life right
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And sometimes a loser
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But after all
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In the end I'm just a singer
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Singing my songs for you
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Oh, yeah, I'm just a singer
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Oh, and it's singing that's helping
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I'm just a singer
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Singing my songs for you
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Oh, yeah, I'm just a singer
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Oh, and it's singing that's helping
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Am
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To get through
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After all
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