Sing Your Own Song chords by 
John Wesley Harding 
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Key: B minor•
Verse 1
G
D
A
Long ago I had a dream
F#
A man came up to me
Bm
He gave me paper and a pen
E
And a cast- iron guarantee
A
He said "Write six words,
make the next line rhyme
F#
Learn four basic chords
Bm
When you've got the third line,
well, in next to no time
E
You'll be wanting more"
Verse 2
A
Well, I did n't wanna know
about a quid pro quo
F#
Or why he was picking on me
Bm
Guess he didn't know
that I was tired of school
E
And bored of poetry
A
So I played along, stifled a yawn
F#
Per haps he was wrong in the head
Bm
And when I woke, I found a note
E
And this is what it said:
Verse 3
A
You can write your own words
F#
You can sing your own song
Bm
And it doesn't really matter
if you're out of tune
E
Or if no one sings along
A
You can write your own words
F#
And you can make your own rules
Bm
And it doesn't really matter
how cool you are
E
Or what grades you got at school
When you sing your own song
A
G
D
Verse 4
A
F#
Bm
So I took the advice, suf fice it to say
E
That the rest is mystery
A
F#
And if anyone out there's
Bm
nervous or scared
E
I sug gest you listen to me
Verse 5
A
You can write your own words
F#
You can sing your own song
Bm
And it doesn't really matter
if you're out of tune
E
Or if no one sings along
A
Cos if you do what you like
F#
And you like what to do
Bm
Then someone somewhere
knows you're there
E
And the world may come to you
A
G
When you sing your own song
D
A
G
D
A
G
D
A
G
D
Verse 6
A
Now I'm married and I have two kids
F#
And we sing songs all the time
Bm
My four- year- old just makes them up
E
Some times with explanatory mime
A
No one's told her that it's difficult yet
F#
That isn't in her head
Bm
So we sing her song all evening long
E
A
F#
Bm
Right until it's
E
A
F#
Bm
E
A
F#
Bm
E
A
F#
Bm
time for bed
Outro 1
E
A
G
D
A
G
D
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D A F# Bm...
G
D
A
F#
Bm
E
Capo: 2
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