Tonalidad: D minor
Verse 1
F#m
People ask me, brother,
Bm
why do you play guitar?
C#
It's sounding great,
C
Bm
F#m
but it's a little late for you to be a star.
Perhaps you need to do it,
Bm
cause you have no self esteem.
C#
But surely it's the time in life to
C
Bm
F#m
give up childish dream s
I played
Columbus stockade blues and
Bm
thought for a little while
Then picked
C#
Jimmy
Brown, the newsboy in
B
F#m
Calypso style
Why do I do this thing that I do?
Bm
Seems right big thing to ask
Like
C#
Sisyphus going up that hill it
C
Bm
F#m
clearly is my task
Bm
F#m
Sliding to a minor 9th with clarity and grace
Bm
I stopped my show just for a moment
C#
Looked a lady in the face
F#m
Wanting to impress her
Bm
And give her a little fright
C#
I quickly hit the opening chord
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
C#
Yet obvious to some of us
Bm
F#m
It keeps me calm and sane
I play guitar when I'm homesick,
Bm
when I'm restless and in love
C#
A cold or two, a hot lick will do,
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
Bm
And came out with a smile
C#
I think I've heard you play before
C
B
F#m
I remember your profile
She dug into her purse,
Bm
F#m
Bm
passed her makeup, keys and coins
C#
Said may be a successful band
Bm
F#m
will one day let you join
I thanked her for her silver
Bm
and bid her a good day
C#
I watched her grab a cab,
Bm
F#m
then I carried on my way
Bm
Then I played
Bob
F#m
Marley, his great redemption song
Bm
As if I led a big time band
E
and they all played along
D
A
Shifting to some blues, I waved like
B .B.
King
Bm
His three o 'clock in the morning tune,
F#m
that's a soulful song to sing
D
C#
F#m
That's a soulful song to sing
Threw in
Malaguena, like
Bm
Segovia on speed
C#
Playing fast and silly when
C#m
C#
F#m
there really was no need
Yes, I'm safe and warm now,
Bm
it's just me and my guitar
C#
I'm playing for my sanity,
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,
A
when I am happy
Bm
F#m
And for spare change, I'll play for you
My mind is quite at ease now,
Bm
I speak through my guitar
C#
I play to keep my sanity,
B
F#m
I don't need to be a star
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