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[Verse 1] [G]I slept las[F]t nig[Em]ht in a good hotel [Am]I went shopping to[C]day for je[F]wels[C] [G]The wind rushed aro[F]und the [Em]dirty town [Am]And the children let [C]out from their [F]schools [C] [Verse 2] I was [Am]standing on [C]a noisy [G]corner I was [C]waitin' for the [G]walking [F]green[Em][D][Dsus4][D] [G]Across the street he [F]stood [Em]And he played real good [Am]He was playin' real [C]good, for [F]free [C] [Verse 3] [G] Me, [F]I play for [Em]fortune [Am]And those velvet curtain[C] calls[F][C] I got [G]a black limo[F]usine and about thirty- seven [Em]criminals Es[Am]corting me [C]to these [F]halls [C] [Verse 4] [Am]And I'll play if [C]you have some [G]money Or [C]if you're a [G]friend [F]to me[Em][D][Dsus4] [D]But[G] that one- man[F] band by the [Em]quick lunch stand He was [Am]just playin' real [C]good, for [F]free [C][G] [Verse 5] Nobody, [F]I say nobody, nobody [Em]stopped to hear him [Am]Though he played so swee[C]t and [F]high[C][Dsus4][C] [G]They knew, they had never [F]seen him [Em]on their TV screen So [Am]they passed his [C]music [F]by [C] [Verse 6] Me, I [Am]meant to go [C]over, [G]ask for a song [C]Maybe put [G]on a [F]har[Em]mony[D] [G]I heard his ref[F]rain as the [Em]sig nal changed He was [Am]still playin' real [C]good, [Outro 1] for free [F][C][Em]
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