Gordon Lightfoot - I'd Do It Again
CAPO: 4th Fret
[INTRO:] D
[VERSE 1:]
A one man band on a one night stand
As a one man band should be
They cried for more, he replied, "Why sure"
And he played one just for free
The sounds he laid down, the songs he played
Made the ladies all come to call
Asus4
He was born in the back of a Seminole bus
G D G
On the road to Niagara Falls
[CHORUS:]
F D
I'd do it again
F G
Then I'd do it again
F D Asus4
I'd do it again
[VERSE 2:]
D
A one man band philosophical man
Didn't lie when he said to us
I seen the high rollers come and go
It's the holy rollers I trust
The man said then he was sixteen when
He retired from the county school
Asus4
A wee bit thin with a will to begin
G D G
He was known to be no man's fool
[CHORUS:]
F D
I'd do it again
F G
I'd do it again
F D
He said, "I'd do it again"
F G
I'd do it again
F D Asus4
I'd do it again
[INSTRUMENTAL:] D F G F D F G F D Asus4
[VERSE 3:]
D
The one man band was a mighty good man
'Cause he played 'til the break of dawn
He ups and downs about four more rounds
And he stayed 'til the crowd went home
It seemed to me like he never could be
Like anything I'd ever seen before
Asus4
When he stepped from the stand with his axe in his hand
G D G
And he run through the backstage door
[CHORUS:]
F D
I'd do it again
F G
He said, "I'd do it again"
F D Asus4
I'd do it again
[VERSE 4:]
D
A one man band on a one night stand
As a one man band should be
They cried for more, he replied, "Why sure"
And he played one just for free