[Intro]
Am,Em,G,Am (3x)
[Verse 1]
Am Em
If you're nobody's business or you're front page news
G Am Am Em
Folk Rock, Country or Delta Blues, Tell your truth however you choose
G Am
And do it all for the sake of the song
Am Em G
Yeah, hitchhike, and bus ride and rental car, living rooms coffee house
Am
and rundown bars
Am Em G
Ten thousand people or alone under the stars, its all for the sake of the
Am
song
[Chorus 1]
F Am Am
And there's a man who wrote "Your Cheatin' Heart", now he's lying
Em
through his tooth
F Am G
And he plays it on a stolen harp, that's soaked in hundred proof
F Am Em
And there's one who might be happy with a foreign badger's purse
F Am G
She's lost the crowd's attention at the forty second verse
[Verse 2]
Am Em
And it's the travelling salesman, the girl next door
G Am Am Em
On the empty room to the bird on the corner, less is less until more is
more
G Am
And it's all for the sake of the song
F Am
And there's the young man on the marquee, He's the son of some well
known
F Am G
And his father bought the tour bus, so he could strike out on his own
[Chorus 2]
F Am
And there's the brooding contradiction, he's holding Van Gogh's ear
F Am G
And he's taped it to his guitar, in the hope someone will hear
Am Em G
It's back stage and Nudie Suits, and the next big thing will get 'em
Am
back to you roots
[Verse 3]
Am Em
High tops, flannel and duct tape boots
G Am
And it's all for the sake of the song
F Am
And there's the mystic, there's the legend, and there's the best that's
ever been
F Am G
And there's the voice of a generation who wants to pass this way again
F Am
And there's record deals and trained seals, and puppets on a string
[Chorus 3]
F Am G
And they're all just trying to figure out what makes the caged bird sing
Am Em G Am
It's lights, camera, on with the show, lifetime to get ready, now go cat go
Am Em
Where it all ends, nobody knows
G Am
But it's all for the sake of the song
Am Em
So if you're nobody's business or you're front page news
G Am Am Em
Folk Rock, Country or Delta Blues, Tell your truth however you choose
G Am
And do it all for the sake of the song