I Want To Be A Sideman Chords by Dave Frishberg

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_ _ [Bb] _ I want [Eb] to be a _ _ _ sideman, [Fm] _ _
just [Bb] an ordinary [G] _ _ [Cm] sideman.
_ [F] _ I go along for the ride, _ man, [Ab] _ _ _
responsibility [Bb] _ [G] free.
_ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] I want to fill behind the [A] vocal, _ _ _ _ [Bb] double [F] on flute, [Eb] and jam [Bb] on the blues.
[Eb] _ _ [D] I want to go and join [G] the local, [Ab] _ _ _ [Am] buy [D] a dark suit [F] and stop and do's.
_ [Ab] I [G] want [C] to maintain _ my book in neatly _ [F] numbered [G] order. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I want to [Bb] listen to [G] Lester Young _ on my [Cm] _ recorder.
[G] _
_ [Eb] _ I want to [A]
play [Abm] while the people _ [Gm] _ dance.
I want [Ab] to press my [Am] own coat [Bb] and [Eb] pants.
I want [Fm] to ask [Gb] for an _ [Gm] advance.
[C] I want to be [Bb] a _ _ _ _ [Eb]
sideman.
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _
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[Ebm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
I want to be [Db] a _
[C] sideman, _ [Fm] _ just [B] a [Cm] highly qualified man,
_ _ [F] _
[Gb] a professional [C] pride [Bb] man, _ _ old _ _ indispensable [Abm] me.
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_ I [F] can cut whatever comes [B] up, _ fake [Bb] and transpose [Eb] and won't make a fuss.
_ _ _ [A] I want to [D] set the [G] vibes and [Ab] drums up, [A] _ _ [D] sight read the [Gb] shows and sleep
[F] on the bus.
_ _ _ [D] [G] I [Db] want to [C] spend all my [Db] _
[C] time with [Gm] music [F] and musicians.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ I [Gm] want to go [Ab] out and grab [G] a smoke _ [Cm] on _ intermissions. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ I want to sleep in [Abm] the _ [Gm] _ _ afternoons and [Ab] let the leader call [Am] all the [Bb] tunes.
I want to be [Fm] _
young.
[B] I want to have fun.
I [C]
want [F] to be a [Bb] _ _ sideman.
[Bbm] _ I want [Ab] to work [A] for a superstar.
_ [Bb] _ I want to [Ab] hang in [A] the hotel [Eb] bar.
I want to be [Fm] young. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ I want to have _ [Fm] fun.
_ [C] _ I _ want [Dm] to be a _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ sideman.
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