Chords for Hayes Carll on Austin City Limits "Sake of the Song"

_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Next, in the great Texan [E] singer-songwriter tradition,
here's Hayes Carl. _ _
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[A] If you're nobody's business [Em] or you're front page news,
folk rock, [A] country, or delta blues,
[A] tell your [E] truth however you choose
and do it all for [G] the sake of [A] the song.
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[Am] H-hiking, bus riding, [G] rental cars,
living rooms, [A] coffee houses, run [E]-down [Em]
bars,
[Am] ten thousand people [E] all alone under the [Em] stars,
it's all for the sake [A] of the song.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [F] And there's the man who wrote,
You're a cheating heart,
[Am] now he's lying through his [C] tooth,
_ and he [F] plays it on a stolen [E] harp
that's soaked in hundred proof.
And [F] there's the woman who might be [C] happy
[Am] before the writer's curse,
she [F] lost the crowd's attention
by [E] the _ _ 42nd verse.
[Am] It's a traveling salesman,
and the girl next door,
[Em] from the empty room to [Am] the third uncle,
_ less is less until more is more,
and [Em] it's all for the sake of [Am] the song. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] And there's the young man on the _ marquee,
[Am] yeah he's the [Em] son of some [Am] well-known,
_ [C] and his [F]
father bought the tour bus
so he [E] could strike out on his own.
[F] And there's the fluting _ contradiction,
_ [Am] yeah he's holding Van Gogh's ear,
[C] and [F] he's taped it to his guitar,
and [E] oh someone will hear.
_ [Am] It's black berets and nudie suits,
[Em] that next big thing will give [E] back to your boots,
[Am] high top sprinkles or duct tape boots,
and [Em] it's all for the sake of [Am] the song.
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] And there's the mystic,
there's the legend,
[Am] it is the best that's ever been,
[C] and [F] there's the voice of a generation,
_ [E] who won't pass this way again.
[F] And there's record deals and train [Am] seals,
and [Em] puppets on [Am] a string,
[F] and we're all just trying to figure out
[E] what makes the cage but sing. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ It's lights, camera, on with [Em] the show,
lifetime bequeath, [A] ready now go, [Em] cat, [Am] go.
Where it all ends, nobody knows,
[Em] but it's all for the sake [A] of the [E] song.
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So [Am] if you're nobody's business,
[Em] or you're front page news,
_ folk rock [A] country or [E] delta blues,
[Am] tell your truth [A] however you [Em] choose
and do it all for the sake of the [E] song.
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