Chords for Joe Jackson - The Band Wore Blue Shirts

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_ I _ [F] _ _ [G] _
don't know why they come [F] here [G] I'm only glad they do
[Ab] They're [Bb] _
gonna pay the bills [F] for me [G] and you _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
People out for an evening
[F] _ _ [G] They have a real good [Ab] time [Bb] But when I play I feel [F] just like [G] I'm lighting
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] a fire I made a stand for the music
[F] _ _ [G] To turn the page with ease [Ab] The [Bb] _ _
crowd says I'm [F] here [G] to please
_ Me _ [F] _ _ [G] _
and the Pace _ Forest _ Have even shined our [Ab] shoes
_ [Bb] The summer shoes are dirty [F] But too [G] confused
_ _ I _ _ [F] _ [B]
[C] guess someday [F] my [C] kids will ask me [G] back before _ [C] days
[G] I [E] _ [F] _ _
[C] guess [F] that I'll tell [C] them there ain't [G] much to _ tell
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[F] The [Bb] waiters wore black [F] dinner jackets [C] and all that [D] kind of thing
[E] And the band wore blue shirts [F] and the [G] music played on _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Then at the end of the evening [C] _ [G] they throw the sucker down
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Don't get me wrong I got no [F] [G] beef about it
I _ _ [F] _ [G] _
get my rates from the union _ _ I get my shirts real cheap
[Ab] I [Bb] _
get my money, get home, [C] get [G] some sleep
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[C] I guess [F] someday my kids [C] will ask me [G] back before _ days
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[C] guess [F] that I'll tell [C] them there ain't [G] much to tell
_ [C] The [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] waiters wore black [F] dinner jackets [C] and all that [D] kind of thing
[Em] And the band wore blue shirts and [F] the music [G] played on
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] I [C] guess someday [F] my [B] kids [C] will ask me [G] back before _ [C] days
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[C] I guess [F] that I'll [B] tell [C] them there ain't much [G] to _ tell
[C] _ [G] The _ [Bb] _ _
[F] waiters [Bb] wore [F] black dinner jackets [C] and all that kind [D] of thing
[Em] And the band wore blue shirts [F] and the music [G] played on
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music played on
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_ _ _ [F] The music [G] played on
The _ music played _ on
_ _ And on
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