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| F     | C     | G     | C   F   | C     |


(Verse 1)
  C          Bb         Am
I slept last night in a good hotel
       Dm         F       Bb  F
I went shopping today for jewels
    C            Bb           Am
The wind rushed around in the dirty town
        Dm           F             Bb  F
And the children let out from the schools
       Dm              C
I was standing on a noisy corner
F               C       Bb  Am  G
Waiting for the walking green
C                     Bb          Am
Across the street he stood and he played real good
       Dm   F       Bb  F  Am  G
On his clarinet for free


(Verse 2)
    C    Bb       Am
Now me I play for fortunes
          Dm     F       Bb  F
And those velvet curtain calls
        C          Bb       Am
I got a black limousine and two gentlemen
      Dm      F             Bb   F
Who escort me through these halls
         Dm          C
But I'll play if you got the money
   F           C         Bb  Am  G
Or if you're a friend to me
    C       Bb          Am
The one man band by the quick lunch stand
       Dm           F        Bb  F  Am  G
He was playing real good for free


(Verse 3)
C       Bb        Am
Nobody stopped to hеar him
          Dm        F         Bb  F
Though he played so sweet and high
     C           Bb    Am
They knеw he had never been on their TV
        Dm         F     Bb  F
So they passed his music by
  Dm                   C
I meant to go over and ask for a song
      F        C    Bb  Am  G
Maybe put on a harmony
  C           Bb           Am
I heard his refrain as the signal changed
       Dm           F        Bb  F  Am  G  C
He was playing real good for free