Key: D
Introduction:
D Bm A
Repeat intro three times! Listen very closely to get timing right and how many times to
strum the chord
D Bm
Once I knew a man
D Bm
Showed me the slight of hand
D Bm D Bm
Blink of an eye, he danced across the strings
D Bm
Played a song I'd never heard
D Bm
Poignant and absurd
D Bm D Bm A
To this day, it leaves me wondering
G D
How I wish tomorrow I was fishin
A
Boy you've got a mission
D
Shake it, rattle and roll
G D
Now, just use your intuition
E
You'll get less competition
A D
From the clock up on the wall
D G
You are what you are
D G
You dream what you dream
D G D G
Play on your blue guitar for me
D G
Play me a serenade
D G
A simple masquerade
D G Bm A
Play on your blue guitar for me
Yeah
D Bm
'Was he real or make believe
D Bm
Someone to deceive
D Bm D Bm
Time is just a folly we can't see
D Bm
If you only know one song
D Bm
Play it right or wrong
D Bm D Bm A
The truth is always somewhere in between
G D
You and I, we can't change the weather
A
We're all in this together
D
So let the strong winds blow
G D
Now things will be much better
E
Don't become a prisoner
A D
The reason you should know
D G
You are what you are
D G
You dream what you dream
D G D G
Play on your blue guitar for me
D G
Play me a serenade
D G
A lover's masquerade
D G Bm A
Play on your blue guitar for me
G D
Boy I wish tomorrow I was fishin
A
Boy you've got a mission
D
Shake it, rattle and roll
G D
Now, just use your intuition
E
You'll get less competition
A D
From the clock up on the wall
Repeat Chorus Chords for the rest of the song