Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

  I slept last night in a good hotel

  I went shopping today for jewels

  The wind rushed around in the dirty town

  And the children let out from the schools

  I was standing on a noisy corner

  Waiting for the walking green

  Across the street he stood, and he played real good

  On his clarinet for free

  Now me, I play for fortunes

  And the velvet curtain calls

  I got a black limosine and a few gentlemen

  Escorting me to these halls

  And I'll play if you have the money

  Or if you're a friend to me

  But the one-man-band by the quick lunch stand

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He was playing real good for free

  Nobody stopped to hear him

  Though he played so sweet and high

  They knew he had never been on their TV

  So they passed his good music by

  I meant to go over and ask for a song

  Maybe put on a harmony

  I heard his refrain as that signal changed

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He was still playing real good for free