Hayes Carll - Sake of the song

^AmIf you're nobody's business or you're front^Em page news ^GFolk Rock, Country or Delta Blues,^Am Tell your truth h^Amowever you choose ^{Em G}And do it all for the sake of the song ^{Am Am}Yeah, hitchhike, and bus ride and rental car, l^Emiving rooms coffee^G house and rund^Amown bars ^AmTen thousand people or alone under ^Emthe stars, its all for the sake of^G the ^Amsong

^FAnd there's a man who wrote "Your Cheatin' Hear^Amt", now he's lying ^Am through his tooth ^{Em F}And he plays it on a stolen harp^Am, that's soaked in hu^Gndred proof ^FAnd there's one who might be happy with a forei^Amgn badger's purse ^{Em F}She's lost the crowd's attention ^Amat the forty second ver^Gse

^AmAnd it's the travelling salesman, the girl next d^Emoor ^GOn the empty room to the bird on the cor^Amner, less is less until mor^Ame is ^Em more ^GAnd it's all for the sake of the song ^{Am F}And there's the young man on the marquee, He's th^Ame son of some well known ^FAnd his father bought the tour bus, so h^Ame could strike out on his own ^G

^FAnd there's the brooding contradiction, he's holding Van Gogh's^Am ear ^FAnd he's taped it to his guitar, in ^Amthe hope someone will ^Ghear ^AmIt's back stage and Nudie Suits^Em, and the next big thing wi^Gll get 'em back to you roots ^Am

^AmHigh tops, flannel and duct ta^Empe boots ^GAnd it's all for the sake of the song ^{Am F}And there's the mystic, there's the legend, and ^Amthere's the best that's ever been ^FAnd there's the voice of a generation who want^Ams to pass this way again ^{G F}And there's record deals and trained seals, an^Amd puppets on a string

^FAnd they're all just trying to figure out what^Am makes the caged bird sing ^{G Am}It's lights, camera, on with the^Em show, lifetime to get ^Gready, now go cat go ^{Am Am}Where it all ends, nobody^Em knows ^GBut it's all for the sake of the song ^{Am Am}So if you're nobody's business or you're front page ^Emnews ^GFolk Rock, Country or Delta Blues,^Am Tell your truth ^Amhowever you choose ^{Em G}And do it all for the sake of the song ^Am