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Ballad Of A Salesman Who Sold Himself Chords

Music by: Kevin Ayers
Tone C major BPM 71 Views 9
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[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]There was moonlight and laughter
[F]that danced on the [G]sand
And blood -stained pianos
[F]are played without [G]hands
Such a [C]promising mu[G]sic,
sweet [C]whispers and dreams
From the [F]trembling window,
the [G]salesmen [C]who scream[Am][C][Am]
[C][Am][C][Am]
[C]Moonlight,
[Em]Saturday night
[Am]It's now or [F]never,
[F#dim]a place stormy w[F]eather for m[F#dim]e[F#m]
[F#dim]For me[F][Am][C][F][C][G][C]
[F][C][G][C][F][C]
I lived in the [F]flower [C]shop
called [G]love is so sweet
And [C]I got all my [F]kicks [C]from [G]the
[C]cus[G]tomer's feet
Well, I'm just a stranger,
an un[F]stranger that [G]I
My head in the quicksand,
my [F]feet in the [G]sky I was [C]carefully [G]crazy when [C]playing [G]the game[C][G][C][G][C]
Cause [F]business is business, and [G]I'm not to [C]blame[Am][F]
[F#m][F#dim][F][Am][F][F#dim][F][F#dim][F]
[Am][F][F#dim]
[F]Come [Am]climb [F]on my back,
it's a wet afternoon
[Am]A bo[F]ttle[F#dim] of booz[F]e,[Am][F]
a [F#m]bit of a [Am]tune [F]to [Am]sing[F]
[F#dim]Cause I h[F#m]ave[F#dim][F]
[Am]everything[F][F#dim][F][Am][F]
[D]Cause I [F]have [Am]everything[F][F#dim][F][Am][F]
[F#dim][D][Am][F][Am][F][Am][Am][F]
[Am]
[F]See
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