I’m just a singer (In a rock ’n roll band)  (video)  (intro)  (midi)

 

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1.      I’m just a wandering on the face of this earth,

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    meeting so many people who are trying to be free.

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    And while I’m travelling, I hear so many words,

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    language barriers broken, now we’ve found the key.

 

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    And if you want the wind of change to blow about you,

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    and you’re the only other person to know, don’t tell me,

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    I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.

 

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2.     A thousand pictures can be drawn from one word.

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    only who is the artist we got to agree.

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    A thousand miles can lead so many ways,

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    just to know who is driving, what a help it would be.

 

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    So if you want this world of yours to turn about you,

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    and you can see exactly what to do, please tell me,

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    I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.

 

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               How can we understand riots by the people for the people

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    who are only destroying themselves ?

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And when you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people,

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    who are scorching this earth, scorching this earth.

 

+  Am - G - Am - G (2x)

 

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3.     I’m just a wandering on the face of this earth,

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    meeting so many people who are trying to be free.

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    And while I’m travelling, I hear so many words,

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    language barriers broken, now we’ve found the key.

 

                       D

    And if you want the wind of change to blow about you,

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    and you’re the only other person to know, don’t tell me,

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    I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.

 

+ Am - G - Am - G (4x)            +  D - E7      

 

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+      I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.

 

Em - E                                             F                                        G

               How can we understand riots by the people for the people

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    who are only destroying themselves ?

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And when you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people,

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    who are scorching this earth, scorching this earth.

 

+  Am - G - Am - G (2x)

 

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4.        Music is the traveller crossing our world,

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    meeting so many people bridging the seas.

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    I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band,

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    we’re just the singers in a rock and roll band,

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    I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band...

 

+  Am - G - Am - G (8x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Moody Blues)