Sake Of The Song chords by Hayes Carll

Intro: Am,Em,G,Am (3x)

verse 1
Am                                         Em
If you're nobody's business or you're front page news
G                                 Am                Am                 Em
Folk Rock, Country or Delta Blues, Tell your truth however you choose
G                                               Am
And do it all for the sake of the song
Am                                             Em                G
Yeah, hitchhike, and bus ride and rental car, living rooms coffee house
        Am
and rundown bars
Am                                 Em                                G
Ten thousand people or alone under the stars, its all for the sake of the
Am
song

F                                              Am                               Am
And there's a man who wrote "Your Cheatin' Heart", now he's lying
                    Em
through his tooth
F                               Am                   G
And he plays it on a stolen harp, that's soaked in hundred proof
F                                              Am                Em
And there's one who might be happy with a foreign badger's purse
F                                Am                     G
She's lost the crowd's attention at the forty second verse

verse 2
Am                                               Em
And it's the travelling salesman, the girl next door
G                                       Am                         Am                     Em
On the empty room to the bird on the corner, less is less until more is
more
G                                                 Am
And it's all for the sake of the song
F                                                Am
And there's the young man on the marquee, He's the son of some well
known
F                                       Am                            G
And his father bought the tour bus, so he could strike out on his own


F                                                              Am
And there's the brooding contradiction, he's holding Van Gogh's ear
F                                   Am                    G
And he's taped it to his guitar, in the hope someone will hear
Am                             Em                         G
It's back stage and Nudie Suits, and the next big thing will get 'em
                    Am
back to you roots

verse 3
Am                            Em
High tops, flannel and duct tape boots
G                                           Am
And it's all for the sake of the song
F                                               Am
And there's the mystic, there's the 🏷Legend, and there's the best that's
ever been
F                                             Am                             G
And there's the voice of a generation who wants to pass this way again
F                                             Am
And there's record deals and trained seals, and puppets on a string


F                                             Am                                G
And they're all just trying to figure out what makes the caged bird sing
Am                              Em                     G                                            Am
It's lights, camera, on with the show, lifetime to get ready, now go cat go
Am                       Em
Where it all ends, nobody knows
G                                            Am
But it's all for the sake of the song
Am                                                  Em
So if you're nobody's business or you're front page news
G                                 Am               Am                  Em
Folk Rock, Country or Delta Blues, Tell your truth however you choose
G                                               Am
And do it all for the sake of the song