Key: :[G] (w: David Gates)

INTRO:
[G] [C] [D] // [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[G] [C] [D] // [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]

VERSE 1:
[G] Who draws the crowd and [C] plays so loud
Baby it's the [D] guitar man [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[G] Who's going to steal the [C] show you know
Baby it's the [D] guitar man [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]

CHORUS 1:
He can [Em] make you love he can [C] make you cry
He will [Em] bring you down and he'll [A] get you high
[Cmaj7] Something keeps him going [Bm7] miles and miles a day
To [Am7] find another place to [D open] play [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]

VERSE 2:
[G] Night after night, who [C] treats you right
Baby it's the [D] guitar man [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[G] Who's on the radi-[C]-o you go to listen to
The [D] guitar man [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]

CHORUS 2:
When he [Em] comes to town and you [C] see his face
And you [Em] think you might like to [A] take his place
[Cmaj7] Something keeps him drifting [Bm7] miles and miles away
[Am7] Searching for the songs to [D open] play

BRIDGE 1:
You [Am] listen to the [Am7M] music
And you [Am7] like to sing a-[D]-long
You [G] want to get the [D] meaning out
Of [Em] each and every [E] song
And you [Am] find yourself a [Am7M] message
And some [Am7] words to call your [D] own
And take them [E] home [C]

INSTRUMENTAL:
[G] [C] [D] // [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[G] [C] [D] // [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]

CHORUS 3:
He can [Em] make you love he can [C] get you high
He will [Em] bring you down and he'll [A] make you cry
[Cmaj7] Something keeps him moving, but [Bm7] no one seems to know
[Am7] What it is that makes him [D open] go

BRIDGE 2:
Then the [Am] lights begin to [Am7M] flicker
And the [Am7] sound is getting [D] dim
The voice [G] begins to [D] faulter
And the [Em] crowds are getting [E] thin
But he [Am] never seems to [Am7M] notice
He's just [Am7] got to find a-[D]-nother place to [E] play

OUTRO:
[C] Fade a-[E]-way, [C] got to [E] play
[C] Fade a-[E]-way, [C] got to [E] play
[C] Fade a-[E]-way, [C] got to [E] play