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Intro
G G/F Em G/D 2x
Verse
Mr Tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Mid west
And of all the cleaning shops around he'd made his the best
But he also was a baritone who sang while hanging clothes
He practiced scales while pressing tails and sang at local shows
His friends and neighbors praised the voice that poured out from his throat
They said that he should use his gift in-stead of cleaning coats
Chorus
But music was his life, it was not his livelihood
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul
He did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole
Break
G G/F Em G/D 2x
Verse
His friends kept working on him to try music out full time
A big debut and rave reviews a great career to climb
Finally they got to him he would take the fling
A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing
And there were plane tickets, phone calls, money spent to rent the hall
It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all
Chorus
But music was his life, it was not his livelihood
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul
He did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole
Verse
The evening came he took the stage his face set in a smile
And in the half filled hall the critics sat watching on the aisle
But the concert was a blur to him spatters of applause
He did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws
But the critics were concise, it only took four lines
But no one could accuse them of being overkind
Spoken
Mr Martin Tanner, Baritone, of Dayton Ohio
Made his Town Hall debut last night. He came well prepared
But unfortunately his presentation was not up to contemporary
Professional standards. His voice lacks the range of tonal color
Necessary to make it consistently interesting
C Bb G G/F Em G/D 2x
Full time consideration of an other endeavor might be in order
He came back home to Dayton and was questioned by his friends
Then he smiled and just said nothing and he never sang again
Excepting very late at night when the shop was dark and closed
He sang softly to himself as he sorted through the clothes
Chorus
Music was his life, it was not his livelihood
And it made him feel so happy, it made him feel so good
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul
And he did not know how well he sang
It just made him whole
Thanks to TotalTabs for this.
I've listed it as Em, but it may be G. I'm not certain.
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