Barry Manilow – Studio Musician (Guitar Live)

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[Intro]
Fadd9 F Fadd9 Fadd9
"There are no lyrics here."
[Verse 1]
F      Em7  A7    Dm7  Am7             BbM7 FM7                   Bb13 Eb9
I am a Studio Musician.  We've never met,     but you know me well.

         Dm7              Cm7       F7       BbM7
I am the English Horn who plays the poignant counterline,

Bm7b5             F/C                 A/C#           Dm9
Upon the song you heard, while making love in some hotel.

Dm G7   F/C      Am/C F7/C          BbM7           A7b13           Dm
I am a part of you.      I've never tried for fame.   You'll never know my name.
[Verse 2]
F        Em7       A7       Dm7   Am7        BbM7    FM7           Bb13 Eb9
I am the strings that enter softly, or three guitars, that glitter gold.

         Dm7               Cm7      F7       BbM7
I am the thousand trumpet lines that were an afterthought,

   Bm7b5      F/C           A/C#         Dm9
Intended as a way, to get a dying record sold.

Dm G7   F/C          Am/C F7/C       BbM7       A7b13         Dm             Cm7 Cm7
I never ride the road.       I never play around. I play what they set down.
[Bridge]
BbM7             Ab7    Gm7                 Csus C
I'm a working musician, living from week to week.

Cm7                         F7               Gm7   Fm7 Bb7
I'm the voice through which empty men try to speak.

  EbM7        Dm7  Cm7           F7
A Studio Musician, blowin' the chance I seek!
[Interlude]
C/Bb  Bb  C/Bb  Bb  C/Bb  Bb  Csus
"There are no lyrics here."
[Verse 3]
F            Em7       A7     Dm7   Am7          BbM7 FM7               Bb13 Eb9
And when the woodwind cushion rises, I start to dream, with a low brass bed.

Dm G7   F/C        Am/C F7/C        BbM7       A7b13          Dm        Cm7 Cm7
But I awake to horns;   the drummer calls to me: "We're up to letter D."
[Bridge]
BbM7             Ab7     Gm7                 Csus C
I'm a man of the moment! Pop is my stock and trade.

Cm7                    F7               Gm7  Fm7 Bb7
Singles, Jingles and demos conveniently made.

  EbM7        Dm7        Cm7           F7
A Studio Musician, whose music will die unplayed!
[Outro]
Gm7     D7b9   Gm11    Gm   Fm7 Bb7
"You Deserve A Break Today"

  EbM7       Dm          Cm               Fsus7
A Studio Musician, whose music could have died... unplayed.

EbM7                  Eb Dm Cm7  F7            BbM7
"And like a good neighbor...     State Farm is there."