Moody Blues - Im Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band

i’m just a singer ( in a rock and roll band ) : the moody blues .
#36 in uk and #12 billboard hot 100 in 1973 .

intro : Bm A ( x4 )

#1 .
Bm A Bm A
im just A – wandering on the face of this earth . .
Bm A Bm A
meeting so many people who are trying to be free .
Bm A Bm A
and while im travelling , i hear so many words . .
Bm A Bm A
language barriers broken , now weve found the key .

chorus :
E
and if you want the wind of change to blow about you . .
F#7
and youre the only other person to know , dont tell me .
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
im just a singer in a rock and roll band .

#2 .
Bm A Bm A
a thousand pictures can be drawn from one word . .
Bm A Bm A
only , who is the artist , we got to agree .
Bm A Bm A
a thousand miles can lead so many ways . .
Bm A Bm A
just to know who is driving , what a help it would be .

chorus :
A E
so , if you want this world of yours to turn about you . .
F#7
and you can see exactly what to do , please tell me . .
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm
im just a singer in a rock and roll band .

bridge :
F#m F# G A
. . . . . how can we understand riots by the people , for the people . .
F# Bm
who are only destroying themselves?
G A
and when you see a frightened person who is frightened by the
Bm F# Bm F#
people . . who are scorching this earth , scorching this earth .

( interlude : ) Bm A ( x4 )

#3 .
Bm A Bm A
im just A – wandering on the face of this earth . .
Bm A Bm A
meeting so many people who are trying to be free .
Bm A Bm A
and while im travelling , i hear so many words . .
Bm A Bm A
language barriers broken , now weve found the key .

chorus :
E
and if you want the wind of change to blow about you . .
F#7
and youre the only other person to know , dont tell me .
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
im just a singer in a rock and roll band .

( interlude : ) Bm A ( x8 ) E F#

Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm
im just a singer in a rock and roll band .

bridge :
F#m F# G A
. . . . . how can we understand riots by the people , for the people . .
F# Bm
who are only destroying themselves?
G A
and when you see a frightened person who is frightened by the
Bm F# Bm F#
people . . who are scorching this earth , scorching this earth .

( interlude : ) Bm A ( x4 )

#4 .
Bm A Bm A Bm
music is the traveller crossing our world . . meeting so many
A Bm A
people bridging the seas .
Bm A Bm A
im just a singer in a rock and roll band . .
Bm A Bm A
i’m just a singer in a rock and roll band . .
Bm A Bm A
im just a singer in a rock and roll band . .

outro :
Bm A Bm A Bm
music is the traveller crossing our world . . meeting so many
A Bm A
people bridging the seas .
Bm A Bm A
im just a singer in a rock and roll band . .
Bm A Bm A
were just the singers in a rock and roll band . .
Bm A Bm A
im just a singer in a rock and roll band . .

. . . . . . Bm A ( x16 ) ( fade . )

a seventies smash from kraziekhat .