Standard (EADGBE)

 Mister Tanner was a [G/f] cleaner from a town in the Mid

west

 And of all the cleaning [G/f] shops around hed made his the

best

 But he also was a baritone who sang while hanging

clothes

 He practiced scales while [G/f] 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

But music was his life, it was not his livelihood

 And it made him feel so happy and it [G/d] made him feel so

good

 And he [G/b] sang from his heart and he [G/d] sang from his

soul

 He did not know how well he sang, it just made him

whole

 His friends kept working [G/f] on him to try music out full

time

 A big debut and [G/f] rave reviews a great career to

climb

Finally they got to him he would take the fling

 A concert agent [G/f] 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

But music was his life, it was not his livelihood

 And it made him feel so happy and it [G/d] made him feel so

good

 And he [G/b] sang from his heart and he [G/d] sang from his

soul

 He did not know how well he sang, it just made him

whole

 The evening came he [G/f] took the stage his face set in a

smile

 And in the half filled hall the [G/f] critics sat watching

 on the aisle

 But the concert was a blur to him spatters of applause

 He did not know how [G/f] 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 [G/f] Dayton Ohio

 Made his Town Hall debut last night. He came well [G/d]

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

Full time consideration of an other endeavor might be in

order

- - - - - - [/]

He came back home to [G/f] Dayton and was questioned by his

 friends

 Then he smiled and just said [G/f] 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

- Music was his life, it was not his livelihood

 And it made him feel so happy, it made him feel so good

 And he [G/b] sang from his heart and he sang from his

soul

 And he did not know how well he sang

It just made him whole

Ken Reynolds