Intro: Starts with 5th string bass notes: A, B, C#
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Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Verse 1:
I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends.
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A chance to share old memories and play our songs again.
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name,
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but no one recog - nized me, I didn't look the same
Chorus:
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But it's, all right now. I learned my lesson well.
You see you, can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.
Verse 2:
People came from miles around. Everyone was there.
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Yoko brought her walrus. There was magic in the air.
And over in the corner, much to my surprise,
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Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise.
Chorus:
( bass)
But it's, all right now. I learned my lesson well.
You see you, can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.
Lot da da, lot n da da da
Verse 3:
I played them all the old songs, I thought that's why they came.
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No one heard the music, We didn't look the same.
I said hello to "Mary Lou", she belongs to me.
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When I sang a song about a honky tonk, it was time to leave.
Chorus:
( bass)
But it's, all right now. I learned my lesson well.
You see you, can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.
Lot da da, lot n da da da
Verse 4:
Someone opened up the closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode,
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Playing guitar like a ringin' a bell and lookin'like he should.
If you gotta play at garden parties, I wish you a lotta luck
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But if memories were all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck.
Chorus:
( bass)
But it's, all right now. I learned my lesson well.
You see you, can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.
Lot da da, lot n da da da
Final Chorus:
( bass)
And it's, all right now. I learned my lesson well.
You see you, can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.