The Guitar
Guy Clark

INTRO: 

Bm G A F# (2x)
 
Bm                                 G       
Well, I was passing by a pawn shop in an older part of town
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Something caught my eye and I stopped and turned around
Bm                                 G
I stepped inside and there I spied in the middle of it all
A                        F#
Was a beat up old guitar hanging on the wall

Bm                                      G
What do you want for that piece of junk I asked the old man
A                               F# 
He just smiled and took it down and he put it in my hand
Bm                                   G
He said you tell me what its worth. You're the one who wants it
A                       F#          
Tune it up, play a song and let's just see what haunts it
 
Bm (2x)

Bm                         G   
So I hit a couple of cords in my old country way of strumming
A                                         F#
And then my fingers turned to lightning  Man, I never heard it coming
Bm                             G  
It was like I always knew it - I just don't know where I learned it
A                                F#
It wasn't nothin' but the truth, so I just reared back and burned it

BREAK:

Bm G A F# (4x)
 
Bm                              G
Well I lost all track of time - There was nothing I couldn't pick
A                      F#
Up and down the neck  Man, I never missed a lick
Bm                                G
The guitar almost played itself - There was nothing I could do
A                           F# 
It was getting hard to tell just who was playing who

Bm (2x)

Bm                          G
When I finally put it down, I couldn't catch my breath
A                     F#          
My hands were shaking and I was scared to death
Bm                         G
The old man finally got up said where in the Hell you been
A                                 F#
I've been waiting all these years for you to stumble in

Bm                                    G
Then he took down an old dusty case - Said go on and pack it up
A                        F#               
You don't owe me nothing and then he said good luck
Bm                                      G
There was something spooky in his voice and something strange on his face
A (Let it ring)               F# (Let it ring)    
When he shut the lid - I saw my name was on the case
 
OUTRO: Bm G A F# (3x)
