Elvis - Guitar man - New CLIP Chords

Tempo:
116.95 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

G

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Elvis - Guitar man -  New CLIP chords
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[G] [A] Well, I quit [D] my job down at the car wash and left my mama a goodbye note.
By Sunday I'd left Kingston with my guitar under my coat.
I [G] hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis, got a room at the YMCA.
[D] For the next three weeks I went hunting them knifes and looking for a place to play.
[A] Well, I thought my picking would set them on [G] fire, but nobody wanted to hire a [D] guitar man.
[A] Well, I [D] nearly bought starved to death down in Memphis.
I'd run out of money and luck, so I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia on an overloaded poultry truck.
I [G] thumbed on down to Panama City and started picking out some of them all-night bars.
[D] I was hoping I could make myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
[A] I got the same old story as them all-night [G] kids.
There ain't no room around [D] here for a guitar man.
We don't need a guitar man, son.
[G] So I slept in the hobo jungles.
I roamed a thousand miles a track,
[D] till I found myself in Mobile, Alabama.
I had a club there called Big Jack's.
[G] A little four-piece band was jamming, so I took my guitar and I set in.
[E] I showed them what a band would sound like.
[A] I was a swinging little guitar man.
Show [D] them, son,
[A] [D]
[G]
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A] if you [D] ever take a trip down to the ocean,
find yourself down around Mobile.
Make it on out to a club called Jack's if you got a little time to kill.
[G] Just follow that crowd of people, you'll wind up out on his dance floor.
[D] I'm digging to find this little five-piece group up and down the Gulf of Mexico.
[A] Now guess who's leading that five-piece [G] band?
Wouldn't you know it's that swinging little [D] guitar man.
Yeah, [A] yeah.
[D]
[G] [D]
[A]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
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To start learning Elvis Presley - (Alternate Take 4) Guitar Man chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: A, D, G, D, Am, D, Am and G. Start with a comfortable 58 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 117. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ Well, I quit [D] my job down at the car wash and left my mama a goodbye note.
By Sunday I'd left Kingston with my guitar under my coat.
I [G] hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis, got a room at the YMCA.
[D] For the next three weeks I went hunting them knifes and looking for a place to play.
[A] Well, I thought my picking would set them on [G] fire, but nobody wanted to hire a [D] guitar man.
_ _ _ _ [A] Well, I [D] nearly bought starved to death down in Memphis.
I'd run out of money and luck, so I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia on an overloaded poultry truck.
I [G] thumbed on down to Panama City and started picking out some of them all-night bars.
[D] I was hoping I could make myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
[A] I got the same old story as them all-night [G] kids.
There ain't no room around [D] here for a guitar man.
We don't need a guitar man, son.
_ [G] So I slept in the hobo jungles.
I roamed a thousand miles a track,
[D] till I found myself in Mobile, Alabama.
I had a club there called Big Jack's.
[G] A little four-piece band was jamming, so I took my guitar and I set in.
[E] I showed them what a band would sound like.
[A] I was a swinging little guitar man.
Show [D] them, son, _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] if you [D] ever take a trip down to the ocean,
find yourself down around Mobile.
_ Make it on out to a club called Jack's if you got a little time to kill.
[G] Just follow that crowd of people, you'll wind up out on his dance floor.
[D] I'm digging to find this little five-piece group up and down the Gulf of Mexico.
[A] Now guess who's leading that five-piece [G] band?
Wouldn't you know it's that swinging little [D] guitar man.
Yeah, [A] yeah. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _

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It's Jerry Reed who authored this song.

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