Chords for Jerry Reed - 1 Guitar Man
Tempo:
103.65 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
G#m
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
But I'll never [G#m] forget it as long as I live.
[C#] We got in there and [E] I tuned that guitar up and I kicked that [G#] sucker off and Elvis's face
[G#m] lit up like a Roman candle, [A#] man.
He winked at me [E] like, that's it Reed, [G#] here we go.
And I'll never forget it.
It was called Guitar Man.
[C#] Yeah!
[G#]
I quit.
I dropped down at Pickle Watch and left my mama here to buy notes.
By Sunday I'd left King's with my guitar up on [F] the porch.
We [F#] trot all the way down to Memphis, found a room at the YMCA.
[C#] For the next three weeks I went on them night clubs looking for a place to play.
[G#] Talked to my biggest boot, said I'm on [F#] fire, but nobody wanted to hire a [C#] guitar man.
[G#] Well I [C#] nearly got starved and left down in Memphis.
I'd run out of money and luck, so I bumped me a ride down to make it.
George on overloaded [D#] pole truck.
[F#] Pumped on down to Fanny Maw City, started checking out some of them all night bars.
[C#] Oh man, I could make myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
[G#] Got the same old story, them all night [F#] pigs.
Ain't no room around here for you [C#] guitar man.
Don't need a guitar man, son.
[F#] I slept in a homeboy jungle, under a thousand miles of track.
[C#] Then I found myself in a field out in Alabama at a club called Big Jack's.
[F#] A little folksies band was jamming.
He took my guitar and I set in.
[D#] Showed them what a band would sound like with a guitar man.
[G#] Jump, [C#] John!
Yeah!
[F#] Yeah!
[G#] Yeah!
[C#]
[G#]
[F#] [C#]
[G#] Well if you [C#] ever take a trip down to the ocean, find yourself down a rumble wheel.
Take it on out to the club called Jack's if you got some time to kill.
[F#] Just follow that proud appeal, you'll wind up right on his ass floor.
[C#] Dig in the mine and you'll find me scooped up and down a couple of mexico's.
[G#] Guess who's leading that five feet band, honey?
Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
Here we go!
[A#m]
[C#m] [C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#] [G#] Yeah!
[C#] [G#] I said guess who's leading that five feet band?
[F#] Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
Come on!
[N] Huh?
Oh yeah!
[C#] We got in there and [E] I tuned that guitar up and I kicked that [G#] sucker off and Elvis's face
[G#m] lit up like a Roman candle, [A#] man.
He winked at me [E] like, that's it Reed, [G#] here we go.
And I'll never forget it.
It was called Guitar Man.
[C#] Yeah!
[G#]
I quit.
I dropped down at Pickle Watch and left my mama here to buy notes.
By Sunday I'd left King's with my guitar up on [F] the porch.
We [F#] trot all the way down to Memphis, found a room at the YMCA.
[C#] For the next three weeks I went on them night clubs looking for a place to play.
[G#] Talked to my biggest boot, said I'm on [F#] fire, but nobody wanted to hire a [C#] guitar man.
[G#] Well I [C#] nearly got starved and left down in Memphis.
I'd run out of money and luck, so I bumped me a ride down to make it.
George on overloaded [D#] pole truck.
[F#] Pumped on down to Fanny Maw City, started checking out some of them all night bars.
[C#] Oh man, I could make myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
[G#] Got the same old story, them all night [F#] pigs.
Ain't no room around here for you [C#] guitar man.
Don't need a guitar man, son.
[F#] I slept in a homeboy jungle, under a thousand miles of track.
[C#] Then I found myself in a field out in Alabama at a club called Big Jack's.
[F#] A little folksies band was jamming.
He took my guitar and I set in.
[D#] Showed them what a band would sound like with a guitar man.
[G#] Jump, [C#] John!
Yeah!
[F#] Yeah!
[G#] Yeah!
[C#]
[G#]
[F#] [C#]
[G#] Well if you [C#] ever take a trip down to the ocean, find yourself down a rumble wheel.
Take it on out to the club called Jack's if you got some time to kill.
[F#] Just follow that proud appeal, you'll wind up right on his ass floor.
[C#] Dig in the mine and you'll find me scooped up and down a couple of mexico's.
[G#] Guess who's leading that five feet band, honey?
Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
Here we go!
[A#m]
[C#m] [C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[C#] [G#] Yeah!
[C#] [G#] I said guess who's leading that five feet band?
[F#] Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
Come on!
[N] Huh?
Oh yeah!
Key:
C#
G#
F#
G#m
E
C#
G#
F#
_ _ _ But I'll never [G#m] forget it as long as I live.
_ [C#] _ We got in there and [E] I tuned that guitar up and I kicked that [G#] sucker off and Elvis's face
[G#m] lit up like a Roman candle, [A#] man.
He winked at me [E] like, that's it Reed, [G#] here we go.
And I'll never forget it.
It was called Guitar Man.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ I quit.
I dropped down at Pickle Watch and left my mama here to buy notes.
By Sunday I'd left King's with my guitar up on [F] the porch.
We [F#] trot all the way down to Memphis, found a room at the YMCA.
[C#] For the next three weeks I went on them night clubs looking for a place to play.
_ [G#] Talked to my biggest boot, said I'm on [F#] fire, but nobody wanted to hire a [C#] guitar man. _ _ _
_ [G#] Well I [C#] nearly got starved and left down in Memphis.
I'd run out of money and luck, so I bumped me a ride down to make it.
George on overloaded [D#] pole truck.
[F#] Pumped on down to Fanny Maw City, started checking out some of them all night bars.
[C#] Oh man, I could make myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
[G#] Got the same old story, them all night [F#] pigs.
Ain't no room around here for you [C#] guitar man. _ _
Don't need a guitar man, son.
[F#] I slept in a homeboy jungle, under a thousand miles of track.
[C#] Then I found myself in a field out in Alabama at a club called Big Jack's.
[F#] A little folksies band was jamming.
He took my guitar and I set in.
[D#] Showed them what a band would sound like with a guitar man.
[G#] Jump, [C#] John! _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ [G#] Yeah!
_ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] Well if you [C#] ever take a trip down to the ocean, find yourself down a rumble wheel.
Take it on out to the club called Jack's if you got some time to kill.
[F#] Just follow that proud appeal, you'll wind up right on his ass floor.
[C#] Dig in the mine and you'll find me scooped up and down a couple of mexico's.
_ [G#] Guess who's leading that five feet band, honey?
Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
_ Here we go!
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#] Yeah!
_ [C#] _ [G#] I said guess who's leading that five feet band?
[F#] Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
_ Come on!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ Huh? _ _ _
Oh yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ We got in there and [E] I tuned that guitar up and I kicked that [G#] sucker off and Elvis's face
[G#m] lit up like a Roman candle, [A#] man.
He winked at me [E] like, that's it Reed, [G#] here we go.
And I'll never forget it.
It was called Guitar Man.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ I quit.
I dropped down at Pickle Watch and left my mama here to buy notes.
By Sunday I'd left King's with my guitar up on [F] the porch.
We [F#] trot all the way down to Memphis, found a room at the YMCA.
[C#] For the next three weeks I went on them night clubs looking for a place to play.
_ [G#] Talked to my biggest boot, said I'm on [F#] fire, but nobody wanted to hire a [C#] guitar man. _ _ _
_ [G#] Well I [C#] nearly got starved and left down in Memphis.
I'd run out of money and luck, so I bumped me a ride down to make it.
George on overloaded [D#] pole truck.
[F#] Pumped on down to Fanny Maw City, started checking out some of them all night bars.
[C#] Oh man, I could make myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
[G#] Got the same old story, them all night [F#] pigs.
Ain't no room around here for you [C#] guitar man. _ _
Don't need a guitar man, son.
[F#] I slept in a homeboy jungle, under a thousand miles of track.
[C#] Then I found myself in a field out in Alabama at a club called Big Jack's.
[F#] A little folksies band was jamming.
He took my guitar and I set in.
[D#] Showed them what a band would sound like with a guitar man.
[G#] Jump, [C#] John! _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ [G#] Yeah!
_ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] Well if you [C#] ever take a trip down to the ocean, find yourself down a rumble wheel.
Take it on out to the club called Jack's if you got some time to kill.
[F#] Just follow that proud appeal, you'll wind up right on his ass floor.
[C#] Dig in the mine and you'll find me scooped up and down a couple of mexico's.
_ [G#] Guess who's leading that five feet band, honey?
Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
_ Here we go!
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#] Yeah!
_ [C#] _ [G#] I said guess who's leading that five feet band?
[F#] Wouldn't you know?
[C#] That's the guitar man!
_ Come on!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ Huh? _ _ _
Oh yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _