The Guitar Chords by Guy Clark

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] Well I was passing by a pawn shop [G] in an older part of town.
[A] Something caught my eye and [F#] I stopped and turned around.
[B] I stepped inside and there I [G] spied in the middle of it all
[A] was a beat up old guitar [F#] hanging on the wall.
_ [Bm] What do you want for that piece of [G] junk?
I asked the old man.
[A] He just smiled and took it [F#] down and put it in my hand.
[Bm] Said you tell me what it's worth.
[G] You're the one that wants it.
[A] Hand it up, play a [F#] song and let's just see what haunts.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So I hit a couple chords in [G] my old country way of strumming
[A] and then my fingers turned to [F#] lightning.
Man I never heard it coming.
[Bm] It was like I always knew.
[G] I just don't know where I learned [A] it.
It wasn't nothing but the [F#] truth so I just reared [C#m] back and burned [Bm] it.
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_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] Well I lost all track of [G] time.
There was nothing I couldn't pick.
[A] Up and down the neck.
Man [F#] I never missed a lick.
[Bm] The guitar almost played itself [G] and there was nothing I could do.
[A] It was getting hard to tell just [F#] who was playing who.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When I finally put it down [G] I couldn't catch my breath.
[A] My hands were shaking and I [F#] was scared to death. _
[Bm] The old man finally got up [G] and said where in the hell you been?
[E] I've been waiting all these [F#] years for you to stumble in.
[B] And then he took down an old dusty case [G] and said go on pack it up.
[A] You don't owe me nothing.
[F#] And then he said good luck.
[Bm] There was something spooky in his [G] voice and something strange on his [A] face
and when he shut the lid I [F#] saw my name was on the case.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
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