Chords for Valdy - Me And Martin Growin' Old

Thank you very much.
This [G] guitar I've got here is the first time this has been to New Zealand.
No, I had it here in 1994.
That's right. _
[G] No, I didn't.
I had the Larrabee with me.
This is the
first time it's come here.
This [Eb] is an old 1951 Martin, and I found it in Regina, Saskatchewan,
which is right in the middle of the billiard table of Canada.
It's very flat.
And I went down
to the Arcade Music Center and said, I'm looking for an old guitar.
I was 18 years old.
And they
said, well, we've got an instrument down in the basement somewhere.
It's in [C] pieces.
So I said,
well, can I go look for it?
Sure, go on down.
So I went down and found it.
The back was off it in
a different [G] part of the basement.
It had no metal, no pegs, no [C] frets, nothing on it.
Got it [G] for 60
bucks.
Spent [C] 150 having it fixed up.
For $210, [G] I had a Martin [Em] D28.
_ _ [C] And I spent eight grand on it
since then.
[G] _ Put [C] us together.
The battle scars are [Bb] deep upon the face of [C] my guitar.
[Bb] Weather lines
and old age you keep [G] a-showing through.
_ _ Listen to how he's a-playing now.
He's slightly [C] out of tune.
[Bb] It ain't his fault I got four thumbs [G] instead of two.
_ _ [C] I can recall a tavern [Bb] where a waiter
[C] slipped and fell, [Bb] filled old Merton's wooden belly full [G] of beer.
_ [A] _ [C] All the lines in his locker
[Bb] are like [C] lines on my brow.
[Bb] We both have come to know the stain of [G] many tears.
_ [C] Won't you put him in the comfort of his satin travel bed.
[F] Keep him from all the [C] sunshine and
the cold.
_ He will still be making music long after I am gone.
[F] It's just me and Merton [C] crowing old.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] So this guitar kept me going through the hawk shops of the night.
I [Bb] can't remember
when he ever let [G] me down.
[A] _ [C] Always playing for the wishes [Bb] of this temperamental [C] fool
in [Dm] the country halls [Fm] or concerts in the [G] town. _
[A] Well [C] the wheels of fame and fortune [Bb] they turn diamonds
into [C] dust.
All of these lights upon the stage are bound [G] to go dim sometime.
[A] _ _ [C] Standing in the silence
after everyone is gone.
You can hear old Merton [D] playing once again.
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[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] I've had the opportunity [G] of
playing in many halls across the country for these last 40 odd [G] years and [F] once I was opening
for [Gb] a rock group named [G] Delaney and Bonnie in [A] Edmonton, Alberta.
I [D] got out, I was going to be the opening
act [G] and the very excited DJ got out on the stage and ladies and gentlemen we got [Am] Delaney and Bonnie
for you here tonight.
[G] Right off the bus from Florida.
You're going to love them.
Delaney and Bonnie.
They got Jim Kellner on drums here at Clapton on guitar.
[C] You're going to love them.
Delaney [Gb] and
Bonnie.
But first [G] here's folk singer [A] Voldy.
[D] So the first folk song that came to mind I went out and had a crack [G] at it.
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[G] Enjoy [C] but it's [G] sure [C] never to [F] go again [C] when the old [G] man [C] won't put him in the comfort of [Gbm] his satin travel [C] bed.
Keep him [F] from all [G] the [F] sunshine and the [C] cold.
He will [C] still be making music long after I am gone.
It's [F] just me and [G] Merton growing [Am] _ _ old.
[F] L.A. moi, Mr.
[G] Merton on [Am] tournée.
_ [F] It's just me and Mr.
Merton [Bb] growing old.
_ _ [G] _ _ Growing [C] old. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] Thank [E] _ _
_ _ [Gb] you very much.
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