The Guitar Chords by Guy Clark

[Bm] [G] .
[A] [F#] .
[Bm] [G] .
[D] [A] [F#m] [A] [F#] .
[Bm] Well I was passing by a pawn shop [G] in an old repair [D] town.
[A] Something caught my [E] eye [F#] when I stopped and turned around.
[B] I [Em] stepped inside and there I spied [G] 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] He ended up, play a [F#] song and let's just see what happens.
[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#] back and [Bm] burned it.
[G] .
[A] [E] [F#] .
[Bm] [G] .
[A] [F#m] [F#] .
[Bm] [G] .
[Bm] [F#] .
[A] [Bm] [G] .
[A] [F#] .
[Bm] Well I lost all [G] track of time.
There was nothing I couldn't [A] pick.
Up and down the neck, [F#] man I never missed a lick.
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[Bm] The guitar almost played [G] itself and there was nothing I could do.
[A] It was getting hard to tell just [F#] who was playing who.
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[A] [Bm] .
When I finally put it down, [G] I couldn't catch my breath.
[A] My hands were shaking and I was [F#] scared to death.
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[Bm] The old man finally got [G] up, said where in the hell you been?.
[A] I've been waiting all these [F#] years for you to stumble in.
[B] Then he took down an old dusty [F#m] case and [G] said go on, pack it up.
[A] You don't owe me nothing.
[F#] Then he said good luck.
[Bm] There was something spooky in his voice [G] and something strange on his face.
[A] When he shut the lid I saw [F#] my name was on the [Bm] case.
[G] [Bm] [A] [Em] [F#] .
[A] [Bm] [G] .
[D] [A] [G] [F#] .
[Bm] [G] .
[A] [F#] .
[F#m] [Bm] [G] .
[A] [F#m] [F#] .
[Bm] .
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[N] .