{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1990985,"song":"The Guitar","artist":"Guy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11445314-the-guitar-chords-by-guy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1990985?type=chord","rating":4.93474,"votes":240,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I was passing by a pawn shop[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn an older part of town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomethin' caught my eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I stopped and turned around[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stepped inside an' there I spied[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the middle of it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas a beat up old guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHangin' on the wall.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"What do you want for that piece of junk?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI asked the old man[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe just smiled and took it down[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd he put it in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"You tell me what it's worth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're the one who wants it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTune it up, play a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd let's just see what haunts it.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I hit a couple of chords[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn my old country way of strumming[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then my fingers turned to lightnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMan, I never heard it comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was like I always knew it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI just don't know where I learned it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt wadn't nothin' but the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo I just reared back and burned it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I lost all track of time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere was nothing I couldn't pick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nUp and down the neck[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMan.. I never missed a lick[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe guitar almost played itself[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there was nothing I could do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was getting hard to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nJust who was playing who[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I finally put it down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI couldn't catch my breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy hands were shakin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I was scared to death[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe old man finally got up[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"where in the Hell you been?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've been waiting all these years[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFor you to stumble in\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd then he took down an old dusty case[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd said, \"go on and pack it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou don't owe me nothing\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd then he said, \"good luck\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was somethin' spooky in his voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd somethin' strange on his face[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when he shut the lid[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI saw my name was on the case[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Amadd9[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm F G E7\nAm F G E7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAm  Am\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAm F G E7\nAm F G E7\nAm F G E7\nAm F G E7\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nAm  Am\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAm F G E7\nAm F G E7\nAm F G E7\nAm F G E7\nAmadd9","chords":["Am","F","G","E7","Amadd9"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}