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On This Guitar
[Intro]
  D    C    G    D-    C    G   D  
[Verse]
I’ve Dheld this guitar now for C40 Gyears
  DA gCift fGrom my fDather
It’s Dseen some good times, some Chard times, some Gtears
DBurning Cfire and Gcooling Dwater
[Chorus]
It Aknows my story, it Cknows all my sGongs, 
                                            A                      C        G       D     C     G    D-    C    G  D  
It knows when things are going right, and it knows how things can go so wrong................
[Verse]
I Dlearned on these 6 strings, how to Ctalk to Gyou
  DWhen my Clines just Gwouldn’t Ddo
I Dlearned on this old friend to let Cgo and let the GLord
   DWrite the Cwords, fGind the cDhords
[Chorus 2]
In and Aout of tune, in and Cout of tGime
                                 A               C        G        D     C     G    D-    C    G  D  
It knows my broken reasons and it knows all my slanted rhymes
[Instrumental]
  D    C    G   D-   C    G    D  
[Verse]
DI was trying to write a song and nothing was cComing out Gright
DTook it Cout on tGhis gDuitar
DThen I held it in my arms, tried to Cplay it back to Glife
I’m fDorgiven, but it Cstill cGarries the sDcars
[Chorus 3]
GAot this machine when I was 1C5 years Gold
It Aknows every secret CI never tGold
It Aknows my heart, it Cgave me some Gsoul
It Aknows ‘bout all the times I played the Crock n Groll, on this Dguitar.C....G..
…on this guitDarC  G  
…on this guitDarC  G  
MOVES INTO ROCK 'N ROLL BEAT ON -  D...C...G..  TO FADE 

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On This Guitar

by John and Sheila Ludgate

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On This Guitar

[Intro]

D C G D C G D

[Verse]

D C G

I’ve held this guitar now for 40 years

D C G D

A gift from my father

D C G

It’s seen some good times, some hard times, some tears

D C G D

Burning fire and cooling water

[Chorus]

A C G

It knows my story, it knows all my songs,

A C G D C G D C G D

It knows when things are going right, and it knows how things can go so wrong................

[Verse]

D C G

I learned on these 6 strings, how to talk to you

D C G D

When my lines just wouldn’t do

D C G

I learned on this old friend to let go and let the Lord

D C G D

Write the words, find the chords

[Chorus 2]

A C G

In and out of tune, in and out of time

A C G D C G D C G D

It knows my broken reasons and it knows all my slanted rhymes

[Instrumental]

D C G D C G D

[Verse]

D C G

I was trying to write a song and nothing was coming out right

D C G D

Took it out on this guitar

D C G

Then I held it in my arms, tried to play it back to life

D C G D

I’m forgiven, but it still carries the scars

[Chorus 3]

A C G

Got this machine when I was 15 years old

A C G

It knows every secret I never told

A C G

It knows my heart, it gave me some soul

A C G D C G

It knows ‘bout all the times I played the rock n roll, on this guitar.......

D C G

…on this guitar

D C G

…on this guitar

D C G

MOVES INTO ROCK 'N ROLL BEAT ON - ........ TO FADE

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