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[Verse]
Well, I quit my jD7ob down at the car wash,
D7Left my mama a goodbye note,By sundown I'd left Kingston, 
D7With my guitar under my coat,
I hitchhiked aG7sus4ll the way dG7own to Memphis,
G7Got a room at the YMCA,
For the nD7ext three weeks I went huntin' them nights,
D7Just lookin' for a place to play,
Well, I thA7ought my pickin' would set 'em on fire,
But noG7body wanted to hire a guitar mD7an.G7  
[Verse]
Well, I nearly 'bout staD7rved to death down in Memphis,
D7I run outta money and luck,
D7So I bummed me a ride down to Macon, Georgia,
D7On a overloaded poultry truck,
I thumbed on G7sus4down to PG7anama City,
G7Started pickin' out some of them all night bars,
D7Hopin' I could make myself a dollar,
D7Makin' music on my guitar,
Got the sA7ame old story at them all night piers,
There aG7in't no room around here for a guitar mD7an
[Spoken]
N.C.
We don't need a guitar man, son 
[Verse]
G7So I slept in the hobo jungles,
G7Roamed a thousand miles of track,
Til I foD7und myself in Mobile Alabama,
D7In a club they call Big Jack's,
A little G7four-piece band was jammin',
G7So I took my guitar and I sat in,
I sE7howed 'em what a band would sound like,
With a swA7ingin' little guitar man.
[Spoken]
N.C.
Show 'em, son
[Chorus]
If you ever take a tD7rip down to the ocean,find yourself down around Mobile,
D7Make it on out to a club called Jack's, If you got a little time to kill,
Just G7sus4follow that cG7rowd of people,You'll wind up out on his dance floor,
D7Diggin' the finest little five-piece group,Up and down the Gulf of Mexico,
A7Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band, Well, woG7uldn't ya know, 
it's that swingin' little guitar mD7an.G7  D7  

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Guitar Man

by Jerry Reed

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G7sus4

[Verse]

Well, I quit my job down at the car wash,

Left my mama a goodbye note,By sundown I'd left Kingston,

With my guitar under my coat,

G7sus4 G7

I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis,

Got a room at the YMCA,

For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights,

Just lookin' for a place to play,

Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire,

G7 D7 G7

But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

[Verse]

Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis,

I run outta money and luck,

So I bummed me a ride down to Macon, Georgia,

On a overloaded poultry truck,

G7sus4 G7

I thumbed on down to Panama City,

Started pickin' out some of them all night bars,

Hopin' I could make myself a dollar,

Makin' music on my guitar,

Got the same old story at them all night piers,

G7 D7

There ain't no room around here for a guitar man

[Spoken]

N.C.

We don't need a guitar man, son

[Verse]

So I slept in the hobo jungles,

Roamed a thousand miles of track,

Til I found myself in Mobile Alabama,

In a club they call Big Jack's,

A little four-piece band was jammin',

So I took my guitar and I sat in,

I showed 'em what a band would sound like,

With a swingin' little guitar man.

[Spoken]

N.C.

Show 'em, son

[Chorus]

If you ever take a trip down to the ocean,find yourself down around Mobile,

Make it on out to a club called Jack's, If you got a little time to kill,

G7sus4 G7

Just follow that crowd of people,You'll wind up out on his dance floor,

Diggin' the finest little five-piece group,Up and down the Gulf of Mexico,

A7 G7

Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band, Well, wouldn't ya know,

D7 G7 D7

it's that swingin' little guitar man.

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