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Bacon Brothers – Old Guitars
G*   355433
[Intro]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----5---3-------|-----5-3-----5---|-----5---3---5-2-|-----5-----------|
E|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|---------3-------|
G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9  G
[Verse 1]
    FShe gave me an old guiBbtar
She said teach yourself to Fplay
                            G*
You've been lookin' kind of bored
Maybe this will fill your Fdays
She went out and I stayeBbd in
And I struggled with that FFenn
                         G*
She went west and I stayed east
And I tried my best to CsingD  
N.C.              G  Cadd9  
And I sang Sam and Dave
GCatch that Cadd9wave
The GBoss and Cadd9Buddy GHolly
   AmAnd every happy Bmsong I sang
AmSounded melanDcholy
I learned GC and Cadd9G
and GD and Cadd9E
and GF and Cadd9F sharp Gminor
  FAnd in my mind when Cshe walked out
DI'd gone to Carolina
And I went...
[Chorus]
GDo do Cadd9do,   Gdo do Cadd9do do, Gdo do Cadd9do,   do Gdo do do
GDo do Cadd9do,   Gdo do Cadd9do do, Gdo do Cadd9do,   do Gdo do do

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Old Guitars

by The Bacon Brothers

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Cadd9

Bacon Brothers – Old Guitars

* 355433

[Intro]

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-----5---3-------|-----5-3-----5---|-----5---3---5-2-|-----5-----------|

E|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|---------3-------|

G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G

[Verse 1]

F Bb

She gave me an old guitar

She said teach yourself to play

You've been lookin' kind of bored

Maybe this will fill your days

She went out and I stayed in

And I struggled with that Fenn

She went west and I stayed east

C D

And I tried my best to sing

G Cadd9

N.C.

And I sang Sam and Dave

G Cadd9

Catch that wave

G Cadd9 G

The Boss and Buddy Holly

Am Bm

And every happy song I sang

Am D

Sounded melancholy

G Cadd9

I learned C and G

G Cadd9

and D and E

G Cadd9 G

and F and F sharp minor

F C

And in my mind when she walked out

I'd gone to Carolina

And I went...

[Chorus]

G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G

Do do do, do do do do, do do do, do do do do

G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G

Do do do, do do do do, do do do, do do do do

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