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This Guitar Is For Sale by John Prine
This Guitar Is For Sale
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
G/D C
C
This guitar is for sale.
F
I'll let her go cheap,
G
Tho' she's pretty to look at,
C
She don't earn her keep.
C
She can roar like the west wind,
C
She can weep.
F Em Dm
She can wail.
Dm/C G/B G/A G
But the tunes that she plays ain't sellin' today,
C
This guitar is for sale.
F
She's laid close beside me
C
On cold winter nights.
D7
She's got me in trouble
G7
She's won me some fights,
N.C.
We both came out all right!
C
She knows all the sad songs
F
That Hank ever wrote.
G
Just touch her once gently,
C
And she'll take you on home.
C
She'll tell you sad stories
F Em Dm
'Bout junk yards and jails
Dm/C G/B
And a fool with a song,
G/A G7
And a dream that's gone wrong.
C F C
This guitar is for sale.
F
She's rode 'cross this country
C
On freight trains and trucks
D7
Hung 'round pawn shop windows
G7
When we've been down on our luck
N.C.
And we've been down on our luck!
C
So please treat her kindly.
F
Keep her out of the rain.
G
It's funny you're askin'...
C
I never gave her a name.
C
If you think she looks weary,
F Em Dm
You've been readin' our mail.
Dm/C G/B
If you've got the dough,
G7
Take her and go,
C F C
This guitar is for sale.
F
She's won me some ladies
C
With her sweet lovin' songs
D7
And she stayed right here with me
G7
When the ladies were gone.
N.C.
And the ladies are gone!
C
But hard times and troubles
F Em Dm
Been doggin' our tale.
Dm/C G/B
If you've got the dough,
G/A G7
Buddy, take her and go,
C
This guitar is for sale.
F Em Dm C
This guitar is for sale.
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