John Prine – This Guitar Is For Sale (Guitar)

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I'll let her go cheap,

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Tho' she's pretty to look at,

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She don't earn her keep.

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She can roar like the west wind,

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She can weep.

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She can wail.

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But the tunes that she plays ain't sellin' today,

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This guitar is for sale.

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She's laid close beside me

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On cold winter nights.

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She's got me in trouble

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She's won me some fights,

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She knows all the sad songs

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That Hank ever wrote.

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Just touch her once gently,

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And she'll take you on home.

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She'll tell you sad stories

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'Bout junk yards and jails

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And a fool with a song,

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And a dream that's gone wrong.

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This guitar is for sale.

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She's rode 'cross this country

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On freight trains and trucks

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Hung 'round pawn shop windows

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When we've been down on our luck

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So please treat her kindly.

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Keep her out of the rain.

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It's funny you're askin'...

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I never gave her a name.

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If you think she looks weary,

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You've been readin' our mail.

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If you've got the dough,

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Take her and go,

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This guitar is for sale.

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She's won me some ladies

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With her sweet lovin' songs

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And she stayed right here with me

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When the ladies were gone.

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But hard times and troubles

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Been doggin' our tale.

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If you've got the dough,

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Buddy, take her and go,

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This guitar is for sale.

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This guitar is for sale.