Vince Gill – This Old Guitar And Me (Guitar)

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[Intro] C [Verse 1]
C
This old guitar and me,

    F                        C
The things that we've been through,

C   C/B     C/A   C/G  
C.F. Martin  built  it 

F         G      
back in 1942
[Verse 2]
  C
I remember when we met,

     F           C
I was only seventeen,

C             C/B     C/A   C/G
I spent all my college money,

             F       C
On a half a dozen strings,
[Verse 3]
 C
I thought my folks would kill me,

 F                  C
I found out I was wrong,

C                       C/B     C/A   C/G
They said your future's written on your face,

          F                  G
When you sing those travlin songs,
[Verse 4]
     C
So we headed for Kentucky,

      F                   C
With a suitcase full of dreams,

C         C/B     C/A   C/G
Rough out boots a few t-shirts,

   F                 C
a worn out pair of jeans,
[Chorus]
F          C
Oooo Oooo Oooo

F          Am  G
Oooo Oooo Oooo

F           C C/B C/A C/G F G
Oooo Oooo Oooo
[Verse 5]
C
This old guitar and me,

  F                     C
Spent a lot of nights alone,

C          C/B    C/A   C/G
Sometimes we'd get lucky,

 F                  G 
And take a barmaid home,
[Verse 6]
C
One night stands for breakfast,

F                        C
Two strangers with the blues,

C       C/B    C/A    C/G
Wake up in the mornin,

 F                   C
Both feelin a little used,
[Verse 7]
C
My home is just a highway,

   F                 C
I roam from town to town,

C       C/B     C/A     C/G
Just me and that old flat top,

 F                      G
Not carin where we're bound,
[Verse 8]
C
From Maine to California,

   F                   C
A five piece travelin band,

C              C/B      C/A      C/G
Singin songs about the hard times,

 F                    C
That face the common man,
[Chorus]
F          C
Oooo Oooo Oooo

F          Am  G
Oooo Oooo Oooo

F           C C/B C/A C/G F G
Oooo Oooo Oooo
[Verse 9]
C
This old guitar and me,

 F                   C
We did the best we could,

C       C/B    C/A    C/G               
One was born a sinner,

 F                  G
And one a piece of wood,
[Verse 10]
C
God sent a wooden angel,

 F                 C
To guide me on my way,

C         C/B     C/A     C/G         
we were meant to be together,

 F            C
Till my dyin day,
[Verse 11]
C
Now my dearest old companion,

 F                 C
Lies underneath my bed,

C             C/B       C/A     C/G
Well our travelin days are over,

 F                            G
Man but the memories fill my head,
[Verse 12]
C
We'll I've settled with my family,

 F                          C
Here in the hills of Tennessee,

C         C/B     C/A        C/G            
To teach my childrens children,

 F                        C
Bout this old guitar and me,
[Chorus]
F          C
Oooo Oooo Oooo

F          Am  G
Oooo Oooo Oooo

F           C C/B C/A C/G F G
Oooo Oooo Oooo