Guitar Man

Key of 4/4 Time Intro: E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B 8s9 9 9 9 - 8s9 9 9 9 - 8s9 9 9 9- - 8 8 7 6 G 9s10 10 10 10 - 9s10 10 10 10 - 9s10 10 10 10- –9 9 8 6 D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Well I quit my job down at the car wash I left my momma a goodbye note By sundown I’d left Kingston With my guitar under my coat I hitch-hiked all the way down to Memphis Got a room at the Y.M.C.A. For the next three weeks I went a hauntin’ them night clubs Lookin’ for a place a play Well I thought my pickin’ would set ‘em on fire But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man E - - - - - - - - - - - - - B – 8s9 9 9 9 - 8 8 7 6 G – 9s10 10 10 10 – 9 9 6 6 D - - - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 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 I got the same old story at them all night piers (hold) There ain’t no room around here for a guitar man *spoken* We don’t need no guitar man, son So I slept in the hobo jungles I bummed 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* Show ‘em son Solo / / / So if you ever take a trip down to the ocean Find yourself down around Mobile Well make it out to a club called “Jack’s” If you got a little time to kill 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 And guess who’s leadin’ that five piece band (hold) Wouldn’t you know it’s that swingin’ little guitar man Yeah Yeah guitarman Jam on the til fade out...