Perfectly Good Guitar
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Perfectly Good Guitar
John Hiatt
#From: mleipe@bnr.ca
He
Em
threw one down from the
G
top of the stairs,
Am
beautiful women were
C
standing every
D
where
They
Em
all got wet when he
G
smashed that thing but
Am
off in the dark you could
D
hear somebody
G
sing
Chorus
Oh it
Am
breaks my heart to
Em
see those stars
G
smashing a
C
perfectly
D
good guit
Em
ar
I
Am
don't know who they
Em
think they
D
are
G
smashing a
C
perfectly
D
good guit
Em
ar
D
Em
D
Em
It
Em
started back in
G
1963, his
Am
momma wouldn't buy him that
C
new red Harm
D
ony
He
Em
settled for a
G
Sunburst with a crack,
Am
now he's still tryin' to
D
break his momma's
G
back
Chorus
He
Em
loved that guitar just
G
like a girlfriend, but
Am
every good thing
C
comes to an
D
end
Em
Now he just sits in his
G
room all day,
Am
whistlin' every
D
note he ever
G
played
Chorus
There
Em
oughta be a law
G
with no bail,
Am
smash a guitar and you
C
go to
D
jail
Em
With no chance of
G
early parole, ya
Am
don't get out until you
D
get some
G
soul
Chorus
Em
Late at night the
G
end of the road, he
Am
wishes he still had that
C
old guitar to
D
hold
He'd
Em
rock it like a
G
baby in this arms,
Am
never let it
D
come to any
G
harm
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