Beat Up Guitar chords by Shemekia Copeland
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Intro 1
(G major) (G minor) (G major) (G minor) (G major) (C major) (G minor) (G major)
Verse 1
In a (C major) bar down in Texas
In a poor part of town (G minor) (G major) (G minor)
(G major) Sat an (C major) old man playin' the blues
Played 'em dirty and low-
down (G major) (G minor) (G major) (G minor)
(G major) Just (C major) trying to make a living
But you know it can't go far (G minor)
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Verse 2
(G minor) Playing (B flat major) them old blues (G minor)
Playing (B flat major) them old blues (G minor)
Playing (B flat major) them old blues (G minor)
(G major) On a beat (C major) up,
(E minor) beat up old (C major) gui (G major) tar
(C major) (G minor) (G major)
Verse 3
But he hug it like a wo (G minor) man (F major) (C major)
Hold it close to his chest (G major) (G minor)
Runs his (C major) hands across the body
With a soft, soft caress (G major) (G minor)
Though he (C major) never made much money
When he passed around the jar (G minor)
Verse 4
(G minor) But he could really (B flat major) play the blues (G minor)
He could really (B flat major) play (G minor) the blues
He could really (B flat major) play the blues (G minor) (G major)
On a beat (E minor) up, (C major) (E minor) beat up old (G major) gui (G minor) tar
(G major)
Verse 5
The body was (G minor) all scratched (G major) (C major) up
(F major) The neck a beat up thing (C major)
But when that man started pick (G major) (C major) in'
He could (F major) make the guitar sing
Though it never (B flat major) made him (F major) fam (C major) ous (F major)
He never was a star
But (C major) he could (B flat major) really (C major)
Verse 6
(B flat major) play the blues (G minor)
He could (B flat major) really (G minor) (B flat major) play the blues (G minor)
He could really (B flat major) play the blues (G minor)
On (G major) a beat (C major) up, (E minor) beat up (C major) old gui (G minor) tar
Interlude 1
(G major) (G minor) (C major)
(F major) (G minor) (G major) (G minor) (G major) (C major)
(B flat major) (G minor) (B flat major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (G minor)
(G major)
Verse 7
One (C major) day that guitar just broke down
You know the (G major) old man, he broke
down too (G minor)
This (C major) mean ol' life gonna get you
No (G minor) matter (G major) what you do
(G minor) But if your (C major) ever down in Texas
And you listen really hard
(G minor)
Verse 8
(G major) (G minor) (G major)
(G minor) You'll hear an old man
(B flat major) playin' the (G minor) blues
Old man (B flat major) playin' the (G minor) blues (G major)
(G minor) Old man (B flat major) playin' the (G minor) blues
(G major) On his (E major) beat up,
(C major) (E minor) his beat up old gui (G major) tar (C major) (G major) (G minor) (G major)
On his beat (C major) up , (E minor)
his beat up (C major) old (E minor) gui (G major) tar (G minor) (G major)
On his beat (E minor) (C major) up,
(E minor) his beat up old (C major) gui (E minor) tar (G major)
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