Guitar Man chords by Jerry Reed (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Db7 
Well, I quit my job  (D flat7) down at the car wash
Left my mama a goodbye note
By sundown I'd left Kingston
With my guitar under my coat
Gb7 
I hitchhiked all  (G flat7) the way down to Memphis
Got a room at the YMCA
Db7 
For the  (D flat7) next  three weeks,
I went huntin' them nights
Just lookin' for a place to play
Ab7 
Well, I  (A flat7) thought my pickin'
would set 'em on fire
Gb7 
But nobody  (G flat7) wanted
Db7 
Ab7 
to hire a guitar man  (D flat7)  (A flat7) 

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Verse 2
Db7 
Well, I nearly 'bout  (D flat7) starved
to death down in Memphis
I run outta money and luck
So I bought me a ride down to Macon,
Georgia on a overloaded poultry truck
Gb7 
I thumbed on  (G flat7) down  to Panama City
Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars
Db7 
 (D flat7) Hopin' I could make myself a dollar
Makin' music on my guitar
Ab7 
I got the  (A flat7) same  old story at them all night piers
Gb7 
There  (G flat7) ain't no room around here
Db7 
for a guitar man  (D flat7) 
We don't need a guitar man, son

Chorus 1
Gb7 
So I  (G flat7) slept in the hobo jungles
Roamed a thousand miles of track
Db7 
Till I found  (D flat7) myself in Mobile Alabama
At a club they call Big Jack's
Gb7 
A little  (G flat7) four-piece band was jammin'
So I took my guitar and I sat in
Eb7 
I  (E flat7) showed 'em what a band would sound like
Ab7 
With a  (A flat7) swingin' little guitar man

Interlude 1

Show 'em, son

Solo 1

Verse 3
Db7 
So if you ever take a  (D flat7) trip  down to the ocean
Find yourself down around Mobile
Oh, make it on out to a club called Jack's
If you got a little time to kill
Gb7 
Just  (G flat7) follow that crowd of people
You'll wind up out on his dance floor
Db7 
 (D flat7) Diggin' the finest little five piece group
Up and down the Gulf of Mexico
Ab7 
 (A flat7) Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band
Gb7 
Well,  (G flat7) wouldn't ya know,

Interlude 2

it's that swingin' little guitar

(man)

Outro 1

[Fade out]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: IntermediateKey: Db majorBPM: 210

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Db7: x-4-6-4-6-x
Ab7: 4-6-4-5-4-4
Gb7: 2-4-2-3-2-2
Eb7: x-x-1-3-2-3
Gb9: 2-4-2-3-2-4

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This is the definitive original version of Guitar Man by Jerry Reed, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of Db major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Jerry Reed's performance.