Let the guitar do the talkin' chords by
Jim Collins
Jim Collins
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Key: A minor
Intro 1
Am
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Verse 1
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Well, I was in a band,
we were scheduled to appear
At a little roadhouse called
D
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Am
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the Get Down Here
A cinder block building with
a hand -painted sign
Honk her down,
D
D

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Am
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E
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Am
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straddle in the county line
When the crowd rolled in
and were remarkably mixed
There were truckers, bikers, drifters
D
D

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and locals from the sticks
Each one meaner than a cougar in a cage
And the biggest one
D
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E
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Am
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swaggered right up to the stage
D
D

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Said we heard everybody
from David Allen Coe
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Am

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to Chuck Berry singing
gold Johnny Goldo
D
D

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He's got an autographed picture
of Elvis on the shelf
B
B

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So tell me boy what you
E
E

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gotta say for yourself
D
D

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Am
Am

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I let the guitar do the talking
Yeah the whole place started rockin'
D
D

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My fingertips they weren't stoppin'
Am
Am

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And that big bad dude started boppin'
E
E

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No need to fuss
D
D

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Stop squawkin'
Am
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And they just let the guitar do the talkin'
Verse 2
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she was over in the corner
with a Cheshire smile
Best -lookin' thing for
D
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seventeen miles
Sittin' there makin' my cold beer sweat
I figured my chances were a
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long -shot bet
E
E

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Verse 3
Am
Am

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D
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Well, cause a woman like
that's heard every line
Am
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And I never have been the
silver -tongued kind
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D

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But I knew that I had me one good chance
B
B

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E
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Of getting that girl to dance
D
D

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So I cranked up my amp
Am
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and let the guitar do the talking
Yeah, the whole place started rockin'
D
D

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The fingertips, weren't stoppin'
Am
Am

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And that pretty little thing started boppin'
E
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D
D

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No need to fuss, it stops quackin'
Am
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Just let the guitar do the
E
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Am
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D
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talking
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In a world of too many words
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Sometimes your point is hard to get heard
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But I think I've figured out a way
E
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Of getting mine on through
I just strap it on, tune it up, dig it in,
Eb
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the whole power on, count it off,
D
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C
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open up my heart and soul
Am
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And let the guitar do the talkin'
Yeah, the whole place started
D
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rockin'
Fingertips that weren't stoppin'
Am
Am

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And everybody started boppin'
E
E

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D
D

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No need to fuss, stop squawkin'
Am
Am

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Just let the guitar do the talkin'
Outro 1
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Dm
Dm

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Am
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E
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D
D

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Am
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D
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