That Old Beat Up Guitar chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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Verse 1
G 
C 
 (G major) Well I found  (C major) her in a pawnshop
F 
C 
Somewhere  (F major) up in Ohio  (C major) 
Where I guess some
rounder came up short
G 
And he  (G major) had to let her go
C 
 (C major) Cost me ninety dollars
F 
C 
But she's  (F major) worth much more by far  (C major) 
Cause I never had a better friend
G 
C 
Than that old  (G major) beat up guitar  (C major) 

Verse 2

She didn't look like too much

Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe

But a lady has never faired as well

Who'd traveled through so much

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Verse 3
C 
She  (C major) picked up the name of Angel
F 
C 
In  (F major) an old New Orleans  (C major) bar
Where a drunken poet drew one
G 
On  (G major) the top of that guitar
C 
 (C major) Old Dave Stovally marked her
F 
C 
Scratched  (F major) the song  (C major) 
right out of his heart
Seems everyone who used her
G 
Scarred that old  (G major) beat up guitar

Verse 4
C 
F 
G 
 (C major) She  (F major) didn't look like too much  (G major) 
C 
F 
Just a  (C major) Roy Smeck Stage De (F major) luxe
C 
But a lady has never faired as  (C major) well
G 
C 
Who'd  (G major) traveled through so  (C major) much
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) 
F 
She traveled with me  (F major) always
C 
Through the alleys and bars  (C major) 
Songs I sang and friends I knew
G 
Were part of  (G major) that guitar
C 
At nights it  (C major) was my pillow
F 
C 
Sleeping  (F major) underneath the stars  (C major) 
Day and night I stayed alive
G 
With that old  (G major) beat up guitar

Verse 6
C 
F 
G 
 (C major) She  (F major) didn't look like too much  (G major) 
C 
F 
Just a  (C major) Roy Smeck Stage De (F major) luxe
C 
But a lady has never  (C major) faired as well
G 
Who'd  (G major) traveled through so much
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 7
Yeah a ramblin man he
has his troubles
F 
Hanging  (F major) on to all that he owns
C 
 (C major) After many years of travelin'
G 
That gui (G major) tar fell by the road
C 
Then  (C major) one night in New Mexico
F 
C 
I  (F major) stumbled into this bar  (C major) 
Angel laid there smilin'
G 
On that old  (G major) beat up guitar

Interlude 1

Verse 8
G 
C 
Well  (G major)  (C major) I took her from the wall
F 
C 
Ran my  (F major) hands across the scars  (C major) 
Played again the old songs
G 
That were  (G major) written on that guitar
C 
 (C major) Friends I've loved and lost
F 
C 
Many night (F major) s inside of a bar  (C major) 
Came back so clearly singing with
G 
That old  (G major) beat up guitatr

Verse 9
C 
F 
G 
She  (C major)  (F major) didn't look like too much  (G major) 
C 
F 
Just a  (C major) Roy Smeck Stage De (F major) luxe
C 
But a lady has never faired as  (C major) well
G 
C 
Who'd traveled  (G major) through so much  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) 

Interlude 2

Now she

Verse 10
C 
 (C major) travels with me always
F 
C 
Through the  (F major) alleys and  (C major) bars
G 
C 
 (G major) Songs  (C major) I sing and friends I know
G 
They are a  (G major) part of that guitar
C 
At  (C major) nights it is my pillow
G 
F 
C 
 (G major) Sleeping  (F major) underneath the stars  (C major) 
Day and night I stayed alive
G 
With that old  (G major) beat up guitar

Verse 11
C 
F 
G 
 (C major) She  (F major) didn't look like too much  (G major) 
C 
F 
Just a  (C major) Roy Smeck Stage De (F major) luxe
C 
But a lady has never  (C major) faired as well
G 
C 
Who'd traveled  (G major) through so  (C major) much