Title:What Happened to My Old Guitar
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I used to have a Yamaki guitar which I bought new back in 1972 at Bill's Music
shop in Vancouver. This is pretty much a true story.
{Key of D - Capo2 Play C shape – slow ¾}
Intro:
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(1) What happened to my old guitar? …. I bought it so long ago.
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It came from the hook out in Bill’s music store.
D G
Out on the coast not so far from the shore.
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What happened to my old guitar?
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C G C C7 F G7 C
2 What happened to my old guitar? …. It spent all those years in my car!
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It shared all the fun…… true love in the sun!
D G
Nights in the park where two hearts beat as one.
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What happened to my old guitar?
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C G7 C C7 F G7 C
3 What happened to my old guitar? …. It helped me through years of the blues
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Played all those sad songs..., still missing you!
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Shared all the feelings; true love come unglued!
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What happened to my old guitar?
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C G7 C C7 F G7
4) What happened to my old guitar! …. I miss it; I’d like it once more!
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It had cracks in it’s face and those deep wooden scars.
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From beating so long in the back of my car.
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What happened to my old guitar?
Turn around
( F / G / C / Am / F / G / C /
Em F
5) (Bridge). I found him in the pawn shop, looked like my old friend.
C G
It still had the road rash of years.
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but somehow this time, he sounds different and lame.
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like an old friend lost in his beer.
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What happened to my old guitar?
F G7 C
C G7 C C7 F G7
6) What happened to my old guitar! …. Did you trade it for a dusty
C
white friend?
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With it’s fingerboard worn, yet sounding so warm.
D G
It just never felt right again.
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What happened to my old guitar?
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Retard
SOCAN
Copyright: Francis H Peters
with help from Lisa Peters-Schmidt
April 16, 2012, Feb 13, 2022 - Added Bridge
