G D Em C
G D C D G

[Verse]
 G                       D
Cold Lonestar beer, and a half pack of smokes
      Em                               C
that's all that they payed me for the songs that i wrote
 G                          D
Here in thIS bar, well the owner can't pay
  Em                           C
Cause nobody came to see me or hear me play

[Chorus]
       D                       Em
i'm writing these songs, and singing all these lines
  C                 D
over and over, hundreds of times
G                       D
i'll never be pretty, i won't get far
         C                         D         G
i'm just writing these songs on a pawn shop guitar

[Verse]
 G                         D
i drove on down to houston for my next show
  Em                                     C
some times dont it surprise you how the wheels turn slow
G                            D
made it back home without a dollar to pay
      Em                              C
for my gas on down to Stephenville the very next day

[Chorus]
       D                       Em
i'm writing these songs, and singing all these lines
  C                 D
over and over, hundreds of times
G                       D
i'll never be pretty, i won't get far
         C                         D         G
i'm just writing these songs on a pawn shop guitar 

[Outro]
G                              D
No I won't marry a Dixie chick or a movie star
C                           D         G
But I'll keep on playin' my pawn shop guitar