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[Verse 1]
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This old guitar and me,
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The things that we've been through,
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C.F. Martin  built  it 
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back in 1942

[Verse 2]
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I remember when we met,
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I was only seventeen,
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I spent all my college money,
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On a half a dozen strings,


[Verse 3]
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I thought my folks would kill me,
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I found out I was wrong,
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They said your future's written on your face,
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When you sing those travlin songs,


[Verse 4]
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So we headed for Kentucky,
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With a suitcase full of dreams,
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Rough out boots a few t-shirts,
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a worn out pair of jeans,

[Chorus]
F          C
Oooo Oooo Oooo
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Oooo Oooo Oooo
F           C C/B C/A C/G F G
Oooo Oooo Oooo

[Verse 5]
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This old guitar and me,
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Spent a lot of nights alone,
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Sometimes we'd get lucky,
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And take a barmaid home,

[Verse 6]
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One night stands for breakfast,
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Two strangers with the blues,
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Wake up in the mornin,
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Both feelin a little used,

[Verse 7]
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My home is just a highway,
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I roam from town to town,
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Just me and that old flat top,
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Not carin where we're bound,

[Verse 8]
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From Maine to California,
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A five piece travelin band,
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Singin songs about the hard times,
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That face the common man,


[Chorus]
F          C
Oooo Oooo Oooo
F          Am  G
Oooo Oooo Oooo
F           C C/B C/A C/G F G
Oooo Oooo Oooo


[Verse 9]
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This old guitar and me,
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We did the best we could,
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One was born a sinner,
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And one a piece of wood,

[Verse 10]
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God sent a wooden angel,
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To guide me on my way,
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we were meant to be together,
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Till my dyin day,

[Verse 11]
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Now my dearest old companion,
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Lies underneath my bed,
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Well our travelin days are over,
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Man but the memories fill my head,

[Verse 12]

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We'll I've settled with my family,
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Here in the hills of Tennessee,
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To teach my childrens children,
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Bout this old guitar and me,

[Chorus]
F          C
Oooo Oooo Oooo
F          Am  G
Oooo Oooo Oooo
F           C C/B C/A C/G F G
Oooo Oooo Oooo