Chords for Elvis Presley - Guitar Man [Single Version]

Tempo:
114.85 bpm
Chords used:

C#

F#

G#m

G#

D#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Elvis Presley - Guitar Man [Single Version] chords
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[N] [C#]
[G#m] Well, I [C#] quit my job down at the car wash and left my mama a goodbye note.
By sundown I left Kingston with my guitar under my coat.
I [F#] hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis, got a room at the YMCA.
For the next [C#] three weeks I went hunting them nightclubs and looking for a place to play.
Well, I thought [G#] my picking would set them on [F#] fire, but nobody wanted to hire [C#] a guitar man.
[G#] [C#] Well, I nearly got starved to death down in Memphis.
I ran out of money and luck, so I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia on an overloaded polka truck.
[F#] I thumbed on down to Panama City, started picking out some of them all-night bars.
I was hoping I could make [C#] myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
I got the same old story as them all-night [F#] peers.
There ain't no room around here for a [C#] guitar man.
We don't need a guitar man, son.
[F#] So I slept in the Hobo jungles.
I roamed a thousand miles to track, [C#] till I found myself in Mobile, Alabama.
I had a club there called Big Jack's.
[F#] A little four-piece band was jamming, so I took my guitar and I set in.
[D#] I showed them what a band would sound like.
[G#] I was a swinging little guitar man.
[C#] Show them, son.
[F#] [C#]
[F#]
[C#] [G#m]
[C#]
[G#] If you ever [C#] take a trip down to the ocean, find yourself down around Mobile.
Make it on out to a club called Jack's if you got a little time to kill.
Just follow that [F#] crowd of people.
You'll wind up out on his dance floor.
[G#m] Digging to [C#] find his little five-piece groove, bumping down to go for Mexico.
[G#m] Guess who's leading that five-piece [F#] band?
Wouldn't you know it's that swinging little [C#] guitar man.
Yeah, yeah.
[F#] [C#]
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C#
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F#
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G#m
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G#
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D#
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C#
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F#
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G#m
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To learn Elvis Presley - (Alternate Take 4) Guitar Man chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: G#, C#, F# and C#. Kick off your practice at a gentle 57 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 115 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: F# Major.

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[N] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] Well, I [C#] quit my job down at the car wash and left my mama a goodbye note.
By sundown I left Kingston with my guitar under my coat.
I [F#] hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis, got a room at the YMCA.
For the next [C#] three weeks I went hunting them nightclubs and looking for a place to play.
Well, I thought [G#] my picking would set them on [F#] fire, but nobody wanted to hire [C#] a guitar man. _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] Well, I nearly got starved to death down in Memphis.
I ran out of money and luck, so I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia on an overloaded polka truck.
[F#] I thumbed on down to Panama City, started picking out some of them all-night bars.
I was hoping I could make [C#] myself a dollar making music on my guitar.
I got the same old story as them all-night [F#] peers.
There ain't no room around here for a [C#] guitar man.
We don't need a guitar man, son.
_ _ [F#] So I slept in the Hobo jungles.
I roamed a thousand miles to track, [C#] till I found myself in Mobile, Alabama.
I had a club there called Big Jack's.
[F#] A little four-piece band was jamming, so I took my guitar and I set in.
[D#] I showed them what a band would sound like.
[G#] I was a swinging little guitar man.
[C#] Show them, son. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] If you ever [C#] take a trip down to the ocean, find yourself down around Mobile.
_ Make it on out to a club called Jack's if you got a little time to kill.
Just follow that [F#] crowd of people.
You'll wind up out on his dance floor.
[G#m] Digging to [C#] find his little five-piece groove, bumping down to go for Mexico.
_ [G#m] Guess who's leading that five-piece [F#] band?
Wouldn't you know it's that swinging little [C#] guitar man.
Yeah, yeah. _
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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Facts about this song

This song was penned by Jerry Reed.

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