Chords for The David Gilmour Guitar Collection

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[A] Collecting guitars, you know, when you're [D] young and you're starting off,
there [Em] are all sorts of reasons for [G] all sorts of guitars.
You know, you're always looking for a new [D] sound,
and being _ disorientated on an instrument often gives you a new inspiration.
[E] And that led me into becoming a bit of a collector.
I never quite meant to become a collector [D] of guitars,
but that's the way it sort of panned out. _
You pick up a guitar that you haven't played before _ _ _
and somehow it sets off some little inspiration in you,
and it kind of gifts you a [E] tune.
Many of the guitars in this sale [G] are guitars that have [D] given me [G] a tune.
So a lot of them have earned their keep, you might say. _ _ _
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_ So that fell out of this guitar,
in the control [Abm] room of No.
3 at Abbey Road in [Bb] 75.
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[Eb] The very first time I went to the States, which was [Am] sometime in 1968, _
[B] TWA, who were [Em] transporting our gear,
lost my Fender Telecaster that my parents had given me on [Am] my 21st birthday,
never to be seen or found [G] again.
And so I had to go out and buy a guitar, and [Ab] Manny's was already legendary,
so I went to Manny's [F] on 48th Street.
_ Yeah, it's like a kid in a sweet shop. _
_ [C] These guitars, [Fm] _
they've given so much to me.
[D] It's time for them to move on to other people
who hopefully will find joy and perhaps create something [G] new.
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ My [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ dream and ambition was to have [G] a Fender,
_ preferably a Stratocaster.
I loved it from the beginning.
Buddy Holly played one, Hank Marvin played [D] one.
That was enough [Eb] for me.
I just wanted a Strat. _
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_ [D] _ _ Shine [B] On You Crazy Diamond came out of this guitar.
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In [Bm] one way or another, it's probably on [G] most tracks
from 1970 through till [C] the [Em] middle 80s. _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ have a white 1954 Stratocaster.
The [C] serial number is 0001.
This guitar was given by Leo Fender with all gold parts
to a guy called Rex Galleon.
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Rex Galleon [Am] is the guy who, when Leo Fender took him the Stratocaster,
the first Stratocasters, suggested that he sculpt out [G] the body
to make it fit easier, [A] because a plank [F] of wood just sitting on you
has got rough edges, and this guy apparently was the guy
who gave him the tip [G]-off of how to make it more comfortable to [C] play
and why it's become iconic.
_ [E] I think it's the rhythm guitar on Another Brick In The Wall.
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_ One of the nicest guitars I've ever had or [F] played.
It's got a beautiful tone. _
There's really been no improvement [E]
on the [Eb] Stratocaster
[C] and on the electric guitar _ since that guitar came out in 1954.
[D] _ _ _ I'd always _ fancied a Les Paul.
I'd tried them out at various times.
I came across a rather beautiful gold-coloured Les Paul,
and it unusually had gold all the way [A] on the back of the neck and everything,
and that's the guitar I bought back in 1978,
and that's the one I used on the solo on [C] Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2. _
_ _ _ The money that this sale hopefully [Em] will raise
is going to go into my charitable [D] foundation
and will be used to help do some good in this world. _
If we can do our little bit to [Gbm] help with those [E] larger global [C] issues,
I'll be a happier person.
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