The Guitar Player:John D. Loudermilk.
Recorded in 1962.

INTRO:  C Bb F C

#1.
  F (133211@1)                                   CI (x32010@1)play guitar in a little bar, down the street

from here.
CThey (x32010@1)pay me to come and to hum and to strum for 
    Fthe (133211@1)folks to hear.
FBut (133211@1)I think it's unfair, when I'm sitting up there 
       Bband (x1333x@1)my baby walks in.
              F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)             
And I have to play like a friend..oh, for her and him.

#2.
    F (133211@1)                                COh, (x32010@1)how it hurts to see her flirt with someone else.
C (x32010@1)                                    FAnd (133211@1)oh, how it aches to see her make a fool of herself.
F (133211@1)                                    BbI (x1333x@1)swear I'd leave if I didn't need the dough, my friend.
             F (133211@1)                   CIt's (x32010@1)nothing but a sin..to have to play and pretend..
    F (133211@1)          CF Cfor (x32010@1)her and him.

#3.
    F (133211@1)                            CThe (x32010@1)boss man say I gotta play from nine till three.
C (x32010@1)                                   FThey (133211@1)come in each night at ten, for a while, then leave.
F (133211@1)                                  F7That's (131241@1)when I play with soul and the customers know that 
    BbI'm (x1333x@1)dyin' within.
             F (133211@1)                                   CCause (x32010@1)I know where they've been..and where they're goin' 
            Fagain..just (133211@1)her and him.

OUTRO:
 F7 (131241@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)         Bbm..........
(Her and him..her and him..her and him..)
       F (133211@1)                                   CI (x32010@1)know where they've been..and where they're goin' 
            Fagain..just (133211@1)her and him..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.