• Song:

    This Old Guitar

  • Artist:

    John Denver

  • Album:

    The Best Of The Rocky M...

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Capo at 2nd fret.  All notes relative to capo. 
 
Intro: 
 
   C			  G 
E-------------------------------------------------- 
B---------1-----------1-----------0-----------0---- 
G-------0-------0------------0----------0---------- 
D------------------0------------0----------0------- 
A---3--------3------------2------------------------ 
E-------------------------------------3------------ 
 
 
  Am			  Em 
E-------------------------------------------------- 
B--------1---------------------0------------0------ 
G----2---------2-----2---------------0-----------0- 
D------2----------2---------------2-----------2---- 
A-0---------0-------------------------------------- 
E--------------------------0------------0---------- 
 
  F			  Gsus4 
E------------------------------------3------------- 
B---------1--------------------1------------1----1- 
G---2-----------2-----0---------------------------- 
D------3-----------0--------------0---------------- 
A---------------------------------------------0---- 
E-1----------1--------------3------------3--------- 
 
  C	    G/B		Am7 
E-------------------0----------------------------- 
B---0----1-----3-------------1-----------1-------- 
G-----0----------------------------0-----------0-- 
D----------------0--------------2-----------2----- 
A-3---------2------------0------------0----------- 
E------------------------------------------------- 
 
  F		       Gsus4	  G	 
E-----------------------------3------------------- 
B--------1----------------1----------0------------ 
G----2--------2----0--------0-------------0------- 
D------3---------0----------------------0--------- 
A------------------------------------------------- 
E--1--------1----------3----------3--------------- 
 
Verse 1: 
 
C		G		 Am		Em 
This old guitar taught me to sing -----a love-- song----- 
 
F		      Gsus4	   G 
showed me how to laugh----- and how to cry---- 
 
C	G/B	Am7	C/G	F		     G 
			It introduced me to some friends of mine--and-- 
 
C	     G/B	Am7	C/G 
--brightened up some days. 
 
    F			Gsus4		   C		G/B 
It helped me make it through some lonely nights--------- 
 
   Am7	      C/G	F		    Gsus4	G 
whoa    -----   What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night 
 
 
 
  C	     G/B	Am7	   C/G 
E----0-------------------------------------------- 
B---------1-----3----------1----------1----------- 
G-------0------------0----------0-----------0----- 
D-----------------0-----------2----------2-------- 
A-3----------2-----------0------------------------ 
E----------------------------------3-------------- 
 
  F			  Gsus4		 G 
E---------------0---------------------------------- 
B---------1--------------------1-----0-----------1- 
G---2----------------0-----------------------0----- 
D------3-----------0--------------0---------------- 
A----------------------------------------------0--- 
E-1----------1--------------3------------3--------- 
 
Verse 2: 
 
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady 
It opened up her eyes and ears to me 
It brought us close together, and I guess it broke her heart 
It opened up a space for us to be 
What a lovely place and a lovely space to be 
 
Verse 3: 
 
This old guitar gave me my life, my living 
All the things you know I love to do 
To serenade the stars that shine from a sunny mountainside 
And most of all to sing my songs for you 
I love to sing my songs for you
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