Bookers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]The[F] gu[C]ita[F]r[C]
[F]owned an' played
By the great [C]Booker White
[F]Found its way,
[C]by grace [G]into my [C]arm[F]s[C]
He would call it Hard Rock
[F]'Cos the body's made of [C]steel
On th headstock he glued a
[G]heart- shaped [C]charm[F][C]

[Verse 2]
In a [C]brown leather case,
with green velvet linin'
It thrilled [G]my soul to
[C]the core[F][C]
Stuck on [F]the side [C]with old
scotch [F]tape[C]
Was a list of the songs
[G]he's famous [C]for[F]
[G]Chorus

[Verse 3]
1:
Booker's guitar's got
[Am]a story to [F]tell
[C]Of hard- [G]earned hop[F]e an'[G]
unshed [C]tears[F]
Booker[G]'s guitar [Am]rings like [F]a bell
[C]It's gonna keep on [F]ringin' [G]for a thousand
[C]years[F]
[C][F][C][F][C]

[Verse 4]
[F][C]
The late greate Booker [F]White
Sang [C]straight from his [F]heart[C]
Everyone who heard him
[G]knows it's [C]true
He'd spank that shiny guitar
just like [F]a drum[C]
'Cross the Mississippi Delta,
[G]Europe too[C]

[Verse 5]
[F]
[G]Chorus 2:
Booker's guitar's got
[Am]a story to [F]tell[C]
[F]Of boxcars an' s[G]cars,
moonshine an' [C]beer[F]
Booker[G]'s guitar [Am]rings like a [F]bell
[C]It's gonna keep [F]on [G]ringin' for a thousand
[C]years[F][C]

[Interlude 1]
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[F]

[Verse 6]
[F]Chorus [G]3:
Booker's guitar's got [Am]a story to [F]tell
[C]A story [G]the world needs
[C]to hear[F]
Booker's[G]guitar [Am]rings like [F]a bell
It's [C]gonna [F]keep on [G]ringin' for a thousand
[C]years

[Outro 1]
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