G/D     C
                    C
This guitar is for sale.
                   F
I'll let her go cheap,
                      G
Tho' she's pretty to look at,
                     C
She don't earn her keep.
                      C
She can roar like the west wind,
        C
She can weep.
         F   Em   Dm
She can wail.
        Dm/C           G/B         G/A       G
But the tunes that she plays ain't sellin' today,
                    C
This guitar is for sale.

                    F
She's laid close beside me
                 C
On cold winter nights.
                  D7
She's got me in trouble
                   G7
She's won me some fights,
 N.C.
We both came out all right!

                  C
She knows all the sad songs
                 F
That Hank ever wrote.
                     G
Just touch her once gently,
                      C
And she'll take you on home.
                     C
She'll tell you sad stories
                       F   Em  Dm
'Bout junk yards and jails
      Dm/C        G/B
And a fool with a song,
      G/A               G7
And a dream that's gone wrong.
                   C  F  C
This guitar is for sale.

                        F
She's rode 'cross this country
                         C
On freight trains and trucks
                      D7
Hung 'round pawn shop windows
                             G7
When we've been down on our luck
 N.C.
And we've been down on our luck!

                    C
So please treat her kindly.
                    F
Keep her out of the rain.
                   G
It's funny you're askin'...
                    C
I never gave her a name.
                        C
If you think she looks weary,
                         F   Em  Dm
You've been readin' our mail.
   Dm/C           G/B
If you've got the dough,
             G7
Take her and go,
                    C  F  C
This guitar is for sale.

                     F
She's won me some ladies
                       C
With her sweet lovin' songs
                           D7
And she stayed right here with me
                      G7
When the ladies were gone.
 N.C.
And the ladies are gone!

                     C
But hard times and troubles
                  F   Em  Dm
Been doggin' our tale.
   Dm/C            G/B
If you've got the dough,
       G/A          G7
Buddy, take her and go,
                    C
This guitar is for sale.
        F   Em Dm  C
This guitar is for sale.