Biography:
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on 16 March 1942; died 23 October 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's
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- Mr. Bojangles
- Pissing In The Wind
- Backsliders Wine
- Broken Toys
- Charlie Dunn
- Couldnt Do Nothin Right
- Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits
- Dear John Letter
- Dear John Letter Lounge
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Dont It Make You Wanna Dance
- Dust On My Boots
- Fading Lady
- Feel Like Hank Williams Tonite
- Flowers In The Snow
- Gettin By
- Getting By
- Gonzo Compadres
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Gringo In Belize
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Hairy Ass Hillbilly
- Heart Of A Saturday Night
- Hill Country Rain
- I Feel Like Hank Williams
- I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
- Its A Good Night For Singing
- Ive Got Boats To Build
- Jaded Lover
- La Freeway
- Leavin Texas
- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Love Changes Everything
- Mannys Hat Song
- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
- Mr Bojangles On One Page
- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- One Too Many Mornings
- Pickup Truck Song
- Please Let Me Be
- Pot Cant Call The Kettle Black
- Public Domain
- Railroad Lady
- Redneck Mother
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Rockin Chair
- Rodeo Wind
- Sailing
- Sangria Wine
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Some Go Home
- Song For The Life
- Stereo Chickens
- Stoney
- Takin It As It Comes
- That Old Beat Up Guitar
- The Dutchman
- The First Showboat
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
- Viva Luchenbach
- What I Like About Texas
- Woman In Texas
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Old Beat Up Guitar
By Jerry Jeff Walker
D D7
Well I found her in a pawn shop
G D
Somewhere up in Ohio
Bm
Where I guess some rounder came up short
E7 A
And he had to let her go
D D7
Cost me ninety dollars
G D
But its worth much more by far
Bm
Cause I've never had a better friend
A D
Than that old beat up guitar
[Chorus]
G A
Didn't look like too much(Ab slide-> A)
D G
Just a Roy Smeck Stage De luxe
D
But a lady she never fared as well
A D
Who travelled through so much
D D7
She travelled with me always
G D
Through the alleys and the bars
Bm
Songs I sang and friends I knew
E7 A
Were part of that guitar
D D7
At nights she was my pillow
G D
Restin' underneath the stars
Bm
Day and night I stayed alive
A D
With that old beat up guitar
[Repeat Chorus]
D D7
She picked up the name of Angel
G D
In an old New Orleans bar
Bm
Where a drunken poet drew one on
E7 A
The top of that guitar
D D7
Ol' Babe Stovall he marked her
[Instrumental]
C D E F G A B
D E F# G A B C#
Example: where you see a "G" below, change it to a "F" and so on...
G D
Scratched the songs right from his heart
Bm
Seems everyone there used to scar
A D
That old beat up guitar
Repeat Chorus
D D7
Well a ramblin' man he has trouble
G D
Hangin' on to all that he owns
Bm
And in those years of travellin'
E7 A
That gui tar fell by the road
D D7
The one night in New Mexico
G D
I stumbled into this bar
Bm
The Angel lay there smilin'
A D
On that old beat up guitar
[Chorus]Repeat Chorus][
D D7
I took her from the wall
G D
Ran my hands across the scars
Bm
Played again the old songs
E7 A
That were written on that gui tar
D D7
Friends I'd loved and lost
G D
Many nights inside of the bar
Bm
Came back so clearly singin'
A D
On that old beat up gui tar
By Jerry Jeff Walker
D D7
Well I found her in a pawn shop
G D
Somewhere up in Ohio
Bm
Where I guess some rounder came up short
E7 A
And he had to let her go
D D7
Cost me ninety dollars
G D
But its worth much more by far
Bm
Cause I've never had a better friend
A D
Than that old beat up guitar
[Chorus]
G A
Didn't look like too much(Ab slide-> A)
D G
Just a Roy Smeck Stage De luxe
D
But a lady she never fared as well
A D
Who travelled through so much
D D7
She travelled with me always
G D
Through the alleys and the bars
Bm
Songs I sang and friends I knew
E7 A
Were part of that guitar
D D7
At nights she was my pillow
G D
Restin' underneath the stars
Bm
Day and night I stayed alive
A D
With that old beat up guitar
[Repeat Chorus]
D D7
She picked up the name of Angel
G D
In an old New Orleans bar
Bm
Where a drunken poet drew one on
E7 A
The top of that guitar
D D7
Ol' Babe Stovall he marked her
[Instrumental]
C D E F G A B
D E F# G A B C#
Example: where you see a "G" below, change it to a "F" and so on...
G D
Scratched the songs right from his heart
Bm
Seems everyone there used to scar
A D
That old beat up guitar
Repeat Chorus
D D7
Well a ramblin' man he has trouble
G D
Hangin' on to all that he owns
Bm
And in those years of travellin'
E7 A
That gui tar fell by the road
D D7
The one night in New Mexico
G D
I stumbled into this bar
Bm
The Angel lay there smilin'
A D
On that old beat up guitar
[Chorus]Repeat Chorus][
D D7
I took her from the wall
G D
Ran my hands across the scars
Bm
Played again the old songs
E7 A
That were written on that gui tar
D D7
Friends I'd loved and lost
G D
Many nights inside of the bar
Bm
Came back so clearly singin'
A D
On that old beat up gui tar
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