Perfectly Good Guitar 
John Hiatt

INTRO

Am         Em        G    C    D     Em
Am         Em    D   G    C    D     D     Em
Em         D         Em

Em G   Am C D   Em G   Am D G
He threw one down - from the top of the stairs
beautiful women were standing everywhere
they all got wet - when he smashed that thing 
but off in the dark you could hear somebody sing

G Am Em   G C D G   G Am Em  G C D Em 
oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
smashing a perfectly good guitar
i don't know who they think they are
smashing a perfectly good guitar

Em          D         Em
Em          D         Em

it started back - in 1963
his momma wouldn't buy him - that new red harmony
he settled for - a sunburt with a crack
but he's still trying - to break his momma's back.

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he loved that guitar - just like a girlfriend
but every good thing - comes to an end
now he just sits - in his room all day
whistling every - note he ever played

Solo  Guitar - Same Chords as intro.

there ought to be a law - with no bail
smash a guitar and you go to jail
with no chance - for early parole
you don't get out till you get some soul

chorus

late at night - the end of the road
he wishes he still had - the old guitar to hold
he'd rock it like - a baby in his arms
never let it - come to any harm

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