This Old Guitar

Words & Music by John Denver
from Back Home Again (1974)

Unusual chords:
A7sus4  :  ||2|3|
D/C#    :  |4|232
Bm/A    :  ||4432
 
 
D  A  Bm  F#m  G  A  D  A  Bm  G  A  A7sus4 

   D              A                Bm      F#m
1. This old guitar taught me to    sing a  love song
2. This old guitar gave me my love-ly      lady
3. This old guitar gave me my      life my living

  G                         A7sus4          D  D/C#  Bm  Bm/A 
1. it showed me how to laugh and how to  cry.
2. it opened up her eyes     and ears to me
3. all the things you know   I love to   do

             G                 A
1. It intro-duced me to some friends of mine 
2. it       brought us close together
3. to       serenade the     stars that shine

       D        D/C#             Bm  Bm/A 
1. and brightened up some    days
2. and I guess it broke her  heart
3.     from a sunny mountain-side

        G                    A7sus4            D  D/C#  Bm  Bm/A
1. and helped me make it thru  some lonely  nights. Oh.
2. it  opened up the space for us to be
3. and most of all to sing my  songs for you
 
            G                  A7                  D  D/C# Bm Bm/A G A7sus4 A7 
1. What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night
2. What a lovely place and a  lovely space to be.
3.             I love to sing my songs for    you. 

   D/C#    Bm      Bm/A  G                A7               D      
3. Yes I do, you know     and I love to sing my songs for you

   D/C#  Bm  Bm/A  G  A7sus4  A7  D  D/C#  Bm  Bm/A
   G   A7  D  Bm  Bm/A  A7  A7sus4  D