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03-21-2019, 05:41 AM
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The Mississippi Delta Was Shining Like a National Guitar...
This opening line used to be what I considered the finest opening line to any song ever written...until I recently discovered The Avett Brothers No Hard Feelings which opens with "When my body won't hold me anymore and it, finally, let's me free, will I be ready"
Anyway, I was just wondering about lyrics that referenced guitars. Obviously Gracelands is an excellent example along with While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Anymore out there? Looking forward to checking out all examples suggested. 
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03-21-2019, 06:01 AM
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edit -- Sorry I missed the part about guitars. I was just posting my favorite opening line.
I've always loved Jason Isbell's "Speed Trap Town" She said, "It's none of my business but it breaks my heart" Dropped a dozen cheap roses in my shopping cart Last edited by UncleJesse; 03-21-2019 at 06:23 AM.
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#4
03-21-2019, 06:15 AM
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Quote:
For a ride in the mornin' sun Back in Boulder he had told her 'I don't know when I had a better friend...' Now he's traded off his Martin But his troubles are not over For his feet are almost frozen And the sun is sinkin' low..." Ten Degrees and Getting Colder, Gordon Lightfoot
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03-21-2019, 08:32 AM
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Not the first line of the first verse, but still a classic:
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made People passing by they would stop and say "Oh my what that little country boy could play"
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03-21-2019, 08:37 AM
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I used to have a red guitar 'til I smashed it one drunk night
Smashed it in the classic form, like Peter Townshend might Louden Wainwright III - Red Guitar Best, Jayne
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#9
03-21-2019, 08:53 AM
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"This my Grandpa's old Gibson, and a girl of no importance, a shot of whiskey sittin' on the bar" is the opening line to "Chances Are," sung by actor Garrett Hedlund in the soundtrack to the 2010 film "Country Strong."
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03-21-2019, 09:14 AM
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I was recently reminded of the song "Long Hard Road" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band:
"Mama played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend and rain drops played the tin roof like a drum. But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin' takes me down the road to where my name is known. Now I've gone, and it's a long hard road."
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#11
03-21-2019, 09:51 AM
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A few come to mind (close enough?)...
I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it 'til my fingers bled Was the summer of sixty-nine -Bryan Adams Who draws the crowd and plays so loud, baby, it's the guitar man Who's gonna steal the show, you know, baby, it's the guitar man -Bread Sultans of Swing -Dire Straits
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#12
03-21-2019, 10:07 AM
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From one of the most fun rhyming songs ever written:
I'll see Alice in Nogales on Friday night I'll bring this guitar with me We'll sing 'til broad daylight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDOm2lf3Ubk ...and straight from the Kingston Trio: "A wailin' song and a good guitar are the only things that I understand..." Last edited by H165; 03-21-2019 at 01:33 PM.
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#14
03-21-2019, 11:12 AM
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Another good one...
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry! Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell Go go Go Johnny go go Go Johnny go go Go Johnny go go Go Johnny go go Johnny B. Goode
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03-21-2019, 11:57 AM
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From John Hiatt's Memphis in the Meantime:
Sure I like country music I like mandolins But right now I need a telecaster Through a vibro-lux turned up to ten
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