Vern's Guitar

	  		
   

Intro: D  

Verse:1  
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I was waiting at the door, treasure I'd been searching for behind it  
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An old woman let me in, she was eager to begin she said, ''I'll find it''  
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She opened up a tattered case, I felt my heart begin to race, an old Martin   
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And there we made the deal, five hundred bucks, a steal  
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Is it a dream or is it real, I wondered  

Verse:2  
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She said, ''this was my Vern's guitar, it made him feel just like a star to play it  
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And in his younger days, folks in town they were amazed to hear him  
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For in his hands it came to life, and I was proud to be his wife oh, the memories  
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No one plays it anyway, since that day it's not the same  
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I hope that you will like to play Vern's old guitar  

Instrumental: D G A Em A G D  

Verse:  
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I hadn't noticed Vern, but in the corner of that room he watched us  
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He couldn't say a word, but from his look I clearly heard ''don't do this''  
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Tears flowed from those sad old eyes, that guitar I'd meant to buy, oh, the memories  
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I set that flat top down, with empty hands I left that town  
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Another's treasure I had found Vern's old guitar  

Outro: D