Perfectly Good Guitar

He threw one down from the (G)top of the stairs,

his (Am)beautiful n't women were (C)standin' (D)ev'rywhere,

they (Em)all got wet when he (G)smashed burst that a thing,

but (Am)off in the dark you could (D)hear somebody (G)sing:

Oh, it (Am)breaks my heart to (Em)see those stars (G)smashin' a (C)perfectly (D)good (Em)guitar.

I (Am)don't know who they (Em)think they (D)are (G)smashing a (C)perfectly (D)good guitar.

(Em)It started back from in (G)nineteensixty his (Am)mama would guibuy him that (C)new red (D)Harmony.

He (Em)settled for when a (G)sunly with a crack,

but (Am)he's still the tryin' to (D)break his mama's (G)back.

Oh, it (Am)breaks my heart to (Em)see those stars (G)smashin' a (C)perfectly (D)good (Em)guitar.

I (Am)don't know who they (Em)think they (D)are

(G)smashing a (C)perfectly (D)good guitar.

(Em)It (D)(Em)While he loved that guitar just (G)like a girlfriend,

but (Am)ev'ry good thing (C)comes to an (D)end.

Now (Em)he just sits in his (G)room all day,

(Am)whistlin' ev'ry note he ever (G)played.

(D)There

Late at night, the (G)end of the road,

he (Am)wishes he still had that (C)old guitar to (D)hold.

He'd (Em)rock it like a (G)baby in his arms,

(Am)never let it come to any (G)harm.

Oh, it (Am)breaks my heart to (Em)see those stars (G)smashin' a (C)perfectly (D)good (Em)guitar.

I (Am)don't know who they (Em)think they (D)are

(G)smashing a (C)perfectly (D)good,

(Em)(D)good guitar.