Elvis Presley - Guitar Man: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Guitar Man" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Guitar Man Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Elvis Presley

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Guitar Man" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

               C#7
Well I quit my job down at the car wash
I left my momma a goodbye note
By sundown I’d left Kingston
With my guitar under my coat
              F#7
I hitch-hiked all the way down to Memphis
Got a room at the Y.M.C.A.
        C#7
For the next three weeks
I went a hauntin’ them night clubs
Lookin’ for a place a play
         G#7
Well I thought my pickin’ would set ‘em on fire
     F#7                           C#7
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man

Well I nearly ‘bout starved
to death down in Memphis
I run outta money and luck
So I bummed me a ride down to Macon, Georgia
On a overloaded poultry truck
I thumbed on down to Panama City
Started pickin’ out some of them all-night bars
Hopin’ I could make myself a dollar
Makin’ music on my guitar
I got the same old story at them all night piers
There ain’t no room around here for a guitar man

We don’t need no guitar man, son

      F#7
So I slept in the hobo jungles
I bummed a thousand miles of track
       C#7
Til I found myself in Mobile, Alabama
In a club they call “Big Jack’s”
         F#7
a little four piece band was jammin’
So I took my guitar and I sat in
   D#7
I showed ‘em what a band would sound like
        G#7
with a swingin’ little guitar man

Show ‘em son

                       C#7
So if you ever take a trip down to the ocean
Find yourself down around Mobile
Well make it out to a club called “Jack’s”
If you got a little time to kill
     F#7
Just follow that crowd of people
You’ll wind up out on his dance floor
C#7
Diggin’ the finest little five piece group
Up and down the Gulf of Mexico
    G#7
And guess who’s leadin’ that five piece band
F#7
Wouldn’t you know it’s that swingin’
little guitar man

Yeah Yeah  guitarman


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#7

Guitar chord C#7

D#7

Guitar chord D#7

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

G#7

Guitar chord G#7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Guitar Man" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Guitar Man" by Elvis Presley.

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