"Guitar Man" by Elvis Presley

"Guitar Man" in the style of Elvis Presley.

Written by Jerry Reed.

"Well I quit my job down at the car wash
I left my mama a goodbye note.
By sundown I'd left Kingston
With my guitar under my coat.
I hitch-hiked all the way down to Memphis

Got a room at the Y.M.C.A.
For the next three weeks I went a haunting them night clubs
Looking for a place to play.
Well I thought my picking would set 'em on fire
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

Well I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis
I run out of 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 the all night bars
Hopin' I can make myself a dollar
Makin' music on my guitar.

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 a guitar man son.

So I slept in the hobo jungles
I roamed a thousand miles of track
'til I found myself in Mobile, Alabama
In a club they call 'Big Jack's'.

A little four piece band was jamming
So I took my guitar and I sat in.
I showed 'em what a band would sound like
With a swingin' little guitar man.
Show 'em son.

If you ever take a trip down to the ocean
Find yourself down around Mobile.
Well make it on out to the club called 'Jack's'
If you got a little time to kill.

Just follow that crowd of people
You'll wind up out on his dance floor
Diggin' the finest little five piece group
Up and down the Gulf of Mexico.

And guess who's leading that five piece band
Why wouldn't you know
It's that swinging little guitar man."

A video by Pokechoppah93™.
Music is property of Elvis Presley Enterprises. ©2009

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• Guitar
• Man
• Elvis
• Presley
• King
• Rock
• Roll

[berrygirl964]

Very nice video- you included some really great pix!

[Pokechoppah93]

@berrygirl964 Thanks so much for the wonderful comment. I appreciate it. Trying to help the King's legacy live and breathe.

[TalaHassySassy]

NICE VIDEO.

[Pokechoppah93]

Thanks. Your's is, as well.

[wrkndude1]

Nice job on the guitar by Jerry Reed

[Myrtle791]

Dave here. Sorry, gang, but I prefer David Gates' "Bread" version of "Guitar Man.

[TheRonnieLuver]

i got this from dukes of hazzard lol :P

[muckybobbies]

Does anyone know the american TV series that used this as a theme song? It featured a fella riding a fully dressed Harley-Davidson electra glide....?

Just trying to look it up.

[TalaHassySassy]

Good One!!!

[TalaHassySassy]

Love those young photos of Elvis....

[shawent]

This is such a great song and a great video.5*****

[kpeppw]

oh such a wonderful song!! ionce made a video with this song. BUT YOURS IS SO MUCH BETTER!!!