JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Me and My Guitar" merupakan lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh James Taylor pada 1 Juni 1974.
Lagu tersebut menjadi trek keempat dari 10 lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk Walking Man.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Jump Up Behind Me - James Taylor
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Me and My Guitar" dari James Taylor.
[Intro]
E7 B7 E7
[Verse 1]
E7
Me and my guitar, always in the same mood.
E7
I am mostly flesh and bones and he is mostly wood.
Em11
Never does grow impatient for the changes I don't know, no.
N.C.
If he can't go to heaven, maybe, I don't want to go, Lord.
[Verse 2]
E7 N.C.
Picture me in the key of E, call me Uncle John.
E7
Any fool can easily see that we go back a long time.
E7
Feel something like fine to me, there's no such thing as the wrong time.
N.C. E
He hops up on my knee, singing, get down, Pops, it's song time.
[Bridge]
E F#/G# C#m7 F#m7 B E
Every now and then I'm a lonely man, it's nice to know that I've got a friend.
F#/G# C#m7 B7 A7
Puts his power right in my hand, all I've got to do is the best I can, if I can.
[Interlude]
E7 A7 E7
[Verse 3]
E7 N.C.
Got a dog named David, got a bird named Dinah,
E7
got a birthmark on my thigh in the shape of Mainland China.
E7
Got a somewhat southern accent cause I come from Carolina,
N.C.
and if you want to find us, we'll be walking right behind you.
[Bridge]
E F#/G# C#m7 F#m7 B E
I hear horns, I hear voices, I hear strings,
F#/G# C#
Seems I was born with too many choices.
B7 A7
Now what am I going to do with all these extra things,
A7
as they serve to confuse me, really.
[Outro]
E7 Bm7 A 7
It's me and my guitar, essentially me and my guitar.
E7
Oh, maybe a few friends fall by for tea, a little bit of 'who do you love?'
E7
But pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, it's me and my guitar.
E7
Having fun, boogie-woogie, uh-huh, me and my guitar, me and my guitar...