Talking Guitar Blues-Lonnie Donegan

[ti:Talking Guitar Blues] [ar:Lonnie Donegan] [al:Dead or Alive, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.08]Talking Guitar Blues - Lonnie Donegan [00:00.74]Written by：Ernest Tubb [00:01.62] [00:05.54]If you wanna get in trouble let me tell you how to do it [00:07.78]Get yourself a guitar and then you're right into it [00:09.66]You play all day and you play all night [00:11.47]People say you'll never learn to play the thing right [00:13.40]Always messing about groaning at you [00:15.12]Moaning won't let you practise [00:17.07]So I bought myself a guitar about a year ago [00:19.16]The man said I could learn it in a week or so [00:21.01]Gave me a little book pick or two [00:22.87]Said here y'are mate it's up to you [00:24.71]Dirty rotter cost me ten nicker all the loot I had [00:29.07]Good guitar though called it a pluckit [00:30.99] [00:32.48]Anyway spent me dough [00:34.30]And I couldn't let it all go to waste you know [00:36.03]So I took the book guitar and all [00:37.93]And I went back home where the trees are tall [00:39.81]Down in Woodford good place to be if you've got a guitar [00:42.86] [00:43.60]Pretty rotten if you ain't [00:44.59] [00:45.47]Well for weeks and weeks I worked hard [00:46.96]And I tried to learn a few main chords [00:49.62]The book says they're easy as a b c [00:51.30]Cor my fingers is killing me got sore on the ends [00:55.16]Couldn't hold the strings down [00:56.34] [00:57.06]Wanted to pack up cor I felt rough [00:59.02] [01:00.76]Anyway kept on playing with all me might [01:02.67]I could see mum's hair was turning white [01:04.54]And her face was lined with discontent [01:06.53]She said her patience was pretty near spent [01:08.42]She was nervous ears ringing wanted to scream [01:11.21] [01:11.80]You know couldn't get no relief [01:13.36] [01:14.17]So sister anyway she took it worst of all [01:16.13]'Cause she got married the following fall [01:17.79]She said for love but I got me doubts [01:19.88]I think the guitar chased her out [01:21.45]She's a game girl though [01:22.71]Just couldn't take it you know limit to everything [01:24.76] [01:25.53]Dad he took it a different way [01:27.40]He said you can turn your mum's hair grey [01:29.34]Drive your sister away from home [01:31.07]But you or me boy's gonna start to roam [01:33.01]And I ain't going never intend to [01:35.07] [01:35.62]You figure it out so I did fast you know [01:37.88] [01:38.74]Anyway next day had me clothes all packed [01:40.73]And I slung me guitar across me back [01:42.64]Caught myself a great long train [01:44.33]Searched the world for me share of fame [01:46.22]Ain't found none just hardships messing about [01:49.97] [01:50.50]Skiffle Tommy Steele