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JD Clayton – This Old Guitar Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C  G  Am  Em
F  G  C G Am
F  G

[Verse 1]
C           G
This old guitar taught me
    Am     Em
 to sing a love song,
F                   G
It showed me how to laugh
            C  G Am
and how to cry.
        F                G
It introduced me to some friends
of mine and brightened
          Am
up some days.
F                    G
It helped me make it through
                    Am
some lonely nights.
       F                   G
What a friend to have on a cold
            C    G Am  F  G
and lonely night

[Verse 2]
C           G              Am
This old guitar gave me my lovely
  Em    F                G
 lady, it opened up her eyes
                 Am
 and ears to me.
F                     G
It brought us close together and
   C        G         Am
I guess it broke her heart,
F                G
It opened up the space for us
      Am       F
 to be, what a lovely place and
 G               C G Am  F  G
lovely space to be.

[Verse 3]
C           G              Am
This old guitar gave me my life my
  Em     F
 living all the things you
  G              C G Am
 know I love to do
   F            G
To serenade the stars that shine
                      Am
 from a sunny mountainside,
F               G
Most of all, to sing my songs
        Am F         G
for you,  I love to sing
my songs for you,
      Am            F
Yes I do, you know, I love
    G
to sing my songs for you.

[Outro]
G  Am  F  G   C

Watch: JD Clayton - This Old Guitar (Official Audio)

From JD Clayton on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play This Old: key, chords and progression

These are This Old Guitar chords by JD Clayton on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play This Old by JD Clayton, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 5 chords: C, G, Am, Em and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Am – F – G (V – vi – IV – V in C major). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.