Details of
Don't Play Guitar Boy
by Geoff Achison


Lyrics Writer: Geoff Achison
Music Writer: Geoff Achison

Publisher: Control (self)
Licensing: APRA


Lyrics

Don’t play guitar boy
Don’t shoot for the stars boy
Because it ain’t worth the trouble
When your guitar is the shovel, that digs your grave
 
So you want to play every night
Just to follow your dream
And to play that blues music
You want to hear the people scream
But they’ll sneak in through the back
And your boss may rip you off
Make you play real late
And you can’t hold down no job
 
So don’t play guitar boy
Don’t shoot for the stars boy
Because that guitar that you play
Just might wind up the spade that digs your grave
 
You may have heard about Robert Johnson
He used to carry that guitar from town to town
But if he never played that music
He might have just stuck around
And take your man Jimi Hendrix
Well sure he played real hot
But he’ll never know
Just how famous he got
 
So don’t play guitar boy
Don’t shoot for the stars boy
Because that guitar that you play
Just might wind up the spade that digs your grave
 
Man I love this music, like nothing I know
It gets in my system, and it flows through my bones
Sure I could spend my life just paying off some bank
But working nine to five, I’ve gonna tell you ‘No thanks’
 
I’ll play guitar man
I’ll shoot for the stars man
And this guitar that I use is gonna play these blues
Until I die

Yeah, this guitar that I use is gonna play these blues
Until I die
 
 
© Geoff Achison 1988