Guitar Man Lyrics

The song Guitar Man is performed by Elvis Presley in the album named Artist of the Century in the year 1999 .



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 hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis
Got a room at the YMCA
And for the next three weeks , I went huntin' them nights
Just lookin' for a place to play
Well, I thought my pickin' 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 outta money and luck
So, I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia
On a overloaded poultry truck

I thumbed on down to Panama City
Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars
Hopin' I could make myself a dollar
Makin' music on my guitar

I 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
Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama
At a club they call Big Jack's

A little four-piece band was jammin'
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
Make it on out to a 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

Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band?
Wouldn't ya know
It's that swingin' little guitar man
Yeah, yeah



Elvis Presley - Artist of the Century

Jul 1999

  1. That's All Right
  2. Good Rockin' Tonight
  3. Baby, Let's Play House
  4. Mystery Train
  5. Trying To Get To You
  6. Heartbreak Hotel
  7. Blue Suede Shoes
  8. My Baby Left Me
  9. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
  10. Hound Dog
  11. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
  12. Don't Be Cruel
  13. Love Me Tender
  14. Love Me
  15. Anyplace Is Paradise
  16. All Shook Up
  17. Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do!
  18. Let Me Be Your (Teddy Bear)
  19. One Night
  20. Jailhouse Rock
  21. Baby I Don't Care
  22. Treat Me Nice
  23. Don't
  24. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
  25. Trouble
  26. Hard Headed Woman
  27. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
  28. A Big Hunk O' Love
  29. A Fool Such As I
  30. Stuck On You
  31. It's Now Or Never
  32. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
  33. A Mess Of Blues
  34. Like A Baby
  35. The Girl Of My Best Friend
  36. Such A Night
  37. Reconsider Baby
  38. Surrender
  39. Can't Help Falling In Love
  40. That's Someone You Never Forget
  41. Little Sister
  42. His Latest Flame
  43. Anything That's Part Of You
  44. Good Luck Charm
  45. She's Not You
  46. Return To Sender (From "Girls! Girls! Girls!")
  47. Devil In Disguise
  48. Memphis Tennessee
  49. It Hurts Me
  50. Down In The Alley
  51. Run On
  52. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
  53. Big Boss Man
  54. Guitar Man
  55. Tiger Man
  56. If I Can Dream
  57. In The Ghetto
  58. Suspicious Minds
  59. Don't Cry Daddy
  60. I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)
  61. Stranger In My Own Home Town
  62. After Loving You
  63. Only The Strong Survive
  64. The Wonder Of You
  65. Polk Salad Annie
  66. I've Lost You
  67. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
  68. I Just Can't Help Believin'
  69. Merry Christmas Baby
  70. I'm Leavin'
  71. An American Trilogy
  72. Burning Love
  73. Always On My Mind
  74. Promised Land (alt. take 5)
  75. For The Heart

Guitar Man