Name: Three Chord Jimmy
Duration: 4 min 18 s
Channel: Eric J. Baker
Description: "Three Chord Jimmy" is a song by Eric Baker.

Three Chord Jimmy

Eric Baker

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Eric Baker

Simplistic

I just released my first solo album after two years of working on it. Also, I'm currently playing in the band National Road which is a four-piece acoustic outfit based in Frostburg, Maryland. Several members of the band contributed to the album.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Charts

Peak #567

Peak in subgenre #80

Author

Eric J. Baker

Rights

2010

Uploaded

November 25, 2010

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 4:18

Story behind the song

A tribute to all the old guitar pickers I've known over the years.

Lyrics

“Three-Chord Jimmy”
Music and Lyrics by Eric J. Baker	(2010)

Three-Chord Jimmy was a guy I knew
Played all of his songs in the key of two
He’d say, “Three chords are all you need
To make a pretty girl blush and a strong man weep”
Ya never need more than what will do

Three-Chord Jimmy played Saturday nights
He played through raids and he played through fights
On Sunday mornings at the break of dawn
Ol’ Jimmy’d be playin’ those gospel songs
Folks were swayin’ in every pew

CHORUS
When that old man, he’d play one
I’d tap my feet and sing along
Forget all my troubles for a while
When that old man, he’d play two
Sooth my soul, chase away the blues
Three-Chord Jimmy could always make me smile

INSTRUMENTAL

Three-Chord Jimmy had an old guitar
A beat-up Martin from before the war
He’d say, “This ol’ box is my truest friend,
Been with me through both thick and thin”
We’d sit and talk and have a beer or two

Three-Chord Jimmy died a happy man
And I’m proud to say I was his biggest fan
And he played guitar ‘til his dying day
Like Fiddler Jones he just lived to play
A life of late nights and booze

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