Six strings on this old guitar I broke one now there's five

But five's enough to play my love song and try to win her back

Cause the nights're cold and lonely since she's gone

She heard that guitar picker named Atkins play our favorite song

And ever since she's heard him play everything I do is wrong



Sittin' up here underneath her window barren down with all of my might

Things just gettin' sore just pickin' that guitar

But I gotta pick loud cause she slammed the window down tight

She heard that guitar picker named Atkins...



Five strings on this old guitar I broke another now there's only four

If I can just hang on to this four string guitar

I can fix things up tonight like they were before

She heard that guitar picker named Atkins...



I've heard tell of a four string guitar two more just broke I got two to go

But I'm gonna pick the fire out of this two string guitar

Keeping my baby is my one desire

For sale this beat up guitar only got one string to play our song

And I got no one to hold and kiss me cause Chester Atkins got my baby and gone