Kem Anderson

Lyrics

Heartbreak Guitar

Let me tell the story of that guitar, Granddaughter
You're holding in your hands
I saved up for two years to buy her
Playing lonely one-night stands

She smells of velvet and lemon oil
Her steel-strings ring like bells
My dreams were spurned like a jealous lover
It’s always hurt like hell.

Chorus
Heartbreak Guitar
You're holding Heartbreak Guitar
I was denied my deepest yearning
I’ve forever borne the scar.

To escape a coal miners’ life
I moved to Nashville, Tennessee
The guitar came, the year your mother was born
1953

Another year, my dreams fell as ash
Nashville turned me out.
I locked that guitar away
Drank away my doubt.

Chorus
Heartbreak Guitar
Now she’s your Heartbreak Guitar
I was denied my deepest yearning
I will forever bear the scar.

Bridge
Rest easy now Granddad you showed me songs to write.
We sang Townes, Johnny Cash, and Emmy Lou all night
I'm leaving out for Austin
I know the money will be tight
With this guitar in my hands
I'll break hearts every night...
They’ll beg me to break their hearts
Every single night.

Chorus
Heartbreak guitar
Now she’s my Heartbreak Guitar.
I’ll share her with the world,
become a music star

Heart Break Guitar
I love this Heartbreak Guitar
If I am denied my deepest yearning
I will learn to love the scar.

If I am denied my deepest yearning
I’ll forever… love the scar.

Heartbreak Guitar (Repeat 3 times)

Music and Lyrics by Kem Anderson ©2015