They've Stole My Steel Guitar Song Lyrics and Chords
They've Stole My Steel Guitar Song Lyrics and Chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
They've Stole My Steel Guitar
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Larry Kingston
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Now I'm a guitar picker
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musician is my
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trade
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full-fledged union
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member
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Lord knows where all I've
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played
The
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other day I left my things in the
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trunk of my old car
Would you believe some dirty
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dog
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stole my steel
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guitar
It's
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just an old used Sho Bud
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for which I've saved and scraped
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I bought it second handed from a
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cat who's name was
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Drake
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I loved it like a woman
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and I cherished every war
And I'd have killed a man whose
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sticky hands
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clamped on my steel
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I babied every peddle and
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polished them each
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day
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For I had the only
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Sho Bud in
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Podunk
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wa
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I was king of all the women
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they wrote from near and far
But the mail has sure been
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dropping off since they
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stole my steel
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I can sound like Roy Wiggins Don
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Helms and Jerry
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Byrd
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can make it sing
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forever and
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never slur a
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word
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And when I played like Emmons it
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nearly caught on fire
And I can't play know hot
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licks now they
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stole my steel
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FAQ
Who sang the the song They've Stole My Steel Guitar?
- The song They've Stole My Steel Guitar was sang by Little Jimmy Dickens.
Who is Little Jimmy Dickens?
- James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 - January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits, in which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
