Flat Top Gibson Guitar Song Lyrics and Chords by Lloyd Snow
Flat Top Gibson Guitar
Recorded by Lloyd Snow
Written by Pat Maher
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The first day I saw him I'll never
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forget
Downtown on the sidewalk where we first
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met
On a small wooden stand by the old timer's
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He was singing a
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song strumming
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along
On an old flat top Gibson gui
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tar
His tall weary frame showed long years of
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neglect
And his pride had been buried beside his
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respect
Recalling the day pushed his memory too
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far
But when all's said and
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done he was second to
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On that old flat top Gibson gui
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On warm summer's evening when hours were
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mine
I'd be down there with him from seven till
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nine
A boy of twelve years dreaming of being a
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star
So he taught me to
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play in his own special
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way
On that old flat top Gibson gui
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tar
We grew as close as father and
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son
Yet we knew that the time for the parting would
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come
Then came the night he was not by the
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I felt so a
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lone that I cried going
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home
For him and that old flat top Gibson gui
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My mother was standing by our garden
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gate
Pointing to a car leaving dust in its
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wake
Your friend came by she said in that old
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car
And he left on the
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lawn what you wanted so
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long
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The years have gone by and I'm up with the
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greats
I traveled all over the United
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States
And I've searched every crowd but with no luck so
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far
Wonder where could he
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be and does he see
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me
Still playing that old flat top Gibson gui
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Flat Top Gibson Guitar?
- The song Flat Top Gibson Guitar was sang by Lloyd Snow.
Who is Lloyd Snow?
- Lloyd Snow (born January 5, 1943) is an educator and former political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented Trinity-Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 2003 as a Liberal.
He was born in Victoria, the son of Arthur Snow, and was educated in Brownsdale and at Memorial University. Snow was an elementary school principal and high school teacher and vice-principal. In 1967, he married Linda Mansfield. Snow was mayor of Hant's Harbour. He served as speaker for the provincial assembly from 1995 to 2003.
