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My Guitar In My Hands

by Mystery Train

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This is a song Malcolm wrote in response to being under Lockdown (Covid-19 pandemic 2020). All proceeds go to NHS charities www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk

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My Guitar In My Hands

When I pick up this old guitar
My mind and soul are free
For every song I ever sang
Will keep me company
My songs can sail me out to sea
Or trek the desert sands
I roam through time and space at will,
My guitar in my hands.

They sent me word three weeks ago
That I should stay at home
To help protect the NHS
I may no longer roam
But that’s all right, this magic box
Lifts me to other lands
And brings me safely home again,
My guitar in my hands.

Chorus:
With a guitar in your hands my friends
You’ll never be alone
You can ride the wind with the angel band
Your can roll with the rolling stones
You can sing your sorrows loud and clear
You can bring your blessings home
Those six strings summon all to hear
So you’ll never be alone.

I’ll be off to West Virginia
Soon as this song takes hold
Where the pickers were as poor as dirt
But all their songs were gold
I’m back there with the Carters now
And all those old time bands
They’ll keep me company tonight
With guitars in their hands.

From the days of ancient Greece my friends,
When Homer smote his lyre,
To the studios of Nashville
Where the best are up for hire,
From the pubs and clubs of Dublin
To Scotland’s silver strands
You join a mighty company
With a guitar in your hands.

Chorus:
With a guitar in your hands my friends
You’ll never be alone
You can ride the wind with the angel band
Your can roll with the rolling stones
You can sing your sorrows loud and clear
You can bring your blessings home
Those six strings summon all to hear
So you’ll never be alone

This lockdown’s locks give way to me
They open with a pick
Three simple chords can set me free
It’s such an easy trick
So I’ll stay home to save more lives
I’ll meet all their demands
Until we meet again my friends
With guitars in our hands.

credits

released May 16, 2020
Composed by Malcom Guite.
Malcolm Guite: Guitar, vocals
Peter Laing: Slide guitar
Mike Boursnell: bass guitar, mandolin

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Mystery Train Cambridge, UK

Mystery Train are a Cambridgeshire-based band who specialise in good-time, rootsy, Blues and R'n'B-based music. They perform traditonal Blues numbers, Rock 'n' Roll and original songs as well as some covers of great 60s and 70s songs.

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