Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Some songs are cathartic and as cathartic songs go this one is very close to the top of the list when it comes to explaining my you tube excursions.. I have a wish which is to play 'my old guitar' with my old guitar in the rocky mountains one day.. and maybe sit amongst the rocks and pay a little homage to a great song writer, John Denver, who wrote this little gem....( he died on my birthday)
Notes:
John Denver wrote this song about a 1910 Gibson "F-hole" acoustic jazz guitar his grandmother gave him when he was 12 years old. This was the same guitar she used to play, and it became Denver's prized possession, as he learned to love music playing the instrument. Denver would often talk about the guitar in concert appearances and interviews, as it was such an important part of his development. He was living in Tucson, Arizona when he got the guitar, as his father, who was in the Air Force, was stationed there. He died on October 12, 1997 and his body was cremated along with this same guitar. The remains were spread over the Rocky Mountains.
THIS OLD GUITAR
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry
It introduced me to some friends of mine
And brightened up some days
It helped me make it through some lonely nights
Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady
It opened up her eyes and ears to me
It brought us close together
I guess it broke her heart
It opened up the space for us to be
What a lovely place and a lovely space to be
This old guitar gave me my life my living
All the things you know I love to do
To serenade the stars that shine
From a sunny mountainside
Most of all to sing my songs for you
I love to sing my songs for you
Yes, I do, you know
I love to sing my songs for you
Some songs are cathartic and as cathartic songs go this one is very close to the top of the list when it comes to explaining my you tube excursions.. I have a wish which is to play 'my old guitar' with my old guitar in the rocky mountains one day.. and maybe sit amongst the rocks and pay a little homage to a great song writer, John Denver, who wrote this little gem....( he died on my birthday)
Notes:
John Denver wrote this song about a 1910 Gibson "F-hole" acoustic jazz guitar his grandmother gave him when he was 12 years old. This was the same guitar she used to play, and it became Denver's prized possession, as he learned to love music playing the instrument. Denver would often talk about the guitar in concert appearances and interviews, as it was such an important part of his development. He was living in Tucson, Arizona when he got the guitar, as his father, who was in the Air Force, was stationed there. He died on October 12, 1997 and his body was cremated along with this same guitar. The remains were spread over the Rocky Mountains.
THIS OLD GUITAR
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry
It introduced me to some friends of mine
And brightened up some days
It helped me make it through some lonely nights
Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady
It opened up her eyes and ears to me
It brought us close together
I guess it broke her heart
It opened up the space for us to be
What a lovely place and a lovely space to be
This old guitar gave me my life my living
All the things you know I love to do
To serenade the stars that shine
From a sunny mountainside
Most of all to sing my songs for you
I love to sing my songs for you
Yes, I do, you know
I love to sing my songs for you
