Emma Jean's Guitar

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Stuart Duncan

Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985. Duncan is a much-in-demand session musician and has worked with such stars as George Strait, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and Barbra Streisand.. Duncan collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bassist Edgar Meyer, and mandolinist Chris Thile in the 2011 album The Goat Rodeo Sessions. more »

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1997

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I found it in a pawn shop in a ragged cardboard case
With the guns and dusty watches it looked so out of place
With a Trailways baggage sticker yellow frayed and torn
Destination Nashville Septemper '64

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And you could tell by the fingerboard her painted nails were long
She only needed three cords to play those good ole country songs 
And her name's etched in the finish like a fading battle scar
And this 1950 Gibson was Emma Jean's guitar
 
I wonder if she played it in a small town talent show
With her hair teased to perfection in a dress her mama sewed
And for a little inspiration she pasted on a star
Here up on the head stock of Emma Jean's guitar

[Chorus]

Doooooo doooo

I wouldn't even know her if I saw her face to face
But there's a little bit of Emma Jean in every song I play
She passed along these hopes and dreams cradled in my arms
And I am just a guardian of Emma Jean's guitar

[Chorus]

This 1950 Gibson was Emma Jean's guitar
Doooo dooo doooo doo  ooooooo

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