If I Could Learn To Play Guitar Like You
Thanks to the guys from the band MANITOBA, Dave, Billy, Bill and Ray....and 5 of the best guitarists I've ever worked with: Ray, Wayne, Jimmy, Al and Rocket Ralph.
Ally Piermarini---
Singer, Songwriter
Still at it. Sometimes I can hardly believe it myself...Forty years and thousands of gigs...and I'm still doing it pretty much as I've always done.
Story behind the song
I've always been a frustrated would-be guitar player....(I'm really good at AIR GUITAR)so I wrote this song as a salute to all the great guitarists I've been privileged to work with who do all the things I would do if I only had the skills.
So seriously, all you guys and girls who can really play......I salute you all!!!
Lyrics
IT STARTED IN MY EARLY YEARS, WITH RECORDS, MOSTLY GONE NOW
I ENVIED THOSE GUITARS THEY PLAYED WITH SOUL
AND WAY BACK THEN, THE SEEDS WERE SOWN
THEY WROTE THE BOOK, ENGRAVED IN STONE
GUITAR IS AT THE HEART OF ROCK & ROLL
HEY, ALL YOU PLAYERS TAKE A BOW
WHILE I SALUTE YOU, HEAR AND NOW
I LOVE TO WATCH AND HEAR THOSE THINGS YOU DO
YOU MAKE IT CRY, YOU MAKE IT SING
AND I WOULD DO MOST ANYTHING
IF I COULD LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR LIKE YOU
(GUITAR SOLO 1)
AND AS MY LIFE CONTINUED ON, THE MUSIC, IT STAYED WITH ME
AND DEEP INSIDE I STILL WISHED I COULD PLAY
BUT THOUGH THAT WASN’T MEANT TO BE,
I’LL PUT ASIDE MY JEALOUSY,
JUST LONG ENOUGH TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY
(CHORUS)
(GUITAR SOLOS 2, 3 AND 4)
(CHORUS)
