CLÁSSICOS PARA A VIDA ETERNA

THE GUITAR MAN - 1972 - BREAD

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

The Guitar Man faz parte do quinto álbum do grupo Bread, Guitar Man, de 1972. A canção, composta por David Gates, é uma mistura de rock balada, com cordas, violão e um efeito wah-wah de guitarra, interpretado por Larry Knechtel. A melodia conta com um encadeamento harmônico composto por 12 acordes diferentes, coisa pouco comum na música pop.

O single alcançou a posição número 11 no Bilboard Hot Charts nos EUA e foi sucesso no mundo inteiro.

Who draws the crowd and plays so loud,

Baby it's the guitar man

Who's gonna steal the show, you know

Baby it's the guitar man,

He can make you laugh, he can make you cry

He will bring you down, then he'll get you high

Somethin' keeps him goin', miles and miles a day

To find another place to play

Night after night who treats you right,

Baby it's the guitar man

Who's on the radio, you go listen

To the guitar man

Then he comes to town, and you see his face,

And you think you might like to take his place

Somethin' keeps him driftin' miles and miles away

Searchin' for the songs to play

Then you listen to the music and you like to sing along,

You want to get the meaning out of each and ev'ry song

Then you find yourself a message and some words to call your own

And take them home

He can make you love, he can get you high

He will bring you down, then he'll make you cry

Somethin' keeps him movin', but no one seems to know

What it is that makes him go.

Then the lights begin to flicker and the sound is getting dim

The voice begins to falter and the crowds are getting thin

But he never seems to notice he's just got to find

Another place to play,

(Anyway got to play, anyway got to play)

(Neither way got to play, neither way got to play)