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Fender Champ Lyrics

FENDER CHAMP

Started out on a soapbox in '63
doin' the back porch boogie in cowboy 'E'
I had a Monkey Ward's git-tar and a Silvertone amp
but I was workin' on becomin' a Fender Champ
Bought a Kalamazoo throwin' the Fort Worth Press
Some Black Diamond Strings and a naugahyde vest
Anticipatin' stardom at the school stage ramp
Finally gettin' a shot at bein' a Fender Champ
Melonhead said, 'Forget the macho stuff,
and learn how to play your guitar'
well that's all well and good, but somebody should
run the spotlight and tend the bar...
'TEND THE BAR!' (tend the bar...)

Daddy said an education was my ticket in
but I never went to Princeton like them Deluxe Twins
Professor Mel Bay and The Ventures burnin' the midnight lamp
prayed The Lord'd let me be a Fender Champ
In Copenhagen its cold, in London its damp
the promoter buys the postcards, but you buy the stamps
one town you're a treasure, the next you're a tramp
too late to turn back from bein' a Fender Champ
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