This Piece Of Wood (HH 5208) Ernie Kinney

OPENER

Sides face, grand square
This guitar only sings the way I play it
It's part of me just like another arm
It started out as a little ukelele
When I was just a boy on the farm
Allemande and weave
My fingers were too lazy for piano
But I could hold a tune pretty good
And I couldn't sing a song with a trombone
So I taught myself to play this piece of wood

FIGURE

Head two couples square thru, sides roll away
Meet that one and do a dosado
Swing thru and then, boys run to the right
Do a right & left thru, turn the girls and then pass thru
Wheel & deal and now, centers square thru go 3
Swing with the corner, promenade
I'd throw this old box on the fire
Before I'd ever lose you again

MIDDLE BREAK

Four ladies promenade go inside
Get back home and swing with your man
Join hands, circle to the left around and then
Do an allemande left and weave around the land
But I know you are staying beside me
True lovers we both feel the pain
And I'd throw this old box on the fire
Before I'd ever lose you again

ALTERNATE FIGURE

Side two ladies chain across, turn the girl and now
Sides lead to the right and circle to a line
Move up to the middle and back and then square thru
4 hands around and then trade by
Swing thru the outside two and the boys run to the right
Tag the line, face left and promenade
No matter where this guitar's gonna take us
It'll never be as beautiful as you

CLOSER

Sides face, grand square
You never did like this old guitar, did you darlin'?
'Cause this guitar takes your man away from you
One day, I'll write a song for you darlin'
That'll be the very best that I can do
Allemande and weave
Will it be a song about a wild me
With thunderclap and flashes of blue
Or will it be a song about an angel
It'll never be as beautiful as you

TAG

Walk around your corner, come back a dopaso
Partner left, corner right and partner left you know
Courtesy turn and then, move up to the middle and come on back
Bow to the partner, corner too, whoa! You're through