close

Yakety Axe Lyrics & Chords By Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler

LyricsView Chords

Poverty stricken but still I'm a-stickin' to the things I know to be facts
One day it's feathers and the next day chicken while I'm pickin' my yakety axe
Ev'rybody says that I never will get far, keepin' out of work by pickin' this guitar
Livin' on a shoestring, puttin' off things like a shave and a haircut
Money don't matter as long as I scatter a little bit of happiness around
If people keep a grinnin' I figure I'm a winnin' my good old yakety sound
City folks go around turnin' up their noses and countin' their greenbacks and smellin' their roses
But I wouldn't trade my yakety axe, even for a T-bone
I'm confessin' I never took a lesson, all my notes are a matter of guessin'
Hopin' they'll come out in some kinda manner that'll make the yakety sound
So if you're in the mood and your feet start tappin'
And you feel laid back and your hands start clappin'
Then I'll have done what I wanted to from way back
You're diggin' my yakety axe

Tracks related to yakety axe - chet atkins & mark knopfler

ode to mel bay

by: chet atkins & tommy emmanuel

find my way back to my heart

by: alison krauss & union station

gone gone gone (done moved on)

by: robert plant & alison krauss

through the morning, through the night

by: robert plant & alison krauss

diamond days

by: eric bibb

man in love

by: eric clapton

crazy

by: johnny cash & willie nelson

i still miss someone

by: johnny cash & willie nelson

mean enough world

by: old crow medicine show

tennessee waltz

by: david bromberg

wherever i go

by: steve earle

love hurts

by: emmylou harris

heartbreak hill

by: emmylou harris

this is us

by: mark knopfler & emmylou harris

red staggerwing

by: mark knopfler & emmylou harris

you're the reason

by: john fogerty

in a perfect world

by: gretchen peters

one of these days

by: nanci griffith

not innocent enough

by: nanci griffith

old school

by: john hiatt

it is what it is

by: the highwaymen

your own sweet way

by: the notting hillbillies

blues stay away from me

by: the notting hillbillies

this is us

by: mark knopfler and emmylou harris

cannibals

by: mark knopfler

quality shoe

by: mark knopfler

stealing

by: leo kottke

love me

by: the little willies

if i had a boat

by: lyle lovett

close
Sign in person Home A to Z All Artists Top Artists Top Tracks