She turn fifteen with great expectations
Her older brother knew something was up
He caught her going through his record collection
Looking at Hendrix like a love sick pup
She begged and she pleaded ‘till dad finally listened
He drove her in the car down to sears roebuck
He bought her that guitar and that was the beginning
Now she's down in the cellar with the amp turned up

Girls with guitars, Daddy's little angel
Girls with guitars, what's the world coming to
Girls with guitars, mothers tend to worry about girls with guitars

Well, Saturday night she followed her brother
It was socks and stockings on the old gym floor
While everybody danced to garage band covers
She was checking out riffs and memorizing chords
She didn't care at all for the football heroes
She didn't even notice the basketball stars
Boys as a species were all a bunch of zero's
Except for the ones who played that guitar

Ah, girls with guitars, she wasn't any debutante
Girls with guitars, she didn't go out for cheerleading
Girls with guitars, boys are kinda nervous around girls with guitars

She went off to college , she got her degree
Her parents breathed a sigh of great relief
Daddy's thinking law school, mother's thinking medicine
Daughters thinking how she's gonna break the news to them

Now there's an old chevy van just sitting in the driveway
Filled to the gills with all her stuff
She cut a deal with her brother to drive up the highway
Figures New York City is close enough
She gets the audition through a friend of a friend
Who's checking out her legs, saying, This'll never work
She flips on her boogie and turns to the band
Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk
Girls with guitars, now everybody's rocking
Girls with guitars, there ought to be a song about girls with guitars
There's just no stopping those girls with guitars

Get your money for nothing and your guys for free

Photographs taken June 21, 1998 at the 25th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival.