Down the drain pipe cross the yard and through the fence 顺着排水管穿过院子，并通过围栏

I risked a whoopin' every time I went I I走了whoopin “每一次冒险

'Cause white boys weren't allowed “原因白人男孩不准

On the colored side of town 在小镇的彩色边

But I was proud to call 但我很自豪地称

That old black man my friend 那个老黑人我的朋友

He had a pillow by the bed he used to pray on 他有一个枕头被他用来祈祷在床上

And a beat up old guitar he let me play on 和殴打的老吉他，他让我玩

I knew where my fingers went 我知道在我的手指去

From his greasy fingerprints 从他油腻的指纹

Yeah, he was passin' on 是啊，他是passin 上

What was handed down to him 什么是流传下来给他

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

And it soaked up all the blood and sweat and teardrops 它吸收了所有的心血和汗水和泪水

And the beers he missed in smokey little bars 和啤酒，他在烟熏小酒吧错过

And sometimes that old man he comes alive in my hands 有时候老的人，他在我的手里开始活跃

I feel the beating of his sad old broken heart 我觉得他的伤心旧破心脏的跳动

Just like there's a ghost in this guitar 就像有一个鬼魂在这把吉他

A ghost in this guitar 在这把吉他鬼

   

Well, the night before he died he made me take it 好了，前一天晚上，他死了，他让我把它

He said, "You play it now, 'cause I gotta go" 他说， “你现在打吧，因为我得走了”

And I can feel him in my fingers when I play it 我能感觉到他在我的手指，当我玩

'Cause sometimes I'm in control [因为有时我在控制

And sometimes I just sit back 有时，我只是坐下来

And let him go 并让他去

Sit back and let him go 坐下来，让他去

   

[Repeat Chorus] [重复合唱]

   

Take a listen to the ghost in this guitar 采取听鬼在这把吉他