“Do you guys mind if I play one by myself?”

It’s the inevitable question asked by every arena-filling country singer, when the band leaves the stage and the artist steps up to perform an acoustic number with nothing but a spotlight and a six-string.

Far from just a lyricist’s sidepiece, it’s in this way that the guitar is one of country music’s great equalisers. Whether you’re selling out stadiums or playing the 11am opening slot at a dive bar off Broadway, if you can’t walk into a room with just a guitar on your back and fill it with music then Music City ain’t for you (Tanya Tucker is the exemption to this rule because, well, she’s Tanya Tucker).

After all, three chords and the truth without the chords is just stone-cold reality, and that’s not what we turn to music for.

Whether it’s steel, electric or slide; whether you’re a fully-fledged Jerry Reed style Guitar Man or your callouses aren’t worth the fingertips they sit atop, here’s our lowdown of the greatest country songs about guitars.

See the full tracklist below:

1. 1.

   Guitar Man

   Jerry Reed

2. 2.

   Guitar Man

   Kip Moore

3. 3.

   Teardrops On My Guitar

   Taylor Swift

4. 4.

   Guitar Town

   Steve Earle

5. 5.

   Guitars, Cadillacs

   Dwight Yoakam

6. 6.

   This Old Guitar

   John Denver

7. 7.

   Tennessee Flat-Top Box

   Johnny Cash

8. 8.

   God Plays A Gibson

   Megan Moroney

9. 9.

   The Guitar

   Guy Clark

10. 10.

    Briefcase (feat. Lori McKenna)

    Walker Hayes

11. 11.

    Waylon's Guitar

    Hank Williams Jr.

12. 12.

    Play, Guitar, Play

    Conway Twitty

13. 13.

    Yakety Axe

    Chet Atkins

14. 14.

    You, Me and My Guitar

    Darius Rucker

15. 15.

    Tonight I Just Need My Guitar

    Jimmy Buffett

16. 16.

    I'm Just Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar

    JohnnY Cash

17. 17.

    Guitars and Tiki Bars

    Kenny Chesney

18. 18.

    Guitars and Gasoline

    Brett Kissel

19. 19.

    Guitars, Whiskey, Guns and Knives

    The Steeldrivers

20. 20.

    Rhythm Guitar

    Emmylou Harris

21. 21.

    Six String Music

    Jimmy Buffett

22. 22.

    Six Strings and Jesus

    Brandon David

23. 23.

    Steel Guitar Rag

    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

24. 24.

    Crying Steel Guitar

    Tammy Wynette

25. 25.

    Hard To Play The Steel Guitar (For Super Frank)

    Corb Lund

26. 26.

    No, Pedal Steel

    Muscadine Bloodline

27. 27.

    Amigo's Guitar

    Kitty Wells

28. 28.

    I Can Play Guitar

    Brett Kissel and Hunter Hayes

29. 29.

    Guitar Country

    Chet Atkins

30. 30.

    Gibson Girl

    Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed

31. 31.

    Bar, Guitar and a Honky Tonk Crowd

    Whiskey Myers

32. 32.

    Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar)

    Jean Shepherd

33. 33.

    I'm Your Guitar

    Jerry Reed

34. 34.

    Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings

    Lucinda Williams

35. 35.

    A Guitar, A Singer and A Song (feat. Vince Gill)

    Wade Bowen

36. 36.

    Girls With Guitars

    Wynonna

37. 37.

    Round Hole Guitar

    Buck Owens' Buckaroos

38. 38.

    Close But No Guitar

    Toby Keith

39. 39.

    That Old Beat-Up Guitar

    Jerry Jeff Walker

40. 40.

    Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

    Doc Watson and Merle Watson

41. 41.

    Fiddle and Guitar Band

    George Jones and Charlie Daniels

42. 42.

    Katie Brought My Guitar Back Today

    Alabama

43. 43.

    Pink Guitar

    Reba McEntire

44. 44.

    Damn Guitar

    Granger Smith

45. 45.

    Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)

    Merle Haggard & The Strangers

46. 46.

    Best Guitar Picker

    George Jones

47. 47.

    Guitar Slinger

    Vince Gill

48. 48.

    Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man

    Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

49. 49.

    ghost in my guitar (feat. Chris Stapleton)

    Alana Springsteen

50. 50.

    Crying Steel Guitar Waltz

    Kitty Wells

51. 51.

    Steel Guitar Blues

    Roy Acuff

52. 52.

    'Cause I Play Guitar

    Big & Rich

53. 53.

    Gotta Lotta Tunes In My Guitar

    Jimmie Rodgers

54. 54.

    Little Wood Guitar

    Sugarland

55. 55.

    Let The Guitar Do The Talkin'

    John Anderson

56. 56.

    Dobro

    Chet Atkins

57. 57.

    Guitar Picker

    Whiskey Myers

58. 58.

    The Ol' Guitar Picker

    The Wilder Blue

59. 59.

    Dolly Parton's Guitar

    Lee Hazlewood

60. 60.

    Guitars That Won't Stay In Tune

    Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

61. 61.

    Open Road (Hot Rod Guitar)

    Reba McEntire

62. 62.

    Twin Guitar Special

    Asleep At The Wheel, Billy Briggs, Brent Mason and Tommy Emmanuel

63. 63.

    This Guitar Is For Sale

    Bobby Bare

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