"Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)" is a song written by Betty Amos that was originally recorded by American country singer Jean Shepard.

It was released as a single by Capitol Records in 1964, reaching the top five of the US Country chart.

One of the first female country artists to find commercial success in a solo career,[1] Jean Shepard rose to fame during the 1950s honky tonk era.

While she topped the country chart with "A Dear John Letter" as a pairing with Ferlin Husky, she had top ten singles as a solo act with "A Satisfied Mind" and "Beautiful Lies".

[8] Author Kurt Wolff found that the lyrics of "Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)" were both "proto-feminist" and "down-right bold" in his book Country Music: The Rough Guide.