Waylon Jennings Chords and Lyrics
- A Bad Day
- A Long Time Ago
- A Lot Of Good
- Ain't No God In Mexico
- All Of My Sisters Are Girls
- Amanda
- America
- Anita Are You Dreamin'
- Another Man's Fool
- Are You Sure
- Are You Sure 2
- Armed And Dangerous
- As The Billy World Turns
- Ballad Of Forty Dolars
- Billy
- Black Rose
- Bob Wills Is Still The King
- Brand New Goodbye Song
- Broken Promise Land
- Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
- Cactus Texas
- Can't You See
- Carnival Song
- Chance I'll have To Take
- Come Back And See Me
- Come With Me
- Couple More Years
- Cowboy Movies
- Deep In The West
- Didn't We Shine
- Dirt
- Don't Cuss The Fiddle
- Don't Let The Sun Set On You
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit Has Done Got Out Of Hand
- Dreamin' My Dreams
- Drinkin' And Dreamin'
- Endangered Species
- Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
- Folks Out On The Road
- For Lovin' Me
- Freedom To Stay
- G I Joe
- Girl I Can Tell
- Good Hearted Woman
- Good Ol' Boys
- Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
- Grapes On The Vine
- Grey Eyes You Know
- Guitars That Won't Stay In Tune
- Hank Williams Syndrome
- He Went To Paris
- Heartaches Older Than You
- Heaven Or Hell
- Her Man
- Heroes
- Heroes 2
- Hey Willie
- Hittin' The Bottle Again
- Honky-Tonk Heroes
- I Ain't Livin Long Like This
- I Can Get Off On You
- I Do Belive
- I Got The Train Sittin' Waitin'
- I Just Can't Wait
- I'll Go back To Her
- I May Be Used
- I Will Always Love You
- If I Can Find A Clean Shirt
- If I Could Only Fly
- If You Could Touch Her At All
- If You See Her
- I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- I'm Little
- It'l Be Her
- It's Not Supposed To Be That Way
- I've Always Been Crazy
- I've Got My Faults
- Ivory Tower
- Jack Of Diamonds
- Just Talking
- Just To Satisfy You
- Kissing You Goodbye
- Ladies Love Outlaws
- Lay It Down
- Leavin' Town
- Let's All Help The Cowboys
- Lines
- Lonesome Onry And Mean
- Looking For A Feeling
- Looking For Suzanne
- Love Is The Way
- Love Of The Common People
- Low Down Freedom
- Luckenbach Texas
- MacArthur Park
- Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
- Memories Of You And I
- Mental Revenge
- Never Gonna Roam Again
- No Good For Me
- Nobody Knows
- Old Church Hymns
- Old Five And Dimers
- Old Friend
- Old Timer
- Omaha
- One Too Many Mornings
- Out Among The Stars
- Out Of Jail
- People Up In Texas
- Precious Memories
- Pretend I Never Happened
- Put Me On A train Back To Texas
- Rainy Day Woman
- Reno And Me
- Ride Me Down Easy
- Right For The Time
- San Francisco Mabel Joy
- Shadow Of A Distant Friend
- Shooter
- Silent Partners
- Six White Horses
- Slow Rolin Low
- Small Packages
- Smokey On The Front Door
- Stop The World
- Storms Never Last
- That Dog Won't Hunt
- The Conversation
- The Door Is Always Open
- The Eagle
- The Most Sensible Thing
- The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
- Them Old Love Songs
- They Ain't Got 'Em All
- This Time
- This Train
- 'Till I Gain Control Again
- Too Close To Call
- Too Dumb For New York
- Trouble Man
- Trying To Outrun The Wind
- Turn The Page
- Up In Arkansas
- Waking Up With You
- Wasting Time
- Waymore's Blues
- Waymore's Blues Part Two
- WBPT
- We Had It All
- What Bothers Me Most
- What You'll Do When I'm Gone
- When I Get Big
- Where Corn Don't Grow
- Which Way Do I Go
- Wild Ones
- Will The Wolf Survive
- Willie The Wandering Gypsy
- Working Cheap
- Working Without A Net
- Write Your Own Songs
- Wrong
- Wurltzer Prize
- You Asked Me To
- You Can Have Her
- You Don't Mess Around With Me
- You'll Look For Me
- You Put The Soul In The Song
- Yoyos Bozos Bimbos and Heroes
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A Bad Day - Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
I guess it all started when i woke up this morning
G D A
Everything seemed okay
'Til i let my pet snake get loose in the kitchen
D
Now i've been in trouble all day
Verse 2:
D
I got some paint on the wall,a pretty orange color
G D A
And a little on the carpet and floor
I covered it up with Mom's coat from the closet
D
That she says she can't wear anymore
Chorus:
D
I've had a bad,bad day
A
Not like i thought it would be
I've had a bad,bad day
D
It seems like everyone's pickin' on me
Verse 3:
D
I put some sand in my Grandpa's tobacco
G D A
And he frowned at me all day
Then i hid his pipe 'cause it smells when he smokes it
D
He shouldn't smoke anyway
Verse 4:
D
So between Mom's coat and my Granpa's tobacco
G D A
Life can be rough on a kid
They've almost worn out the seat of my britches
D
It don't hurt much now,but it did
Chorus (x2).
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A Long Time Ago Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
B
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks
E
I'll admit i've taken things i never should of took
F#
You can read a different story in a lot of different books
E
But even then you won't really know
F# B
How it was a long time ago
Verse 2:
B
Women have been my trouble since i found out they weren't men
E
In spite of that i stopped and took a wife now and then
F#
They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
E
I was born with a fire down below
F# B
And i learned to fly a long time ago
Verse 3:
B
Don't ask me about the years i spent out in the rain
E
About the ones i spent in love or the ones i spent insane
F#
Don't ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane
E
I think you already know
F# B
I told you that a long time ago
Verse 4:(a tone higher)
C#
Me and ol' Willie,lordy we've been sold and bought
F#
I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought
G#
We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught
F#
They tried to run us off but Willie's slow
G# C#
I quit running a long time ago
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A Lot Of Good - Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
As i watched the tail lights disappear
G Bm
Suddenly it got real lonely here
D
I know the words i could have said
To make her turn around
G A D
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
Verse 2:
G
I could have started with i'm sorry
A D
And really meant it from the heart
A G
The rest would have been easy
A
Together in the dark
Verse 3:
D
We could have found that old time feeling
G Bm
That we lost somewhere somehow
G A D
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
PART TWO:(half a tone higher)
Verse 4:
D#
Still thinking about the things i could have said
G# Cm
And looking at her picture by the bed
D#
I realized just what i've lost as i pulled the covers down
G# Bb D#
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
Verse 5:
G#
I could have told her i was sorry
Bb D#
And really meant it from the heart
Bb G#
The rest would have been easy
Bb
Together in the dark
Verse 6:
D#
We could have found that old time feeling
G# Cm
That we lost somewhere somehow
G# Bb D#
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
G# Bb D#
A lot of good it's gonna do me now
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Ain't No God In Mexico Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D E
Down the road a ways i've heard said a new day's coming on
A D
Where the women folks are friendly and the law leaves you alone
E
I'll believe it when i see it and i haven't seen it yet
B E
Don't mind me just keep on talking i'm just looking for my hat
Chorus 1:
A E
There ain't no God in Mexico,ain't no way to understand
A
How that border crossing feeling makes afool out of a man
E
If i'd never felt the sunshine then i would not curse the rain
A
If my feet could fit a railroad track,i guess i'd been a train
Verse 2:
D E
Me and Louise Higgins-Botham used to chase across the yard
A D
Back in 1947 that's when more than times were hard
E
Well pity me i didn't find the line in time like a fool
B E
In front of God and everybody i politely blew my cool
Chorus 2:
A E
Ain't no God in Mexico,ain't no comfort in the king
A
When you're down in Madamoris getting busted by the man
E
If i'd never felt the sunshine,Hell i would not curse the rain
A
If i hadn't been railroaded well i guess i'd been a train
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All Of My Sisters Are Girls Waylon Jennings.
Chorus:
E
All of my sisters are girls
A
With long hair,ponytails,pigtails and curls
B
A kid needs a friend so why in the world
E
Did all of my sisters just have to be girls
Verse 1:
E
They giggle and whisper a lot
A
They act like they're grown up but i know they're not
B
They can climb a tree and they can't catch a ball
E
They're really no fun at all
Chorus.
Verse 2:
E
When i'm bored with nothing to do
A
I can have fun whenever i want to
B
I just hide in the closet so they won't know i'm there
E
And they're really easy to scare
Chorus (x2).
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Amanda Waylon Jennings
1ST VERSE
A D A
I've held it all in, Lord knows I've tried
A E A
But it's an awful awakening in a country boy's life
A D A
To look in the mirror in total surprise
A E A
At the hair on my collar and the age in my eyes.
CHORUS
A D A
Amanda, light of my life
A E A
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
A D A
Amanda, light of my life
A E A
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
2ND VERSE
A D A
It's a measure of people who don't understand
A E A
The pleasures of life in a Hillbilly band.
A D A
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen
A E A
Now I'm pushing 30, still wearing jeans.
CHORDS
A D E
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America Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
D
Some have said,done through history
If you last it's a mistery
A D
But i guess they don't know,what they're talking about
D
From the mountains down to the sea
You've become such a habit with me
A D
America,A-merher-ica
Verse 2:
D
Well i come from,down around Tennesee
But the people in California
A D
Are nice to me,A-merher-ica
D
It don't matter where i may roam
Tell you people that it's home sweet home
A D
America,A-merher-ica
Chorus:
G Bm
And my brothers are all black and white,yellow too
A G
And the red man is right,to expect a little from you
A G D
Promise and then follow through,America
Verse 3:
D
And the men,who fell on the planes
And lived,through hardship and pain
A D
America,A-merher-ica
D
And the men who could not fight
In a war that didn't seem right
A D
You let them come home,A-merher-ica
Chorus.
Verse 4:
D
Well i come from,down around Tennesee
But the people in California
A D
Are nice to me,A-merher-ica
D
It don't matter where i may roam
Tell you people that it's home sweet home
A D
America,A-merher-ica
A D
America,A-merher-ica
A D
It's home sweet home,A-merher-ica
A D
America,A-merher-ica
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Anita Are You Dreaming Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
A E
Anita,come closer,stop crying and listen to me
A
I guess it's too late now but somehow i must make you see
What we tought was our world,was only a dream world
D
And we just can't go on like this
E A
Anita you're dreaming of a world that can never exist
Chorus:
D E
Anita,it's over there's nothing that's left now to say
A
Anita,you're dreaming and i know it's better this way
Verse 2:
A E
Anita,come closer and close your pretty blue eyes
A
Your young dreams just can't be and somehow you must realize
That each time you're with me,my conscience reminds me
D
If someone whose waiting alone
E A
Anita you're dreaming and when you'll awake i'll be gone
Chorus.
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Another Man's Fool Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
G
Don't sing them songs about the open road
I lost too many rainbows chasing pots of gold
I still remember what my baby said
It's still a knockin' around in back of my head
Chorus:
F
She said,i'm gonna lock the doors around about midnight
C/G G
Put bars on the window like a zoo
F
You ain't the man that reaches up to turn out my light
C/G G
You're just another man's fool
F G
Just another man's fool
Verse 2:
G
I left this morning had just one more chance
She caught me leaving by the seat of my pants
She said go on get out and have a good time
Don't bother coming home if you can't bring me mine
Chorus (x2).
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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
A D A
It's the same old tune,fiddle and guitar
D
Where do we take it from here
A D A
Rhinestone suits and new shiney cars
D
We've been the same way for years
A
We need to change
Verse 2:
A D A
Somebody told me when i got to Nashville
D
Son you finally got it made
A D A
Old Hank made it here,we're ll sure that you will
D
But i don't think Hank done it this way
A
I don't think Hank done it this way
Verse 3:
A D A
Ten years down the road,making one night stands
D
Speeding my young life away
A D A
Tell me one more time just so i understand
D
Are you sure Hank done it this way
A
Did Ol'Hank really do it this way?
Verse 4:
A D A
I've seen the world with a five piece band
D
Looking at the back side of me
A D A
Singing my songs and one of his now and then
D
But i don't think Hank done it this way
A
No i don't think Hank done it this way.
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Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way Waylon Jennings
This song is really simple to play. Only the "G" and "D" chords are in it.
To get the actual feel for the chord progression I'd recommend playing along
with the recording.
Intro- G D G D G D G D
G
Lord its the same ol tune
D
Fiddle and guitar
G D
Where do we take it from here?
D G
Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars
D G
Its been the same way for years
D g
We need a change
Somebody told me when I came to Nashville
Son, you've finally got it made
Ol Hank made it here
And we're all sure that you will
But I don't think Hank done it this way
Naw, I don't think Hank done this way
(instrumental)
Ten years on the road makin' one night stands
Speeding my young life away
Tell me one more time just so's I'll understand
Are you sure Hank done it this way?
Did ol Hank really do it this way?
(instrumental)
Lord I've see the world with a five-piece band
Looking at the backside of me
Singing my sings, one of his now and then
But I don't think Hank done 'em this way
No I don't think Hank done 'em this way
(instrumental)
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Armed And Dangerous Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
Ran my Chevy through the car wash
Threw the beers cans out
Emptied all the ash trays
Cleaned a little house
A
Got my Allman Brothers cassettes
Stacked up on the dash
B
Got some jack back in the trunk
E
And a tank full of gas
Verse 2:
E
Stopped and bought some roses
To sweep you off your feet
Yes i'm going for the limit,girl
I'm gettin' in the real deep
A
Dusted off my Dingos
Got my Levis pressed
B
Gonna break into your heart
E
And steal what i love best
Chorus:
E
Yes i'm armed and dangerous
D A E
Woman you've made me a desperate man
Armed and dangerous
D A E
Comin' for your lovin' yes i am
Verse 3:
E
Take a ride out in the country
Where the grass is tall and cool
And do some barefoot dancin'
How's that sound to you
A
And i've got some other things
That i might suggest
B
But if i put them on this record
E
I'd be under arrest
Chorus (x2).
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As The Billy World Turns Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
E
You get a pen and i'll get a paper
B
We're gonna write ourselves a song
We'll drive the poetics crazy
E
I don't think the damn thing's gonna rhyme
Verse 2:
E
I got a friend and i think he's goofy
B
I guess he thinks the same about me
Guess it really takes one to know one
E
And you look like an old friend of mine (kind of short red headed)
Verse 3:
E
Out all night and acting crazy
B
I've been up for two whole days
Turn me over and roll me over
E
Wind me up for one more rhyme
Verse 4:
E
Well he called me friend and he called me brother
B
I called him back but he was gone (i didn't call him nothing)
He took my songs and he took my money
E
But the jokes on him he's the friend of a fool,of a fool,of a fool
Verse 5:
E
You get a pen and i'll get a paper
B
We're gonna steal ourselves a song
We'll drive the poetics crazy
E
The damn thing just might rhyme
Eat your heart out Fred Carter,Chet Atkins,Don Bowman,Grady Martin
Kris Kristofferson ...
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Ballad Of Forty Dollars - Waylon Jennings With Johnny Cash
Verse 1: (Waylon)
D G
The man that preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die
A D
He laid down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes
G
They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs
A D
It took us seven hours and i guess we must have drunk a case of beer
Verse 2: (Johnny)
D G
I guess i ought to go and watch them put him down but i don't own a suit
A D
And anyway when they start talkin' about the fire in hell i get spooked
G
So let's just sit here in the truck and act like we don't know him when they pass
A D
Anyway,when they're all through we got to go to work and mow the grass
Verse 3: (Waylon then Johnny)
D G
Here they come and who's that riding in that big old shiney limousine
A D
Look at all that chrome i do believe that that's the sharpest thing i've seen
G
That must belong to his rich uncle someone said he owned a big old farm
A D
When they get parked let's mosey down and look it over that won't do no harm
Verse 4: (Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)
E A
That must be the widow in the car and won't you take a look at that
B E
That sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in black
A
He's not even in the ground and they tell me his truck is up for sale
B E
They say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a veil
Verse 5: (Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)
E A
Listen ain't that pretty when a bugler plays a military taps
B E
I think when you were in the war they always hide and play a song like that
A
Well here we are and there he goes and i guess that you might call it our bad luck
B E
I hope he rests in peace but the trouble is the fellow owes us forty bucks
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Billy Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Between E and A,put a E7,it sounds better.
Verse 1:
E A B E
Billy,we've come along way together
A B G#m
And through it all
A B
You've been just like a brother to me
E A B E
And Billy,we've had our share of ups and downs
A B G#m
Froze our tails sleeping on the ground
A B
When the jobs were few and far between
Chorus 1:
B E A
We've been knocking around together so long
B E
Singing them same old songs
A F#m B
Been out in the rain so long,i swear we're shrinking
Verse 2:
E A B E
Billy,lately i have done some thinking
A B G#m
When i look back on our lives
A B
We've sure had ourself a time
E A B E
But you know,it's been a wild world we traveled
A B G#m
And it's starting to unravel
A B
We leave so many loose ends behind
Chorus 2:
B E A
We've been bucked off and kicked so many times
B E
And the ground just keeps getting harder
A F#m B
Billy,you know well as i,we ain't getting no younger
Verse 3:
E A B E
Billy,another summer's come and gone
A B G#m
Now with winter coming on
A B
I know we planned on heading south
E A B E
But Billy,i thought about it several days
A B G#m
And these words i'm about to say
A B
They don't taste good in my mouth
Chorus 3:
B E A
But there's someone who's waiting back home
B E
Lord,if she'll still have me
A F#m B
Guess i'll be saying so long,you go on without me
End:
B F#m B
Ain't no easy way of saying goodbye
F#m B C#m
So be sure and tell 'em all down in Texas,i said Hi
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Black Rose Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
E A
Way down in Virginia
E B
Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
E A
Lived a simple man and a domineering hen
B E
And a rose of a different name
Verse 2:
E A
The first time i fell lightly
E B
I was standing in the drizzling rain
E A
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin
B E
And a rose of a different name
Chorus:
E A
The devil made me do it the first time
E B
The second time i done it on my own
E A
Lord put a handle on a simple handed man
B E
And help me leave that black rose alone
Verse 3:
E A
When the devil made that woman
E B
Lord she threw the pattern away
E A
She was built for speed with the tools you need
B E
To make a new fool every day
Verse 4:
E A
Way down deep and dirty
E B
On the darker side of shame
E A
I caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin
B E
With a rose of a different name
Chorus(x2).
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Bob Wills Is Still The King Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E A E
Well the honky-tonks in Texas were my natural second home
B
Where you tip your hats to the ladies and the rose of San Antone
A E
I grew up on music that we called western swing
B E
It don't matter who's in Austin,Bob Wills is still the king
Verse 2:
E A E
Lord i can still remember,the way things were back then
B
In spite of all the hard times,i'd live it all again
A E
To hear the Texas playboys and Tommy Duncan sing
B E
Makes me proud to be from Texas where Bob Wills is still the king
Verse 3:
A E
You can hear the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville Tennessee
B
It's the home of country music,on that we all agree
E A E
But when you cross that ol' Red River hoss that just don't mean a thing
B E
Cause' once you're down in Texas,Bob Wills is still the king
Verse 4:
A E
Well if you ain't never been there then i guess you ain't been told
B
That you just can't live in Texas unless you got a lot of soul
E A E
It's the home of Willie Nelson,the home of western swing
B E
He'll be the first to tell you,Bob Wills is still the king
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BRAND NEW GOODBYE SONG Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
D/
Baby go down to the drug store and buy me a guitar string
G/ D/
Be sure to wear your coat girl 'cause it might rain
A/ D
Honey you know that rain,is bad for my guitar string
Chorus:
D
Put on your warm coat,honey,it's gonna be cold tonight
G D
Put on the one that's warm and long
A D
Cause you're just before hearing a brand new goodbye song
Verse 2:
D
Baby,i've tried your doctors they just couldn't make me well
G D
The higher i tried to climb the farther i fell
A D
I guess it must have blew my mind,sniffing the fumes of hell
Chorus.
Verse 3:
D
Baby throw away my pillow,just before you turn the light
G D
All you'll have next to you now will be the night
A D
I'll be somewhere wrong,you'll be somewhere right
Chorus.
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Broken Promise Land Waylon Jennings
INRTO: G C G C
VERSE:
G D
There's a bible on the dresser,
C
and a sign hung on the door,
D C G
and a woman in my arms that shouldn't be.
G D
I'm to the point of no returning,
C
but I've been here before.
D C G
This cheating life is nothing new to me.
G D
There's someone to be considered,
C
I call her on the phone,
D C G
and say the job is taking longer than I planned
G D
I dont have the heart to tell her,
C
that a stranger turned me on,
D C G
and I'm heading for the broken promise land
CHORUS:
G C
Tonight I'm crossing over
D Em
and I'll reach the cheating side
G D Am
and I'll hate myself for coming here again.
G C
Where the streets are paved with misery
D Em
and lives are built on lies,
G D C
the place they call the broken promise land
VERSE:
G D
Found the note left on the dresser,
C
and the key left in the door,
D C G
and on the floor I found her golden wedding band.
G D
Guess she finally had to tell me,
C
she's not waiting here no more,
D C G
and she heading for the broken promise land.
CHORUS:
G C
Tonight she's crossing over
D Em
and she'll reach the cheating side
G D Am
and I'll hate myself for giving her the chance.
G C
'Cause the streets are paved with misery
D Em
and lives are built on lies.
G D C
The place they call the broken promise land.
G C
..and its more than I can stand.
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BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
D
Flying across the desert in a TWA
I saw a woman walking across the sand
G
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to L.A.
A D
To get a brown eyed handsome man
C/G D
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
Verse 2:
D
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
G
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
A D
To get a brown eyed handsome man
C/G D
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Chorus:
G
Way back in history three thousand years
D
Back every since the world began
G
There's been a lot of good women shed a tear
A D
For a brown eyed handsome man
C/G D
That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man
Verse 4: (a tone higher)
E
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
A
Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself
B E
A brown eyed handsome man
D E
Just like your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man
Verse 5:
E
Arrested on charges of unemployment
He was sitting in the witness stand
A
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
B E
Said you free that brown eyed man
D E
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man
Chorus:
A
Way back in history three thousand years
E
Back every since the world began
A
There's been a lot of good women shed a tear
B E
For a brown eyed handsome man
D E
That's what the trouble is brown eyed handsome man
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CACTUS TEXAS Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
D
Do you remember Cactus Texas
Nothing but a wide place in the road
Eighteen wheelers never go there
Main Street's just too narrow for the load
G
A little town of honest people
D
Some we haven't seen for quite awhile
I was young and restless
A D
And we both were full of dreams and runnin' wild
Verse 2:
D
We left our old hometown and family
Barely had a nickel to our name
We were out to win the world
Not once looking back or losing aim
G
We hit the big town and the big time
D
Not a lot of effort in the deal
But in the bargain we lost touch
A D
With one another and old feelings that were real
Verse 3:
D
In a big house up on easy street
Where too much never seems to be enough
We're not the same two people
Far away from all the days when the times were rough
G
Including you and i
D
Everything is separated by a wall
It's not something we can talk about
A D
In fact we seldom even talk at all
Verse 4:
G
I don't think we realize
D
How or why we ever came this far
D/
Let's go back to Cactus Texas
A/
Maybe once we're there
D/
We'll find out where we are
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CAN'T YOU SEE Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 6th fret.
Verse 1:
E D
Gonna catch a freight train,far as i can Lord
A E
I don't care which way it goes
D
Gonna climb a mountain,the highest mountain Lord
A E
Gonna jump off and ain't nobody gonna know
Chorus:
E D
Can't you see,can't you see
A E
What that woman's been doing to me
D
Can't you see,can't you see
A E
What that woman's been doing to me
Verse 2:
E D
Gonna buy a ticket,go as far as i can Lord
A E
I ain't never coming back
D
Take me a southbound,all the way to Georgia Lord
A E
Til' that train runs out of track
Chorus(x2).
Half of the chorus.
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CARNIVAL SONG Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
A E
Now i've been quite the traveler
F#m C#m
Ever since i hit the road
D A
And the sullen county carnival
D E
Has been my earn in gold
Verse 2:
A E
I've been quite alone
F#m C#m
Since i remember when
D A
I turned my ultimatums
D E A
Into chips and cashed them in
Verse 3:
A E
I used to run the Ferris wheel
F#m C#m
But that'd be hard to prove
D A
I can't stand to see a rolling wheel
D E
Propped up so it can't move
Verse 4:
A E
I used to run the carousel
F#m C#m
Hell,that's just round and round
D A
I never liked to see them ponies
D E A
Painted up and bolted down
Chorus:
A E F#m D
The only thing that keeps me from stayin' here is leavin'
A E F#m D
The only thing that saves me from it all is i'll be gone
A E F#m D
Just when i could trust in all the things that i believe in
A E F#m
I had to pack it up and move along
D E A
And i'll tell you the boys i'm not the only one
Verse 5:
A E
I was a straight man at the ring toss
F#m C#m
But that was just a jaunt
D A
I can't see throwin' rings around
D E
Things you don't really want
Verse 6:
A E
I could run the roller coaster
F#m C#m
But that might break my heart
D A
So much hard travelin'
D E A
Just to wind up where you start
Verse 7:
A E
Now i just work the gateway
F#m C#m
And i'm pretty satisfied
D A
My little booth is red and blue
D E
And i just sit inside
Verse 8:
A E
I just take your money
F#m C#m
And give tickets out in trade
D A
Think about my life
D E A
And all the promises i made
Chorus bis:
A E F#m D
The only thing that keeps me from stayin' here is leavin'
A E F#m D
The only thing that saves me from it all is i'll be gone
A E F#m D
Just when i could trust in all the things that i believe in
A E F#m
I had to pack it up and move along
D E F#m
And i'll tell you the boys i'm not the only one
D E A
Who's runnin' from the things he's left undone
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THAT'S THE CHANCE I'LL HAVE TO TAKE Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
D A
Troubles and a worried mind
D
It seems that's all i've ever known
A
But now i leave that all behind
D
If you'll just leave me alone
Chorus:
/ Em
And if i go on loving you
A D
If to leave is a mystake
Em
If i'm wrong in what i do
A D
That's the chance i'll have to take
Verse 2:
D A
Don't bother now to waste the time
D
Sayin' things you've said before
A
I've heard it all a hundred times
D
But i won't listen anymore
Chorus.
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COME BACK AND SEE ME Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
G
Today was supposed to be
Just another day
C/G
Before the meeting of our minds and
What you had to say
D
It's been a long time comin' and
I guess i never saw
G
I'll have a short time adjusting to it all
Verse 2:
You have come to your conclusion
You no longer care for me
C/G
And that we don't belong together
I suppose we sould agree
D
There is nothing i can do
Now that you've made up your mind
G
But could you come back and see me sometime
Chorus:
G
Is there any way that you could leave a little at a time
C/G
I need the time to make adjustments of the heart and of the mind
D
It might be that you'll remember some old feeling left behind
G
And if you do would you come back and see me sometime
Verse 3:
G
I am left with no defenses
For i have no control
C/G
And for the first time in my manwood
I'll do what i am told
D
It's all over but the leaving you're
Determined now to do
G
I'll have the burden of gettin' over you
Verse 4:
G
There's no need to be suspicious i have
Nothing left to hide
C/G
It's all out in the open i have
Nothing left inside
D
Just seeing you would be enough
It's all i have in mind
G
So could you come back see me sometime
Chorus.
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COME WITH ME Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
G C/G
If you're in a bind,with a troubled mind
D G
I'm a mountain,come on and climb
C/G
Because you look so good,to be so down
D G
It won't take much girl,to turn it all around
Chorus:
G Am
Come with me,come with me
D G
The feeling's free,just come with me
Am
Will get on a cloud girl,and ride it high
D G
Say hello sun,as we sail bye
Verse 2:
G C/G
I'll take you where,you've never been before
D G
Once we're there,you'll cry for more
C/G
If it's dark in your world,come walk in mine
D G
My love's a light babe,it's on all the time
Chorus (x2).
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A Couple More Years - Waylon Jennings
G D
Now I've got a couple more years on you babe & that's all
G
I've had more chances to fly & more places to fall
It's not that I'm wiser it's just that I've spent
C
More time with my back to the wall
D G
And I've picked up a couple a more years on you babe & that's all
Now I've walked a couple more roads than you babe & that's all
And I'm tired of running while you're only learning to crawl
And you're going somewhere but I've been to somewhere
And found it was nowhere at all
And I picked up a couple more years on you babe & that's all
break.... G D G
Sayin' goodbye girl don't ever come easy at all
But you got to fly cause you're hearin' them young eagles call
Someday when you're older
You'll smile at a man strong & told
And say I got a couple more years on you babe & that's all
You'll say
repeat 1st verse......
mmmmm mmmm mmmm mmmmm mmm
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COWBOY MOVIES Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
A E A
My dad talks a lot about cowboys
D A
Like John Wayne and people i don't even know
E A F#7
I like the cartoons on Saturday morning
B E
'Cause i'm only four years old
Chorus:
E A E A
But my dad just loves cowboy movies
D A
He even bought me a big cowboy hat
D A F#7
And when i put it on with my boots and my Levi's
B E A
I can tell that he really likes that
Bridge:
A E A
Yod-el-ay-ee-ay de-lay-ee-o de-lay-ee
Verse 2:
A E A
I love to watch Nickelodeon
D A
You might say i grew up on Sesame street
E A F#7
My favorites are Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
B E
And i think the muppets are neat
Chorus bis:
E A E A
But my dad just loves cowboy movies
D A
He's never heard of Ernie and Bert
D A F#
I'm just not a cowboy,i guess i'm a nowboy
B E A
And i sure hope his feeling's aren't hurt
Bridge (x2).
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DEEP IN THE WEST Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
Verse 1: (Waylon)
B F#
Deep in the West,where the tall mountains grow
E
I've gone home
B F#
Where the Heaven above turns red from the fire
E
Down below
Chorus: (Waylon)
B F#
Are you listening to me
E
When i'm talking to you
F#
Said together we're one
B
Divided we're through
F# E
Divided we're through
Verse 2: (Jessi)
B F#
Silver friend at night,yellow friend you come
E
With the dawn
B F#
Back in my heart,i've been drying my eyes
E
See me run
Chorus bis: (Jessi)
B F#
So you hang onto me
E
And i'll hang on to you
F#
Said together we're one
B
Divided we're through
F# E
Divided we're through
Verse 3: (Waylon then Jessi)
B F#
Refusing to talk,i suppose that it's all
E
For loves sake
B F#
And learning to give,that's important,before you
E
Can take from me
Chorus ter: (Jessi,Waylon)
B F#
Are you listening to me
E
When i'm talking to you
F#
Said together we're one
B
Divided we're through
F#
So hang on to me
E
And i'll hang onto you
F#
Said together we're one
B
Divided we're through
F# E
Divided we're through
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DIDN'T WE SHINE Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
D
Hello,it's good to see you
Em
Just how long has it been
A
I've often wondered what i'd say
D
If we ever met again
If i'd try just being clever
Em
Or pretend not to remember
A
But it's funny how you've lingered
D
On my mind
Chorus:
D
Didn't we shine
Em
Didn't we shine
A
Didn't we share and care
D
And lay our hearts on the line
Maybe it wasn't meant to last
Em
'Til the end of time
A
Oh,but while it did
D
Didn't we shine
Verse 2:
I still have some blue days
Em
That i could do without
A
And when i have my blue days
D
You're all i think about
But i've long ago forgiven you
Em
For what you did or didn't do
A
Now all i can recall
D
Are the happy times
Chorus.
Em
Was it my imagination
D
Or didn't we shine
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DIRT Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
Dirt is quiet,it don't make noise
A B A E
It's fun to play with,especially for boys
B E
Girls don't much like it,but that's okay
A B E
Boys don't like girls much anyway
Chorus:
E B A E
Dirt,dirt,good ol' dirt
A B A E
Dirt,dirt,good ol' dirt
B E
It may sound silly,but it really don't hurt
A B E
To sing about good ol' dirt
Verse 2:
E
It hurts just a little if it gets in your eyes
A B A E
You can put it in water and make mud pies
B E
Babies will eat it,but babies are dumb
A B E
They wet their diapers and suck on their thumbs
Chorus.
Verse 3:
E
It don't cost a thing 'cause it's everywhere
A B A E
You can take it back home and nobody cares
B E
You can throw it and kick and it don't even hurt
A B E
So a kid's best friend just got to be dirt
Chorus (x2).
E A B E
I love good ol' dirt
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Don't Cuss The Fiddle - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1 (W. Nelson):
B E
I scandalized my brother while admitting that he sang some pretty songs
F# B
I heard that he'd been scandilizing me and Lord i knew that that was wrong
E
Now i'm looking at over something cool and feeling fool enough to see
F# B
What i had called my brother,now he had every right to call on me
Chorus (W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
B E
Don't ever cuss that fiddle,boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune
F# B
That picker there in trouble,boy ain't nothing but another side of you
E
If we ever get to Heaven,boy it ain't because we ain't done nothing wrong
F# B
We're in this thing together so let settle down and steal each other's songs
Verse 2 (W. Jennings):
B E
I found a wounded brother drinking bitterly away the afternoon
F# B
And soon enough he turned on me like he'd done every face in that saloon
E
Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn't even steal a decent song
F# B
But as soon as it was spoken we were sad enough to wish that we were wrong
Chorus.
F# B
I know that it sounds silly but i think that i just somebody's song
Verse 3 (W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
B E
She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
F# B
She loves him in spite of my ways that she don't understand
E
Through teardrops and laughter we'll pass through this world hand in hand
F# B
A good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
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(DON'T LET THE SUN SET ON YOU IN) TULSA Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D G D
When i left Tulsa,Jamie was an innocent young lady
G D
God only knows why she gave herself to a guy like you
G D
She called me crying,said she was going to have your baby
G C/G
But you just turned your back on her like all cowards do
Verse 2:
A D
I swore i'd get you for what you're putting her through
G
And the only reason i ain't got you
A
Is Jamie cried and begged me not to
D
She still loves you for some reason
Chorus:
D G D
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
G D
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
G
If the sun goes down on you
D G
If you're still here you're going down to
D G D
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
Verse 3: (A tone higher)
E A E
Jamie's the only thing i ever really cared for
A E
She don't deserve this kind of shame
A E
She's carrying a child that you're to blame for
D
You just laughed and said there ain't no way he's gonna get your name
Verse 4: (A tone higher)
B E
I swore i'd get you for what you're putting her through
A
And the only reason i ain't got you
B
Is Jamie cried and begged me not to
E
But i ain't through with you yet
Chorus bis: (A tone higher)
E A E
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
A E
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
A E
Better not let the sun set on you in Tulsa
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Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit Has Done Got Out Of Hand - Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
E
I'm for law and order,the way that it should be
This song's about the night they spent protecting you from me
Someone called this outlaw,in some ol' magazine
New York sent a posse down like i ain't never seen
Chorus:
E
Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand
A
What started out to be a joke,the law don't understand
B
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man
E
Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand
Verse 3:
E
We were rapped up in our music,that's why we never saw
The cars pull up,the boys get out and the room fill up with law
They came pounding through the back door in the middle of the song
They got me for possession of something that was gone,long gone
Chorus.
E
Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand,out of hand
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DREAMING MY DREAMS Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 1st fret.
Chords used :
E B A
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Verse 1:
E
I hope that i won't be that wrong anymore
And maybe i've learned this time
I hope that i find what i'm looking for
B
The way that it is,in my mind
Chorus :
A E
Someday i'll get over you,i live to see it all through
B E
But i'll always miss,dreaming my dreams with you
Verse 2:
E
I won't let it change me,not if i can
I'd rather believe in love
And give it away as much as i can
B
To those,that i'm fondest of
Chorus.
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DRINKING AND DREAMING Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
B
Everybody's looking for someway in
E B
I'm looking for someway out
I've been wasting my time,standing in line
F# B
If this is what it's all about
Verse 2:
B
All i've got is a job that i don't like
E B
And a woman that don't understand
So tonight in the bar,i'll get in my car
F# B
And take off for the promise land
Chorus:
E B
Drinkin' and dreamin',knowing damn well i can't go
F# B
I'll never see Texas,L.A.,or ol' Mexico
E B
But here at this table,i'm able to leave it behind
F# B
Drink till i'm dreaming a thousand miles out of my mind
Verse 3:
B
This suit and this tie is just a disguise
E B
This ain't really me
Some people were born to be tied down
F# B
Some people were born to be free
Verse 4:
B
When i look down the road she don't know
E B
How it gets under my skin
She's got my body but my heart and soul
F# B
Are out there riding the wind
Chorus (x2).
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ENDANGERED SPECIES Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
E
I made it through my rock and roll years
A
With a spent dream and
E
A few dollar bills
I don't know what i learned
I don't know what i know
A E
And if i don't now i never will
Bridge 1:
G A E
I ain't seen it all but it's plain to see
D A E
I just might be an endangered species
Verse 2:
E
Like an old gray fox i know how he feels
A E
With the new hats snapping at my heels
I ain't sure what it's all about
A E
I ain't in but don't count me out
Bridge 2:
G A E
They all like to dance but if you want to dance with me
D A E
You might be dancing with an endangered species
Verse 3:
E
I wasted some time
With some women i found
A E
At no time ever settlin' down
With one over here and one over there
A E
And that's where-nobody cares
Bridge 3:
G A E
But a man in love is what i want to be
D A E
I guess-that makes me an endangered species
Bridge 3.
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EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.
Verse 1 (Waylon Jennings):
A
She's a rounder i can tell you that
E B
She can sing 'em all night too
E A
She'll raise hell about the sleep she's lost
E B E
But even cowgirls get the blues
Verse 2:(Johnny Cash)
A
Especially cowgirls they're the gypsy kind
E B
And need their reins laid on 'em loose
E A
She's lived to see the world turned upside down
E B E
Hitchin' rides out of the blue
Chorus:(Both)
E A
Even cowgirls get the blues,sometimes
E
Bound to don't know what to do,sometimes
A
Get this feeling like the restless winds
B E
The only way she's ever been
Verse 3:(Waylon Jennings then Johnny Cash)
A
Lonely nights are out there on the road
E B
Motel ceiling stares you down
E A
There must be safer ways to pay your dues
E B E
But even cowgirls get the blues
Chorus (x2).
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FOLKS OUT ON THE ROAD Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash
Verse 1:
E B C#m
You'd stand in the rain to buy a ticket
A E B
Front row seats are always first to go
E B C#m
You know all the songs as well as i do
A B E
This one's for the folks out on the road
Verse 2:
E B C#m
You fight the crowds for autographs and pictures
A E B
A chance to shake a hand after the show
E B C#m
For all the times that we don't get to thank you
A B E
This one's for the folks out on the road
Chorus:
A B E
Thank you for the chance to make the music
A B C#m
The songs are the only thing i know
A B E C#m
Some are for the money,some are for myself
A B C#m
This one's for the folks out on the road
Verse 3:
E B C#m
For those of you who always play the records
A E B
For all of you who play the radio
E B C#m
Those who took the time for something special
A B E
This one's for the folks out on the road
Chorus.
A B E
This one's for the folks out on the road
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For Lovin' Me - Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
E A
That's what you get for lovin' me
E A E
That's what you get for lovin' me
A F#m
Everything we had is gone
E A
If you can see,that's what you get for lovin' me
Verse 1:
E A
Don't you shed a tear for me
E A E
I ain't the love you thought i'd be
A F#m
I have a hundred just like you
E A
But don't be blue,i'll have a thousand before i'm through
Chorus.
Verse 2:(a tone higher)
F# B
There you go you're pride again
F# B F#
You should have known how things would end
B G#m
But someday when your poor heart
F# B
Is on the men,i've just my passes way again
Chorus bis:
F# B
That's what you get for lovin' me
F# B F#
That's what you get for lovin' me
B G#m
Everything we had is gone
F# B
If you can see,that's what you get for lovin' me
F# B
That's what you get for lovin' me
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FREEDOM TO STAY Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
A E D A
I tied my bandana,took my pack from the floor
E D A
You were still sleeping,as i stood at the door
E F#m D A
Once more i was heading to,God only knows where
E D A
That's when it hit me,i was already there
Chorus:
A D E A
I could ramble,a thousand miles or more
D E A
Never find the light i've seen in your eyes before
E D A
You gave me the freedom to go on my own way
E D A
But you gave me much more,you gave me the freedom to stay
Verse 2:
A E D A
Why keep on running,just to wish on a star
E D A
Searching for Heaven,when i know where you are
E F#m D A
Life is just empty,when you're walking alone
E D A
So wherever we're going girl,Lord it's good to be at home
Chorus.
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G.I. JOE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
G C/G G
Well he smoked those Camel cigarettes about three packs a day
D
Nicotine stains on his fingers when he'd stretch them out to play
G C/G G
That old "Midnight special" is one he loved to do
D G
Then he'd sing "I'm walking the floor over you"
Verse 2:
G C/G G
TV preachers and welfare checks for him just had no place
D
But he'd take his time to tune real good when he sang "Amazing grace"
G C/G G
He'd say boys i'm old and crazy but i still give a damn
D G
And i still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam
Chorus:
C/G G
He'd drag out that old uniform
D G
And say "they used to call me slim"
C/G G
He never could get it buttoned up
D
But the pride looked good on him
G
He still feels the way he felt
C/G G
Over forty years ago
D
Here's to the old man
G
Here's to G.I. Joe
Verse 3:
G C/G G
He only sang the old songs,he's standing still in time
D G
"My Phillipino baby",right there on his mind
C/G G
Then he'd talk about the big one,the war we didn't lose
D G
He'd pick a little bit like Travis "Re-Enlistment blues"
Chorus.
G D
Here's to my old man
G
And all the G.I. Joe's
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Girl I Can Tell (You're Tryin' To Work It Out) - Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 4th fret.
Verse 1:
E A B A E
Girl i can tell you're trying to work it out
A B A E
Trying to get a handle on what life is all about
A B
Between womenhood and nursery rhymes
E A
Trying to find the truth in lovers lies
E A B A E
Girl i can tell you're trying to work it out
Verse 2:
E A B A E
Girl i can see you're wanting to give it a try
A B A E
Taking all the good and the bad,the truth and the lies
A B
Feelings inside you you can't talk about
E A
Feelings have a way of not coming out
E A B A E
Girl i can see you're trying to work it out
Verse 3:
E A B
Between womenhood and nursery rhymes
E A
Looking for the truth in lovers lies
E
And the ties that bind
A B
The things that last through time
E A B A E
Girl i can tell you're trying to work it out
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Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
D D7 G
A long time forgotten are dreams that just fell by the way
A7 D
The good life he promised ain't what she's living today
D D7 G
But she never complains of the bad times or bad things he's done, Lord
A7 D
She just talks about the good times they've had and all the good times to
come
CHORUS:
D D7 G
She's a good-hearted woman in love with a good-timin' man
A7 D
She loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand
D D7 G
Through teardrops and laughter, they'll pass through this world hand-in-hand,
A7 D
A good-hearted woman loving her good timing man
He like the night life, the bright lights and good-timin' friends
When the party's all over she'll welcome him back home again
Lord knows she don't understand him, but she does the best that she can
'Cause she's a good-hearted woman; she loves her good timin' man
CHORUS
[optional: CHORUS up one key, to end]
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GOOD OL' BOYS Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
E
Just good ol' boys
A
Never meaning no harm
E B7
Beats all you never saw,been in trouble with the law
E
Since the day they were born
Verse 2:
E
Straightnin' the curves
A
Flatnin' the hills
E B7
Someday the mountain might get'em
E
But the law never will
Chorus:
B7
Making their way,any way they now how
E
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow
Chorus.
Verse 3:
E
I'm a good ol' boy
A
You know my mama loves me
E B7
But she don't understand they keep a showin my hands
E
And not my face on the screen.
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Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
D
Everybody's going away
G
Said there moving to L.A.
A
There ain't a soul i know around
D
Everybody's leaving town
Verse 2:
D
Some caught a freight,some caught a plane
G
Find the sunshine leave the rain
A
They say this town will waste your mind
D
I guess they're right cause it's wasted mine
Chorus:
/ G
Some got to win,some got to lose
A D
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Verse 3:
D
My old heart keeps telling me
G
You ain't no kid at thirty three
A
You play around and you lose your wife
D
Play too long and you lose your life
Verse 4:
D
I got my pills to ease the pain
G
I can't find a thing to ease the rain
A
Sometimes i'd like to try and settle down
D
But everybody's leaving town
Chorus.
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GRAPES ON THE VINE Waylon Jennings
1st PART:
Verse 1:
C/G
There are songs that birds don't sing to people
F
There are secrets that keep right through to the end
G
There are heroes who hide until forever
C/G
And i'm singing this song for one of them
Verse 2:
C/G
He's the man that you passed on the road there
F
The one with his life on the loose
G
Going either somewhere or nowhere
C/G
Going without me,without you
Chorus:
C/G
For he is this world's constant orphan
F
Traveling out his lone time
G
Living on apples from orchards
C/G
Dying from grapes on the vine
2nd PART:
Verse 3:
C/G Am F
You can find him in big city winters
C/G G
Down where the mission bell cries
Am F
And sorrow echoes through summer
G C/G
As he tries to close all his eyes
Verse 4:
C/G Am F
You can find him in Pittsburgh in Christmas
C/G G
You can find him in Buffalo in June
Am F
And he knows all the backroads between them
G C/G
Like the gypsy knows the moon
Verse 5:
Am F
And it's route 22 all over again
G C/G
Stick your thumb out and try to look like somebody's friend
Am F
Look strong at the man,gentle at the girl
G C/G
And puzzled at the rest of the world
Chorus.
G
Living on apples from orchards
C/G
Dying from grapes on the vine
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GREY EYES YOU KNOW Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
B F#
That cold north wind is blowin',grey eyes you know
B
The years are quickly going,grey eyes you know
E
And the good life i promised you so long ago
F# B
Is dead but for the dreaming,grey eyes you know
Verse 2:(half a tone higher)
C/G G
We never had much money,grey eyes you know
C/G
More rainy days than sunny,grey eyes you know
F
And life has been a long hard row to hoe
G C/G
But you stuck right by me smiling,grey eyes you know
Bridge:
F C/G
Hard times took the blue from your eyes
D G
Leaving them grey,as the winter skies
Verse 3:
C/G G
We had our time i must walk away
C/G
Leave you here beneath this mound of clay
F
And i feel so empty as i turn to go
G C/G
Would my heart lie there beside you,grey eyes you know
G C/G
My heart lies there beside you,grey eyes you know
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GUITARS THAT WON'T STAY IN TUNE Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Verse 1: (Willie)
E
Well i grew up lean and hungry
I worked hard for my money
A B E
Said i'm gonna live my life the way i please
I spent some time on the road of life
Saw an angel once and the devil twice
A B E
I came across some things that i don't need
Chorus: (Willie & Waylon)
E A E A E
Like a cold hearted women,whiskey in my water
C#m B E
And only one way out of a motel room
A E A E
Payments on the Cadillac,and too many questions
C#m B E
And old guitars that just won't stay in tune
Verse 2: (Waylon)
E
You know there's good and bad breaks
You learn from your mistakes
A B E
It's all in how you handle them do's and don'ts
A hillbilly boy is hard to convice
Wild and stubborn and not much sense
A B E
But i've got enough to know what i don't want
Chorus.
C#m B E
And old guitars that just won't stay in tune
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HANK WILLIAMS SYNDROME Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
Ramblin' about
Down through the South
A E
I find things are a changing a lot
Especially me
It's easy to see
A E
Montgomery's still hot,and i'm not
Verse 2:
E
I stopped by today
At Hank Williams's grave
A E
My hero from the days of my youth
Was that him or me
That i used to be
A B
In the times when i searched for the truth
Chorus:
A E
Hank you were my inspiration
A
And I was obsessed with your ways
But to tell you the truth
E
It's no thanks to you
B
That i'm still living today
A E
Hank i still love your music
A
And in spite of the things i've just said
You'll always be
E
A hero to me
D A E
But the Hank Williams syndrome is dead
Verse 3:
E
The new hats are here
And it's increasingly clear
A E
Our day is slipping on by
They're not like me and you
But that's alright,too
A B
They could keep the music alive
Chorus.
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He Went To Paris - Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
A D
He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions
E7 A
That bothered him so
He was impressive,young and agressive
D E7
Savin' the world on his own
D A
Warm summer breezes,French wine and cheeses
D E7
Put his ambition at bay
A
The summers and winters scattered like splinters
D E7 A
And four or five years slipped away
Verse 2:
A D
He went to England,played the piano,and married
E7 A
An actress named Kim
They had a good life,she was a good wife
D E7
And bore him a young son named Jim
D A
All of the answers and all of the questions
D E7
He locked in his attic one day
A
'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin'
D E7 A
And twenty more years slipped away
Verse 3:
A D
War took his baby,Bombs killed his lady and left him
E7 A
With only one eye
His body was battered,his whole world was shattered
D E7
All he could do was just cry
D A
While the tears were fallin' he was recallin'
D E7
Answers that he never found
A
So he hopped in a freighter,skidded the ocean
D E7 A
And left England without a sound
Verse 4:
A D
Now he lives in the islands,fishes the pilin' and drinks
E7 A
His Green label each day
Writing his memoirs,losin' his hearin'
D E7
But he don't care what most people say
D A
After eighty-six years of perpetual motion
D E7
If he likes you he'll smile and say
A
"Jimmy,some of it's magic,probably tragic,
D E7 A
But i had a good life all the way"
A D
He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions
E7 A
That bothered him so
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HEARTACHES OLDER THAN YOU Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
A E
I've had a life time of memories like you
A
I couldn't get over even if i wanted you
E
It's really not somethin' i don't wanna do
A
But i've got heartaches older than you
Verse:
A D E
I've seen that kind of look in other eyes before
A
This time may be different i'm not sure
D E
Do you really understand what your young heart desires
A
If you're just playin' around,you're playin' with fire
Chorus.
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HEAVEN OR HELL Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
F C/G
Sometimes i don't even know
D G
Sometimes i take it as far as i can
D G
Sometimes i don't even go
Chorus:
C/G
My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
F C/G
My back tracks are covered in snow
D
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
G C/G
Sometimes i don't even know
Verse 2:(a tone higher)
D
Heaven ain't walking a street paved with gold
G D
Hell ain't a mountain of fire
E A
Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms
E A
Hell is when my baby's not there
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
D
My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
G D
My back tracks are covered in snow
E
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
A D
Sometimes i don't even know
E
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
A D
Sometimes i don't even know
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HER MAN Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E A
I'm gonna change my ways of doing things around here
E B
I'm turning over a new leaf,gonna get myself in gear
E
Cause i've got a woman who's better than most
A B
And i've made a mess of her plans
A B E
So starting today all i'm gonna be is her man
Chorus:
E A E
I've been a wild catter and a go-go getter
B E
Been an SOB right down to the letter
A E
I've had misadventures,i even got pictures
B
Of even more than i can stand
A B E
So starting today all i want a be is her man
Verse 2:
E A
I'm gonna give it all back,'cause all i've done is take
E B
I've put her on the back burner while i was out on the make
E
But i've got a woman who's good enough
A B
To give me a second chance again
A B E
So starting today all i'm gonna be is her man
Chorus.
A/ E/
I'm a little bit late,but i'm wising up
B/ C#m
I'm taking her by the hand
A B E
Starting today all i want a be is her man
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HEROES Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash
Verse 1: (Johnny)
D
Heroes,larger than life
Up on the screen,every night
A D
On the late show,oh what a great show
Verse 2: (Waylon)
D
Heroes,under the gun
Fighting for justice,for everyone
G D
And we follow,where ever they go
Verse 3: (Waylon)
A
Heroes,standing up tall
G
Taking their chances,risking it all
D A G
So you know there'll always be heroes
Verse 4: (Johnny)
D
Heroes,so good to know
So hard to find,sad when they go
A D
Like the shadows,on the high road
Verse 5: (Johnny)
D
Heroes,ever on track
Never give up,never look back
G D
Never lay low,oh never grow old
Verse 6: (Johnny)
A
Heroes,right from the start
G
They fall in love,straight from the heart
D A G
So you know they'll always be heroes
Chorus: (Johnny)
D A
Ride on safe from all danger
D A
Where have you been for so long
D
I've been waiting for another star
A
To rise in my night again
D A
Give me a reason we all must carry on
/ D
Like all the heroes have done
Verse 6: (Johnny)
D
Heroes,facing the fight
Calling for courage,trying to do right
A D
When the dust blows,and the light goes
Verse 7: (Johnny)
D
Heroes,tried and true
One for the other,ready to do
G D
It tomorrow,like it was the last show
Verse 8: (Johnny)
A
Heroes,put to the test
G
Keeping a promise,doing there best
D A G
So you know,there'll always be heroes
Chorus.
D
Ride on,ride on ...
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HEROES Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Verse 1:(spoken) -Waylon-
D G
Son you make me feel so proud,i pop the buttons of my shirt
D
I know i said i'd take you to the lake today
A G
But i'm going to have to break those plans and it really hurts
Verse 2: -Waylon-
D
Every time i go fishin'
G
It would always start me wishin'
A G D
That i could be a child again
G
Take my 50 cents and go
D
Down to the local picture show
E A
To watch my heroes rope and ride
Verse 3: -Waylon-
D G D
Most times they'd win but when they'd lose it always made me cry
G D A D
There ain't nothing quite as sad as watching your heroes die
F# G Em A D
One by one,as they fall soon there'll be no heroes at all
Verse 4:(spoken) -Waylon-
D
Well i guess the fish just ain't biting
G
It's ok,i really don't feel like fighting
A D
And in all it just ain't that great a fishing day
G
That old newspaper headline
D E
Kind of wrapped around this old heart of mine
A
Another big one got away
Verse 5: -Willie-
D G D
And i can't count the times he made me laugh but this time he made me cry
G D A D
There ain't nothing quite as sad as watching your heroes die
F# G Em A D
One by one,as they fall soon there'll be no heroes at all
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HEY WILLIE Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
E A
Hey Willie let's pack up and catch us a slow train
D G
And go back to Phoenix to a far brighter day
E A
Where stars were for shining in the Arizona sky
D G
And music meant more than fortune or fame
Verse 1:
C/G G
Willie,we wandered from border to border
D G
Singing our stories and living our songs
C/G G
Seems the farther we go,all that grows closer
A D
Is a mind full of memories we made years ago
Chorus.
Verse 2:
C/G G
We rolled through the towns like a bus load of gypsies
D G
Motels and hotels ain't no place to stay
C/G G
The favors we're taking,the money we're making
A D
Won't pay for the living,we're giving away
Chorus.
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HITTIN' THE BOTTLE AGAIN Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
Well i don't know who or where i am
I don't know who do give a damn
C/G G
It's a hell of a mess that i've got me in
D
Hittin' the bottle again
Verse 2:
D
I can't walk so i can't go home
No need to talk cause i'm alone
C/G G
If i stay here they're gonna lock me in
D
Hittin' the bottle again
Chorus:
G
Hittin' the bottle again
F D
Ever than i've drunker been
C/G G
Or is it drunker than i've ever been
D
Hittin' the bottle again
Verse 3:
D
Well i tried to quit for a wife of mine
I tried to quit but i changed my mind
C/G G
Every once in awhile and a now and a then
D
Hittin' the bottle again
Chorus.
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Honky-Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings
Intro: D D B7 B7 A7
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G -----------------2--2-------2--2----------2------2--2-------2--2----
D -------------0---0--0---0---0--0---0------1------1--1---2---2--2----
A --0--2---4----------------------------4--2----2--2--2---------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
A7 D D D
u d u d Low down ...
e -------0--0-------2--2---------------------------2--2-------2--------
B -------2--2-------3--3---------------------------3--3-------3--------
G -------0--0-------2--2---------------------------2--2-------2--------
D -------2--2---0---0--0------------0--2--3--4--0---------0---0--------
A ---0---------------------0--2--4------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
D
Low down leaving sun,i've done
G
Did everything that needs done
D B7
Woe is me,why can't i see
E7 A
I best be leaving well enough alone
D
Them neon black nights,couldn't stay out of fights
G
Them keep a-huanting me memories
D B7
There is one in every crowd,for crying out loud
E7 A
Why was it always turning out be me
Chorus:
D
Where does it go,the good Lord only knows
G
It seems like it was just the other day
D B7
I was down at Green Gables,hawking them tables
E7 A
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
D
Piano rolled blues,danced holes in my shoes
G
There weren't another other way to be
D B7
For loveable losers,no luck can't boozers
E7 A
And honky tonk heroes like me
Chorus.
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I Ain't Livin' Long Like This - Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D A
I look for trouble and i found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I tried to run but i don't think i can
You make one move and you're a dead man friend
D
Ain't living long like this
A
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
E
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel reel rack
D
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
A
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
Verse 2:
A
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives
Son of a carhop and some all night dives
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All i remember was a drunk man's breath
D
Ain't living long like this
A
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
E
You know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to the man down town
D
Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby
A
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
Verse 3:
A
I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen
Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but i don't know how
I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now
D
Ain't living long like this
A
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
E
You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Don't want to do it but just don't get caught
D
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
A
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
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I Can Get Off On You - Walyon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Chorus (W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
A E
Take back the weed,take back the cocaine baby
A
Take back the pills,take back the whiskey too
E
I don't need them now,your love was all i was after
A
I'll make it now,i can get off on you
Verse 1 (W. Nelson):
D A
I can get by on little or nothing at all,i know
D E
I can get high just thinking about you,and so
Chorus.
Verse 2 (W. Jennings):
D A
Who would have thought this was something that i'd ever do
D E
I'm working it out,mellowing out on you
Chorus (x2).
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I DO BELIEVE Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
B E
In my own way i'm a believer
In my own way right or wrong
A
I don't talk too much about it
E
It's something i keep working on
B
I don't have too much to build on
E
My faith has never been that strong
Verse 2:
E
There's a man there in that building
He's a holy man,they say
A
He keeps talking about tomorrow
E
While i keep struggling with today
B
He preaches hellfire and brimstone
E
And heaven seems so far away
Chorus:
A E
I do believe in a higher power
One that loves us one and all
A E
Not someone to solve my problems
Or to catch me when i fall
A
He gave us all a mind to think with
E
And to know what's right or wrong
A
He is that inner spirit
B
That keeps us strong
Verse 3:
E
In my own way i'm a believer
But not in voices i can't hear
A
I believe in a loving Father
E
One i never have to fear
B
That i should live life at its fullest
E
Just as long as i am here
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I GOT THE TRAIN SITTIN' WAITIN' Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
E
I took my woman down to the local depot
From there to anywhere if you want to you can go
A
I said now pretty mamma i've had myself enough
E
Of your fussing and your fighting and it's sure gonna get rough
Chorus:
E A
I got the train sittin' waitin'
E
Leaving right on time
A
So if you want to go,better get aboard
B
But you be the one to make up your mind
Verse 2:
E
I've tried to love you woman every way i know how
But you keep on a naggin' and i've had it starting now
A
If you don't like the way you're living you know what you can do
E
Said the trains sitting there it's a big black choo-choo
Chorus bis:
E A
I got the train sittin' waitin'
E
Leaving right on time
A
So if you want to go,get yourself aboard
B
But you be the one to make up your mind
Verse 3:
E
Well,i looked up at the schedule and it said nine thirteen
The central is a leaving all the lights are turning green
A
The whistle is a blowin' here's your ticket and your pass
E
The door is open wide so don't let your coat tail drag
Chorus.
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I JUST CAN'T WAIT Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
/ G
When i was one 'til i was three
/ D
My Mom and Dad took care of me
/ A
Now i'm four and the world's alive
/ D
And i just can't wait until i'm five
/ D
I just can't wait until i'm five
Verse 2:
/ G
When i am six there is a rule
/ D
Kids like me all start to school
/ A
Somewhere between seven and eight
/ D
I'll start to grow and i just can't wait
/ D
I'll start to grow and i just can't wait
Verse 3:
/ G
Nine is weird as it can be
/ D
My brother's nine and he picks on me
/ A
But i just can't wait until i'm ten
/ D
I'll be completely grown by then
/ D
I'll be completely grown by then
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I'LL GO BACK TO HER Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Chorus:
G D
I'll go back to her where i'm wanted
G
And maybe i can make up for the wrong
D
Inspite of all i've done she still wants me
G
So i'll go back to her where i belong
Verse 1:
G D
Walking out on her wasn't easy
G
But without a second thought i left her there
D
I gave my all and did it all to please you
G
But the more i seem to do the less you care
Chorus (x2).
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I MAY BE USED (BUT BABY I AIN'T USED UP) Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 4th fret.
Verse 1:
E/ A/
Well my baby you're a looker and i know what you're looking for
E/ B/
You've been looking over, every man at the bar
E/ A/
Honey, i know i've got a few years on you
E/ B/ E/
But if you're shopping around let me tell you a thing or two
Verse 2:
E A
Well i look a little rough and i got a few miles on me
E B
My body needs work and my style ain't what it used to be
E A
And honey i'll admit there's places where i'm wearing thin
E B E
But i ain't broke down, i just couldn't hold it in
Chorus:
E A E
Well i may be worn, but baby i ain't worn out
B
Let me take you for a ride and i'll show you what i'm talking about
A E A
I guarantee, there's a lot of me left to love
E B E
Well i may be used but baby i ain't used up
Verse 3:
E A
I've been wrecked a few times and honey it shows i guess
E B
There's been once or twice that you could say that i was repossesed
E A
There's one little thing that i think ought to be understood
E B E
It aint how you look, it's what you got under your hood
Chorus.
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I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU IN MY OWN CRAZY WAY Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G G C/G G
The mistery of you and me
Am
Is colored blue on blue
G D G D
We wanted more than we could give
C/G G
We couldn' t see it through
C/G G C/G G
You won't believe,these words from me
Am
Still they're mine to say
C/G G D G
I will always love you in my own crazy way
Verse 2:
C/G G C/G G
I tried to keep my sanity
Am
By being someone else
G D G D
Someone that you could hold on to
C/G G
I only fooled myself
C/G G C/G G
I knew the part but in my heart
Am
A role that i couldn't play
C/G G D G
I will always love you in my own crazy way
Chorus:
C/G G
Oh,i still love you
D
I'll always love you
G
In my own crazy way
Verse 3:
C/G G C/G G
Memories of you and me
Am
Are written on the wind
G D G D
Sometimes girl i'd give the world
C/G G
To do it all again
C/G G C/G G
If you should need to call on me
Am
I won't be far away
C/G G D G
I will always love you in my own crazy way
Chorus bis:
D A
Oh,i still love you
E
I'll always love you
A
In my own crazy way
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IF I CAN FIND A CLEAN SHIRT Waylon Jennings
Verse 1: (Waylon)
B
Come on now Willie don't look at me that way
E B
I know you like a paperback book,'cause i've read every page
F#
I know what you're thinkin' and i don't think you're thinkin' at all
This is old Hoss that you're talkin' to
B
The one with the perfect recall
Chorus: (Waylon & Willie)
B F#
No i ain't goin' down on the border with you tonight
B
Drinkin' tequila,taking chances on our lives
F#
All the women are crazy,they like to party till daylight
B
On second thought if i can find a clean shirt i might
Verse 2: (Willie)
B
Wait a minute Waylon i ain't said a thing about that
E B
Sometimes i just like to wear my spurs and my old Mexican hat
F#
But we sure had fun the last time that we were down there
And when we woke up,you had that weird tattoo
B
And somebody had curled my hair
Chorus.
B F#
All the women are crazy,they like to party till daylight
B
On second thought if i can find a clean shirt i might
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IF I COULD ONLY FLY Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G
This morning as i watched a bird
Am
Just spread its wings and fly
C/G
It was then a thought came over me
G7 C/G
And i wondered why can't i ?
G7 C/G
Oh why,oh why can't i ?
Verse 2:
F
If i could only fly,you see
Dm
A lot of problems would be gone
F
When you think of just how much
C7 F
I'd save on shoes alone
C7 F
If i could only fly
Verse 3:
F
I would never tear my clothes
Dm
Climbing in and out of trees
F
If i could only fly,i'd never crawl
C7 F
Or wear holes in my knees
C7 F
If i could only fly
Verse 4:
C/G
How i'd love to spread my wings
Am
And streak across the sky
C/G
I'd be off to see the world
G7 C/G
If i could only fly
G7 C/G
But i'd always come right back
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IF YOU COULD TOUCH HER AT ALL Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G F
Funny a woman can come home so wild and free
G C/G
And insist i don't watch her undress or watch her watch me
F
And stand by the bed and shiver as if she were cold
G C/G
Just to lie down beside me and touch me as if i were gold
Chorus:
C/G F
One night of love don't make up for six nights alone
G C/G
But i'd rather have one than none Lord,'cause i'm flesh and bone
F
Sometimes it seems that she ain't worth the trouble at all
G C/G
But she could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all
Verse 2 (a tone higher):
D G
Right or wrong a woman can own any man
A D
She can take him inside her and hold his soul in her hand
G
And leave him as weary and weak as a newborn child
A D
Fighting to catch his first breath and open his eyes
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
D G
One night of love don't make up for six nights alone
A D
But i'd rather have one than none,I'm flesh and bone
G
Sometimes it seems that she ain't worth the trouble at all
A D
But she could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all
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IF YOU SEE HER Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
A D A
If you see her and she mentions my name
D E
Tell her the times have but i have not changed
Bm A D
All my friends know that i still feel the same
A E A
If you see her and she mentions my name
Verse 2:
A D A
If you see her ask her for me
D E
If the dreamer in her ever set her free
Bm A D
Does she know now what the words i sing mean
A E A
If you see her would you ask her for me
Chorus:
D A
Everything i told her then was true
D A
Everything was true at the time
D E D E
But time has a way of changing everything
D E
The truth has a way of changing all the time
Verse 3:
A D A
If you see her and she mentions my name
D E
Tell her for me that she was not to blame
Bm A D
There's no reason now for her to feel ashamed
A E A
If you see her and she mentions my name
Chorus.
Verse 1.
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I'M A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
A D
I'm a man of constant sorrow
A D
I've known trouble all my days
G D E
I'll say goodbye and leave tomorrow
A D
And i won't be back this way
Verse 1:
A D
Misery is nothing new to me
A D
Memories will fade in time
G D E
Another day,some new tomorrow
A D
Just my ease,my troubled mind
Chorus.
Verse 2:
A D
I can't be the man you've made of me
A D
Only you no how i've tried
G D E
I'll say goodbye and leave tomorrow
A D
Maybe then you'll be satisfied
Chorus.
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I'M LITTLE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
Sometimes i look up at my dad
A E
And he looks a hundred feet tall
B G# C#m
So if i hadn't learned to yell real loud
A B E
He might never see me at all
'Cause
Chorus:
E
I'm little,i'm little
A B E
I'm little so what can i say
B E
I'm little,i'm little
A B E
But i'm gonna grow up some day
Verse 2:
E
My mom says where ever i go
A E
I always leave a big mess
B G# C#m
And as long as it takes her to clean up my room
A B E
She may be right i guess
Chorus.
Verse 3:
E
Sometimes i think Mom and Dad
A E
Are always pickin' on me
B G# C#m
But if you won't tell,i'll tell you the truth
A B E
I do a lot more than they see
'Cause
Chorus (x2).
But i hope i never do
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It'll Be Her - Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
If anyone ever finds a better way to love
It'll be her,loving me
A
If anyone ever goes out of their way to show they care
E
It'll be her,loving me
Chorus:
B
She's every women i've ever known rolled up in one
A
If i'm ever loved anymore,she'll be the one
E B
To get it done,the way it should be
A E
It'll be her,loving me
Verse 2:
E
If ever i'm down and out and need someone to love
It'll be her,loving me
A
When everyone else is cold and i need someone warm to hold
E
It'll be her,loving me
Chorus(x2).
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IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
E/ A
It's not supposed to be that way
E
You're supposed to know i love you
B
But it don't matter anyway
E
If i can't be there to control you
Verse 1:
E A
Like the other little children
E
You're gonna dream a dream or two
B
But be careful what you're dreaming
E
Soon your dreams will be dreaming you
Chorus bis:
E A
It's not supposed to be that way
E
You're supposed to know i love you
B
But it don't matter anyway
E
If i can't be there to console you
Verse 2:
E A
When you go out to play this evening
E
Play with fire flies til they're gone
B
Then you rush to meet your lover
E
And play with real fire til the dawn
Chorus bis.
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I've Always Been Crazy - Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
G
I've always been crazy and the trouble that it's put me through
C/G
I've been busted for things that i did,and i didn't do
D
I can't say i'm proud of all of the things that i've done
G
But i can say i've never intentionally hurt anyone
Verse 2:
G
I've always been different with one foot over the line
C/G
Winding up somewhere one step ahead or behind
D
It ain't been so easy but i guess i shouldn't complain
G
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane
Verse 3:
G/ D/
Beautiful lady are you sure that you understand
G/
The chances your taking loving a free living man
D/
Are you really sure you really want what you see
G/
Be careful of something that's just what you want it to be
Verse 4:
G
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane
C/G
Nobody knows if it's something to bless or to blame
D
So far i ain't found a rhyme or a reason to change
G
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane
G C/G D
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I'VE GOT MY FAULTS Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
I'm just a man
No more or no less
A
Bad as the worst
Good as the best
B
If you like what you see
It's a pretty good bet
What you see
Is just what you'll get
Chorus:
E
And i've got my faults
That i can't deny
A
Nobody knows that better than i do
B
Some not so good traits
From my wilder days
E
I've got my faults but i do have my ways
Bridge:
A
I do have my ways
E
That show off the best side of me
A
When you least expect it
E
You don't know how good i can be
Chorus.
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IVORY TOWER Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
B E
I've been a believer in many things
F# B
I've past a sign post or two
E
I never could see why the bad folks won't change
F# B
Or why the good ones want to
Verse 2:
B E
Everyone's left us alone to our ways
F# B
Thinking we might have been right
E
But i'm not so fond of this being alone
F# B
Especially this time of night
Chorus:
E B
Here we are in our ivory tower
E B
All our fears left behind
E B
Looking on down from our ivory tower
F# B
Like everyone else has lost their mind
Verse 3:
B E
I've tried to look to myself for my strength
F# B
Look to a song for release
E
Kept all the people i could at arms lentgh
F# B
The ones that i never could please
Verse 4:
B E
I've been refining the way that i feel
F# B
Towards all the ones who are near
E
I've been refining the way that i look
F# B
For all the women for years
Chorus (x2).
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JACK OF DIAMONDS Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
C/G G C/G
Jack of diamonds,Jack of diamonds,take my money
G C/G
You can have my life of luxury
E F D
You can have my precious silver,studded saddle,ohh
C/G F G C/G
But you can not take my soul,can not take my soul today
Verse 2:
C/G G C/G
Sweet mamma,oh sweet mamma,won't you say you love me
G C/G
Let me hold you,hold you in my arms
E F D
Please tell me i'm not really falling to pieces
C/G F G C/G
Keep me tender mamma,tender now,keep me warm
Verse 3:
C/G G C/G
Jack of diamonds,Jack of diamonds,i still got my ace
G C/G
If you want me to do it i can through it,right in your face
E F D
Go and take my precious silver,studded saddle,yeah
C/G F G C/G
But you can not take my soul Lord,you can not take my soul today
C/G G C/G
Jack of diamonds,Jack of diamonds,i'm gonna be allright
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JUST TALKIN' Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
We got a lot of politicians
Up there on Capitol Hill
Ain't it funny how they prosper
A
While the country stands still
Maybe i should run for office
But i just like to talk
I ain't about to run for nothing
D
I don't even like to walk
Chorus:
G
Aw that's just a lot of talkin'
D
Some is big some is small
A
Just runnin' my head
D
I'm just talkin' that's all
Verse 2:
D
Modern day matrimony
Is a pre-some kind of deal
You need a preacher and a lawyer
A
Just to tell you how you feel
Now i believe in love and marriage
I guess you need a license,too
But all that really gives you
D
Is the legal right to Sue
Chorus.
Verse 3:(a tone higher)
E
And then there's you and me,babe
Ain't we some kinda sight
We won't go down in history
B
And then again we might
But that don't really matter
Just as long as we both know
We'll still be together
E
At the close of the show
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
A
Aw that's just a lot of talkin'
E
It don't make a lot of sense
A
I ain't out to hurt nobody
B
It's at my own expense
A
Yea,it's just a lot of talkin'
E
Some is big,some is small
B
Just runnin' my head
E
I'm just talkin' that's all
Just talkin' that's all
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JUST TO SATISFY YOU Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
A G A G A
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
G A
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do
D E D
How many hearts must break,how many will it take
A D A
To satisfy you,just to satisfy you
Bridge:
B
Another love,another fool
E
To play your game
B
Another love,another fool
E
They're all the same
Verse 2:
A G A
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
G A
Don't be surprised if that someone is you
D E D
You're gonna find when it's too late,a heart that just won't break
A D A
To satisfy you,just to satisfy you
Half a verse:
D E D
How many tears were cried,how many dreams have died
A D A
To satisfy you,just to satisfy you
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KISSING YOU GOODBYE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
I've learned to turn the other cheek
Is not what love's about
I've turned mine so many times
That i damned near wore 'em out
A
I've grown used to your abuse
E
And i thought i'd never quit
But i woke up this morning
B E
Couldn't find my shiv-a-git
Chorus:
A
You've always liked to play your games
E
Well i got one for you
Pretend we're playing checkers girl
B
And it's your time to move
A
You'll find your suitcase on the porch
E
And the taxi in the drive
Get your tongue out of my mouth
B E
I'm kissing you goodbye
Verse 2:
E
I see you've finally made it home
You been out all night
Your artificial hair's a mess
And your clothes don't fit you right
A
I've given and forgiven
E
Till there ain't nothing left
But all you gave was just enough
B E
To satisfy yourself
Chorus bis:
A
I can smell that whisky in your hair
E
And sen-sen on your breath
If you ever tried to tell the truth
B
You'd choke yourself to death
A
I don't want your nasty kisses
E
And don't tell me no more lies
Get your tongue out of my mouth
B E
I'm kissing you goodbye
Get your tongue out of my mouth
B E
I'm kissing you goodbye
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Ladies Love Outlaws - Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
D G
Bessie was a lovely child from West Tennessee
A D
Leroy was an outlaw hard and mean
G
One day she saw him starring & it chilled her to the bone
A D
She knew she had to see that look on a child of her own
Chorus:
D G
'Cause ladies love outlaws
A D
Like babies love stray dogs
G
Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold
A D
Outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul
Verse 2:
D G
Linda was a lady,blonde and built to last
A D
Benny was a no good guitar picker,running from his past
G
She heard all his songs telling nothing but bad news
A D
But she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose
Chorus.
Verse 3:
D G
Jessie like cadillacs & diamonds on her hands
A D
Waymore had a reputation as a lady's man
G
Late one night her light of love finally gave a sign
A D
Jessie parked her cadillac and took her place in line
Chorus (x2).
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LAY IT DOWN Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G Em
Traveling down on different roads
F G C/G
Trying hard to leave the load
Em
We take it there but we can't let go
F G C/G
It's so hard to lay it down
Verse 2:
C/G F Em
Back in Eden we were tried
Eb Bb
Found ourselves disatisfied
F C/G
Seeking wisdom that she denied
F C/G
Trying hard to lay it down
Chorus:
C/G Em
Lay it down brother,lay it down
G C/G
It's so hard to lay it down
Verse 3:
C/G Em
Hide in me,confide in me
F G C/G
Don't you think it's time to be
Em
Everything we tried to be
F G C/G
You and me sould lay it down
Verse 4:
C/G F Em
Speak to me,be unashamed
Eb Bb
There's no need in playing games
F C/G
After all we're all the same
F C/G
Just trying hard to lay it down
Chorus.
Verse 5:(a tone higher)
D F#m
Wish my words could make it well
G A D
Wish that i could break the shell
F#m
Take us from ourself made well
G A D
Find a way to lay it down
Verse 6:(a tone higher)
D G F#m
Burdened by the things i've learned
F C/G
Hurting because i'm too concerned
G D
Nonetheless i confess i yearn
G D
To find a way to lay it down
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
D F#m
Lay it down,lay it down
A D
Wish that i could lay it down
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LEAVIN' TOWN Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D G D
There she goes again,see her smiling
G A
So happy with the new love that she's found
D G D G
See her whisper in his ear all those things i used to hear
D
Oh how that hurts me
G D
So i'm leavin' town
G D
She's the reason why i'm leavin' town
Chorus:
G C G
I'm goin' far away where no one knows me
F
When morning comes,well,i won't be around
D G D G
To see her whisper in his ear,kiss and call him dear
D
Oh i can't stand that
G D
So i'm leavin' town
Bridge1:
D G D
Bet she's even glad i'm leavin' town
Chorus.
Bridge2:
D G D
I can't let my hurt and leavin' town
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Let's All Help The Cowboy Sing The Blues - Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G F
Cowboys they are ladies men alright
D7 G7
They love 'em up and talk 'em up all night
C/G F
But they're lonely when there's nothin' else to do
G7 C/G
That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
C/G F
He does a little Shakespeare and he sings
D7 G7
He plays the mandolin and other things
C/G F
He looks for love,beauty and I.Q.
G7 C/G
And that's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
Chorus:
G F C/G
Cowboys have to fall in love get hurt and all that bit
G F C/G
Let their heart hangs out so they can wright you all a hit
F
So ladies if they ask you,don't refuse
C/G G7 C/G
Let's all help the cowboys sing the blues
Verse 2:
C/G F
Cowboys they don't ever understand
D7 G7
This thing between a woman and a man
C/G F
Until they find the one they always lose
G7 C/G
That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
C/G F
A cowboy takes his lonely pen in hand
D7 G7
Tries to make somebody understand
C/G F
She has ears to hear a different tune
G7 C/G
That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
Chorus.
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LINES Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
I want to be free from the noise of the grind
G
So i live on the outskirts of the back of my mind
A
With a strong hand,a songman,and God on my side
D
I'm writing that freedom a line at a time
Verse 2:
D
On the highway to nowhere that runs through my mind
G
A yellow line stretches out into the night
A
Broken in places,it's my guiding light
D
So i'm writing that freedom a line at a time
Bridge:
D G
I'm walking a fine line between wrong and right
D
I can live with the problems of this day and time
G
Consider me lucky 'cause i'll be all right
D A
In my mind i'm having a beautiful life
Verse 3:
D
I'm lost in the feelings of this heart of mine
G
In search of the border of infinite time
A
And i find peace of mind in the songs and their rhymes
D
So i'm writing my freedom a line at a time
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LONESOME ON'RY AND MEAN Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D G D
On a greyhound bus,Lord i'm traveling this morning
G D
I'm going to Shreveport and on down to New Orleans
G D
Been driving these highways,been doing things my way
C/G G D
It's been making me lonesome,on'ry and mean
Verse 2:
D G D
Now her hair was jet black,and her name was Codiene
G D
Thought she was the cream of the Basin Street queens
G D
She got tired of that smokey whine dream
C/G G D
Began to feel lonesome,on'ry and mean
Verse 3:
D G D
We got together,and we cashed in our sweeps
G D
Gave them to a beggar who was mumbling through the streets
G D
There's no escaping from his snowy white dreams
C/G G D
Born lookin' lonesome,on'ry and mean
Verse 4:
D G D
Now i'm down in this valley,where the wheels turn so low
G D
At dawn i pray,to the Lord of my soul
G D
I say do Lord,do right by me
C/G G D
I'm tired of being lonesome,on'ry and mean
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LOOKING FOR A FEELING Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
/ G
I'm looking for a feeling
D
That i once had with you
A
Looking for a feeling
D
I have grown accustomed to
G
I've had love and i've had lovers
D
But they never seem to do
A
I keep looking for a feeling
D
That i lost when i lost you
Verse:
D G
I said when it was over
D
I'd be over you in time
A
Because nothing lasts forever
D
It's all a state of mind
G
I found one love i'll find another
D
Heaven knows how hard i've tried
A
But there's something always missing
D
Something never satisfied
Chorus bis:
/ G
I keep looking for a feeling
D
That i once had with you
A
Looking for a feeling
D
I have grown accustomed to
G
I've had love and i've had lovers
D
But they never seem to do
A
I keep looking for a feeling
D
That i lost when i lost you
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LOOKING FOR SUZANNE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
In my darkest hour,woke up to a storm
G D
I turned to hold my baby,but she was gone
I looked all around me,calling her name
G D
No letter,no word of goodbye,walked out in the rain
G D
Looking for Suzanne
Verse 2:
D
Strangest of notions,chilled me to the bone
G D
Something whispered in the wind,she ain't coming home
G D G D
Looking for Suzanne,looking for Suzanne
Bridge:
G
Suzanne went away,as i think about it today
A D G D
As hard as i try i can't understand,looking for Suzanne
Verse 3:
D
Each walking moment,each sleepless night
G D
I search for the one that i love,the rest of my life
G D
Looking for Suzanne
G D
Looking for Suzanne (til end ...)
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LOVE IS THE WAY Waylon Jennings & Johnny Cash
Verse 1: (Johnny)
D G
Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness
D E A
A tiny blue marble is spinning through space
D G
Born in the splendor of God's holy vision
D A D
And sliding away like a tear down his face
Verse 2: (Johnny)
D G D
The closer you see the whole wide holy wonder
E A
Of oceans and mountains and rivers and trees
D G
And the strangest creation of many,the human
D A D
A creature of laughter and Freedom and dreams
Verse 3: (A tone higher) (Waylon)
E A
Now the warriors are waving their old rusty sabres
E F# B
And preachers are preaching the gospel of hate
E A
By their behavior they're determined to teach us
E B E
A lesson we're soon to be learning too late
Verse 4: (Johnny)
E A E
Look closer my brother, we're killing each other
F# B
And we'd better stop and get started today
E A
Because life is the question and life is the answer
E B E
And God is the reason and love is the way.
A
Because life is the question and life is the answer
E B E
And God is the reason and love is the way.
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LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
F
Living on free food tickets
Water in the milk from the hole in the roof
D#
Where the rain came through
Bb C/G
What can you do? hmm hmm
Verse 2:
F
Tears from little sister
Crying 'cause she doesn't have a dress
D#
Without a patch for the party to go
Bb C/G
Oh but you know,she'll get by
Chorus:
C/G F Bb F
She is living in the love of the common people
Bb C/G
Smiles from the heart of a family man
F Bb F
Daddy's gonna buy her a dream to cling to
C/G F
Mamma's gonna love her just as much as she can,as she can
Verse 3: (a tone higher)
G
It's a good thing you don't have bus fare
It would fall through the hole in your pocket
F
And you'd lose it in the snow on the ground
C/G D
A walkin' to town to find a job
Verse 4:
G
Trying to keep your hands warm
But the hole in your shoe let the snow come through
F
And the chills to the bone
C/G D
Oh,you better go home where it's warm
Chorus bis:
D G C/G G
Where you can live in the love of the common people
C/G D
Smiles from the heart of a family man
G C/G G
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
D G
Mamma's gonna love her just as much as she can,as she can
Verse 5: (a tone higher)
A
Living on dreams ain't easy
But the closer the knit,the tighter the fit
G
And the chills stay away
D E
You take them in stride,family pride
Verse 6:
A
You know that faith is your foundation
And with whole lotta love and a warm conversation
G
And plenty of prayer
D E
Making you strong,where you belong
Chorus ter:
E A D A
Where you can live in the love of the common people
D E
Be the pride in the heart of a family man
A D A
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
E A
Mamma's gonna love her just as much as she can,as she can
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LOW DOWN FREEDOM Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D A
Long haired young girl,here beside me
D A
Fit my body,warm my mind
G D
Sleeping quiet,never knowing
A G F D
By tomorrow she'll be one more thing i'm gonna leave behind
Verse 2:
D A
Like them big wheels,i'll be rolling
D A
Like them rivers,gonna flow to sea
G D
Cause i'd rather leave here knowing
A G F D
That i made a fool of love before it made a fool of me
Chorus:
D G D
Low down freedom,you've done cost me
G D
Everything i'll ever lose
G D
Your as empty as my pockets
A G F D
From the top of where you start down to the bottom of my shoes
Verse 3:
D A
Open highway lonesome wind blow
D A
Tell me something i don't know
G D
Wrap them warm arms around me
A G F D
Tell me why i'm gonna leave when i don't really want to go
Chorus(x2).
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Luckenbach Texas - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Part 1:(Waylon)
G\ C\
There 're only two things in life that make it worth livin'
D\ G\
It's guitar tuned good and firm feelin' women
C\
I don't need my name in the marquis lights
D G
I got my song and I got you with me tonight
G\ C\ D\ G
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love
Chorus:(Waylon)
G C
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
D
This successful life we're livin' has got us fueding
G
like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams pain songs,Newberry's train songs
C D
and blue eyes cryin' in the rain out in Luckenbach Texas
G
ain't nobody feelin' no pain
Part 2:(Waylon)
G\
So baby let's sell your diamond ring
C\ C\ G
Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
G\
This coat and tie is choking me
C\ C\ G
In your high society you cry all day
We've been so busy keepin'up with the Jones
C
Four car garage and we're still building on
G\ C\ D\ G
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love
Chorus(Waylon)
Chorus(Willie):
G C
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
D
This successful life we're livin' has got us fueding
G
like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams pain songs,Newberry's train songs
C D
and blue eyes cryin' in the rain out in Luckenbach Texas
G
ain't nobody feelin' no pain
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MAC ARTHUR PARK Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
Am C/G Bb
Spring was never waiting for us girl,it ran one step ahead
Am
As we followed in the dance
C/G Bb
Between the parted pages that were pressed in loves hot fevered iron
Am D# F
Like a strip-ed pair of pants
Chorus:
G
Mac Arthur Park is melting in the dark
Bb
All the sweet green icing flowing down
C/G
Someone left the cake out in the rain
D G
I don't think that i can take it
C/G
Cause it took so long to bake it
G Em Bb
I'll never have that recipe again,Oh no !!
Verse 2:
Am C/G Bb
I recall a yellow cotton dress foaming like a wave
Am
On the ground around your knees
C/G Bb
Birds like tender babies in your hands,old men playing checkers
Am D# F
By the trees
Chorus.
Verse 3:
Bb Gm C7
There will be another song for me,and i will sing it
F Bb
There will be another dream for me,someone will bring it
Gm
I will taste the wine while it is warm
Cm Bb
And never let you catch me looking in the sun
G# F7
And after all the loves of my life
Bb
After all the loves of my life
G#
You'll still be the one
Verse 4:
Bb Gm C7
I will take my life into my hands,and i will use it
F Bb
I will win the worship in their eyes,and i will lose it
Gm
I will let my passions flow
Cm Bb
Like rivers from the sky
G# F7
But after all the loves of my life
Bb
After all the loves of my life
G# Bb
I'll still be alone,wondering why ?
Chorus.
D E
Oh !!! Oh no !!!!
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Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Verse 1:
D G
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
A D
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
G
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's and each night begins a new day
A
If you don't understand him and he don't die young
D
He'll probably just ride away
Chorus:
D G
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
A
Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
D
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
G
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
A
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
D
Even with someone they love
Verse 2:(A tone higher)
E A
Cowboys like smokey ol' pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
B E
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
Them that don't know him won't like him
A
And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
B
He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him
E
Do the things that make you think he's right
Chorus bis:
E A
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
B
Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
E
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
A
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
B
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
E
Even with someone they love
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MEMORIES OF YOU AND I Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D Em G A D
I thought to leave your bed for the street
C/G G D
Was as simple as saying goodbye
Em G A D
I couldn't see how blind a man can be
C/G G D
Or how quickly life can fly
Chorus:
D Em G D
As the lines in my face grow deeper
Em G D
And the well of my soul runs dry
Em G A D
I find that i drink more and more
C/G G D
From the memories of you and i
Verse 2:
D Em G A D
The taste of fame is fire to me no more
C/G G D
The attention and hunger have gone
Em G A D
All i have left,the money and the game
C/G G D
I'm a prisoner to the road i'm on
Chorus.
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Mental Revenge - Waylon Jennings
WELL I HOPE THAT THE TRAIN FROM CARRIBOU MAINE
RUNS OVER YOUR NEW LOVE AFFAIR
AND YOU WALK THE FLOOR FROM DOOR TO DOOR
AND PULL OUT YOUR PEROXIDE HAIR
YOU NEVER WAS MY WOMAN, YOU WERE NEVER TRUE
AND ALL IN ALL, IF THE CURTAIN SHOULD FALL
I HOPE THAT IT FALLS ON YOU
(CHORUS)
THEN I WOULD HAVE SWEET, SWEET, SWEET MENTAL REVENGE
YES I WOULD HAVE SWEET, SWEET, SWEET MENTAL REVENGE
I HOPE THAT THE FRIEND THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF WITH
GETS DRUNK AND LOSES HIS JOB
AND THAT THE ROAD THAT YOU'RE TRAVELING ON
GETS ROUGH, ROCKY AND HARD
YOU NEVER REALLY LOVED ME, YOU ONLY MADE ME BLUE
AND ALL IN ALL, IF THE CURTAIN SHOULD FALL
I HOPE THAT IT FALLS ON YOU
1 1 (7b 4) 1 1
1 1 (7b 4) 1 1
4 1 1 5
1 1 (7b 4) 1 1
(Chorus)
4 4 1 1
4 4 5 5
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NEVER GONNA ROAM AGAIN Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash
Verse 1: (Waylon)
C/G F C/G
I've giving up on running off each time i want to go
Am G
Quite a change has come to slow me down
C/G F C/G
I've set aside an empty search for something always wrong
Am G
And i took the time to look around
Verse 2: (Johnny)
C/G F C/G
I've wandered down some lonesome lines and slept beside the road
Am G
Turned my collar to a freezin' wind
C/G F C/G
And i faced the day i lived alone and drank til i was dry
Am G
Givin' up for gone down to the bone
F C/G
But i don't believe i'm ever gonna roam,again
Verse 3: (Waylon)
C/G F C/G
I traded all my promises on things that i can't keep
Am G
Keep them with my back against the wall
C/G F C/G
Changed my mind so many times i don't know where i stand
Am G
Lucky i can even stand at all
Verse 4: (Johnny)
C/G F C/G
And i fool myself and no one else til daylight drove me home
Am G
Sleeping off outback the whole day long
F C/G
And i don't believe i'm ever gonna roam,again
C/G F C/G
Because everywhere a fool has been a fool has been there too
F C/G
And i don't believe i'm ever gonna roam,again
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NO GOOD FOR ME Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G G
She was a good looking woman no doubt
C/G
A high steppin' mover that men talk about
But everything bad in me
G
She brought it out
C/G
And she was just no good for me
Verse 2:
G
She was wonderfully wicked and wild
With the looks of a woman
C/G
And the ways of a child
She could twist me or turn me
G
With a look or a smile
C/G
And she was just no good for me
Chorus:
F
Don't be taken by the look in her eyes
C/G
If she looks like an angel
It's a perfect disguise
G
And for somebody else she may be
C/G
But she was just no good for me
Verse 3:
G
I'm just a fool for a looker i guess
When it comes to beauty
C/G
Lord knows she was blessed
I thought i could change her
G
And i did my best
C/G
But she was just no good for me
Chorus.
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NOBODY KNOWS Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
B
Well i nearly got caught at a Burger King
And a couple of times on a plane
E
I thought i was safe from detection
With all of the weight i had gained
B
But walking around in a jumpsuit
That didn't work worth a damn
E
So i bought me some Levis and grew me a beard
F# B
And you'll never guess who i am
Chorus:
E
Nobody knows i'm Elvis
Nobody knows this is me
After all of my tries...i've got
The perfect disguise
B
And i'm who i want to be
E
Nobody knows i'm Elvis
Nobody knows this is me
Verse 2:
B
Bet you thought i was ol'Waylon
With all of my rugged good looks
E
Swagger and walk,body and soul
I bet he had what it took
B
I've always envied his singing
The way he played a guitar
E
Black vest and hat,that's where it's at
F# B
That's what i call a star
Chorus.
Bridge:
F#
I want to show you Graceland,baby
That's where you ought to be
I'll give you a call...but let's keep it all
B
Somewhere between you and me
Chorus.
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OLD CHURCH HYMNS AND NURSERY RHYMES Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
A D A E A
Blow on you restless wind, up to your old tricks again.
A E A E A
Bear down you Texas sun, you make the desserts dry and the brush fires run.
D A E A
Splintered wood rusty chains, this old front porch swing remains.
A E A E A
A pendelum of memories, goes back and forth on a summer breeze.
Chorus:
D A
Singing old church hymns and nursery rhymes
E A
From the days way back before my time.
D A
With a little child upon my knee
E
Singing every sweet word back to me.
D A
Look how far I had to come
E A
To get back where I started from.
D
With a childs wisdom passin' time
A E A
Singing old church hymns and nursery rhymes.
Verse 2:
A D A E A
I've run the race I've walked the wire,I paid the price of my desire
A E A E A
And the only time I've known it all, is just before I took a fall.
A D A E A
So howl you lone coyote song, fade to sapphire sky of dawn.
A E A E A
Count me in the lucky men, to send the world around again.
Chorus.
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OLD FIVE AND DIMERS (LIKE ME) Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
A E
I've spent a lifetime,making up my mind to be
A
More than the measure of what i thought others could see
D
Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
E A
Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers like me
Verse 2:
A E
She stood beside me letting me know she would be
A
Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
D
Fenced yards ain't hole cards and like as not never will be
E A
Reasons for rhymers and old five and dimers like me
Verse 3:
A E
It's taken me so long but now that i know i believe
A
All that i do or say is all that i ever will be
D
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to be
E A
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me
E A
An old five and dimer was all i intented to be
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OLD FRIEND Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
B E B
Was it really years ago,it seems like only yesterday
F#
The last time that i saw you laugh at me and fly away
E B
I remember all the good times and the songs we used to sing
A E B
Old friend we sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
Verse 2:
B E B
Lord you should of heard the music and all the changes it's gone through
F#
But the funny thing is lately it keeps an easing back to you
E B
But there's always something missing,it'll never be the same
A E B
Old friend we sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
Verse 3:
B E B
They've been writing books about you and the stories that they tell
F#
Make you look like some kind of angel but we both know you as mean as hell
B E B
I've had my share of hard times but i lived through the strain
A E B
Old friend i sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
Verse 4:
B E B
People talk about you after all this time
F#
You were many things to many people but you were a friend of mine
B E B
I've been thinking about how long you've been gone,the things you've never seen
A E B
Old friend i sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
A E B
Old Buddy we sure have missed you,but you ain't missed a thing
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OLD TIMER (THE SONG) Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D A
I grew up in Wyoming
D
In and around Jackson's hole
A
In the shadows of the Tetons
Where summers are hot
D
And winters unbearably cold
G
But the Spring and the Fall
D
Are always as good as it gets
A
For over 70 years now
D
I'd watch the sun rise and set
Verse 2:
A
I've been a cowboy
D
Working the round-ups in spring
A
I've lived in the mountains
Hunted the grizzly
D
Trapping the rivers and streams
G
Always the loner
D
I've treasured my freedom the most
A
And though i never married
D
As a young man i might have come close
Verse 3:
G
From somewhere back east
She came to the valley
D
With a man who did her no good
G
He was fast with the ladies
A tin horn gambler
D
And a cheat whenever he could
G
She had no friends or family
D
Most of the time he was gone
A
He died in a card game
D
And she found herself all alone
Verse 4:
G
Alone and afraid and left unprotected
D
'Cause he was all that she had
G
Maybe i should have
But i never told her
D
So she never knew he was bad
G
But i'll always remember
D
Standing and watching her cry
A
There was no one to help her
D
But i was determined to try
Verse 5:
A
I mended her fences and
Fixed up her cabin
D
I had everything looking good
A
I laid by her food
And wood for the winter
D
Helping wherever i could
G
The more i was around her
D
The more i wanted to be
A
There was something about her
D
That brought out a good side of me
Verse 6:
G
I went into town,i brought a new outfit
D
I got me a haircut and shave
G
I'd trek through the snow
For no good reason
D
Just to go by her cabin each day
G
I don't know about love
D
But i was quite taken in by it all
A
Till her brother came in the Spring
D
And he took her back to St. Paul
Verse 7:
A
I don't go down to Jackson
D
Ain't nothing there but motels and bars
A
Too damn many tourists
No place to hide
D
They'll find you wherever you are
G
They like to call me old timer
D
I am getting older i guess
A
But i don't like the changes
D
'Cause i've seen it all at its best
Verse 8:
A
When my life is over
D
I don't want to be left in town
A
But up in the mountains
There is a place
D
I've marked off my own piece of ground
G
High in the Tetons
D
Above and away from it all
A
From the top of old Grand
I bet on a clear day - you can see
D
All the way to St. Paul
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OMAHA Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Chorus:
G A D G A D G
Omaha you've been weighing heavy on my mind
A D
I guess i never really left at all
G A D G
I'm turning all those roads i've walked around the other way
A D
And coming back to you,Omaha
Verse 1:
G A D G
Omaha,Nebraska wasn't good enough for me
A D
I always thought i was the roamin' kind
G A D G
With a pocket full of dreams and my one shirt on my back
A
I left there looking for some things to find
Verse 2:
G A D G
Rode my thumb to San Francisco,i worked down by the bay
A D
Got some schoolin' paid for by the law
G A D G
The hardest thing i learned was there ain't no easy way
A
To get ahead behind those county walls
Verse 3:
G A D G
So it's so long California,i reckon' i'll be moving on
A D
I'm leaving even if i had to crawl
G A D G
I got some loose ends around that i left undone
A D
Waiting there for me in Omaha
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ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash
Verse 1: (Johnny)
D G D
Down the street the dogs are barking and the day is getting dark
A
When the night begins to fall then the dogs will lose their bark
D G D
Then the silent night is shattered from the sounds inside my mind
G A D
And i'm one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind
Verse 2: (Waylon)
D G D
From the crossroads of my doorstep my eyes begin to fade
A
And i turn back to the room where my love and i have laid
D G D
I gaze across the street to the sidewalks and the sign
G A D
And i'm just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind
Verse 3: (Johnny)
D G D
It's a restless hungry feeling and it does no one no good
A
And everything i'm saying you could say it just as good
D G D
You're right from your side and i'm right from mine
G A D
We're both just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind
G A D
We're just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind
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OUT AMONG THE STARS Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
D G
It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas
D A
Closing time another day is done
D G E
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol
D A D
He can't find a job,Lord he's found a gun
Verse 2:
D G
He pulls it off with no trace of confrontation
D A
Then he lets the old man run out in the street
D G E
Even though he knows they'll come with guns a blazing
D A D
And already he can feel that great relief
Chorus:
D C G
Oh how many travelers get weary
D A
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
D C G
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
D A D
Fly like eagles out among the stars
Verse 3:
D G
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers
D A
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes
D G E
He knows that when they're shooting at this loser
D A D
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives
Chorus.
Verse 4:
D G
The evening news it carries all the details
D A
He dies in every living room in town
D G E
At his home a bottle's thrown in anger
D A D
And his father cries we'll never live this down
Chorus bis:
D C G
Oh how many travelers get weary
D A
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
D C G
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
D A D
And fly like eagles out among the stars
A G
Fly like eagles out among the stars
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OUT OF JAIL Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G
I sat at a bar having a beer
F G C/G
Tryin' to hold down the stool
When a stranger walked in - stood there beside me
F G C/G
And plopped down there like a fool
He started drinkin' then he started talkin'
F G C/G
About things that were wrong in his life
F C/G
The more that i heard the more i believed
G C/G
The thing that was wrong was his wife
Verse 2:
C/G
You talk about beauty,when we first met
F G C/G
She was all a man could desire
Talk about love,one night with her
F G C/G
Would set your very soul on fire
But loves little flame is out of control
F G C/G
About three feet high from behind
F C/G
Ever since we've been married,well i've come to believe
G C/G
That love's for the dumb and the blind
Verse 3:
C/G
'Cause you talk about ugly,when she gets mad
F G C/G
She goes from Jekill to Hyde
She grits her teeth and her eyes roll back
F G C/G
And pivot from side to side
She completely rewrites the whole English language
F G C/G
Descriptive,four-lettered and loud
F C/G
Now i can't out think her,but i can sure out drink her
G C/G
And that's what i'm doing here now
Verse 4:
F C/G
I've spent seven years with the wrong woman
F C/G
Seven and going on eight
F C/G
She spent seven years naggin' and eatin'
G
I'm overwrought and she's overweight
F C/G
If i try leavin' she has me arrested
F C/G
And takes her own sweet time gettin' me out
F C/G
If she ain't number one,she's in the top two
F G C/G
Of things that i could live without
Verse 5:
F C/G
Men commit murder and all kinds of mayhem
F C/G
In a few years they're back on the streets
F C/G
Highway robbery and white collar crime
G
And they laugh at the system they beat
F C/G
Sometimes i'm tempted - sometimes i'm ashamed
F C/G
Of the things that the law will allow
F C/G
I could have killed her when i first met her
G C/G
And i'd have been out of jail by now
F C/G
I could have killed her when we first met
G C/G
And id've have been out of jail by now
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PEOPLE UP IN TEXAS Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
/ C/G
To the people up in Texas,it's the nearest thing to Heaven here on earth
D G
The lifestyle out in Texas is just go on out and live for all it's worth
C/G
Where the men are all men and the ladies there are born with ways to please
G D G
And the people up in Texas think that the rest of all the world is over seas
Verse 2:
C/G/ G/
You don't need no one to tell you when you cross that Texas line
G/ G/
The air starts smelling sweeter and the water tastes like wine
C/G/ G/
The sun is always shining so it's seldom ever cold
G/ D/ G/
People just grow up there,never old
Verse 2.
Verse 1 bis:
G C/G
To the people up in Texas,it's the nearest thing to Heaven here on earth
D G
The lifestyle out in Texas is just go on out and live for all it's worth
C/G
Where the men are all men and the ladies there are born with ways to please
G D G
And the people up in Texas think that the rest of all the world is over seas
D G
Yeah,the people up in Texas think the rest of all the world is over seas
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PRECIOUS MEMORIES Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 4th fret.
Verse 1:
A D A
As i wonder on life's pathway
E
I know not what the future holds
A D A
As i ponder,it all grows fonder
E A
Precious,sacred scenes unfold
Chorus:
A
Precious memories,how they linger
D A
How they ever flood my soul
D A
In the stillness of the midnight
E A
Precious,sacred scenes unfold
Chorus (x2).
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PRETEND I NEVER HAPPENED Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
G D
Pretend i never happened
A
Erase me from your mind
E
You will not want to remember
A
Any love as cold as mine
Verse 1:
G D
I'll be leaving in the morning
A
For a place i hope i find
E
All the places must be better
A
Than all the ones i leave behind
Verse 2:
E
I don't suppose you'll be unhappy
A
You'll find ways to spend your time
A
But if you ever think about me
E
And if i ever cross your mind
Chorus.
Verse 2.
Chorus.
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Put Me On A Train Back To Texas - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Verse 1: (Willie)
D
I've been on the road most all of my life
A
Traveled from coast to coast
In search of some pleasures and treasures and things
D
Whatever pleased me the most
Like bandanas and blue jeans and old cowboy clothes
G
That bring back an old country song
D
About rough rides and red-eyes and old broken bones
C/G G D
And railroad tracks running back home
Chorus: (Willie & Waylon)
G D
Put me on a train back to Texas
G D
I've been where the highwaymen roam
G D
Put me on a train back to Texas
C/G G D
Wake me up when we reach San Antone
C/G G D
Wake me up when we reach San Antone
Verse 2: (Waylon)
D
Mamma says home's where the heart is
A
Like Bob Wills said in a poem
My heart is there in the middle of Texas
D
Beside the old Alamo
Like my broken in saddle and old leather boots
G
I'm worn but i'm still going strong
D
Cowboys can tell when the season is changing
C/G G D
And i think it's time to move on
Chorus.
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Rainy Day Woman - Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
A
Oh rainy day woman
E
I've never seem to see you for the good times or the sunshine
A
You have been a friend of mine,rainy day woman
Verse 1:
A
That woman of mine she ain't happy
E
Unless she finds something wrong and has someone to blame
A
If it ain't one thing it's another one on the way
Verse 2:
A
I woke up this morning to the sunshine
E
It sure as hell looks just like rain
A
I know where to go on a cloudy day
Chorus(x2).
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RENO AND ME Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
A D
Reno and Me hit the freeway,south out of town on the run
A E
Reno was driving he asked me to roll him one
A D
I turned on the radio,i found us some sweet Emmylou
A
I sang the harmony,low down and out of key
E A
Reno just howled at the moon
Verse 2:
A D
Somewhere outside Kansas City,on a highway that leads to Cheyenne
A E
The radio put a song by a mexican band
A D
Well i guess we were lost in thoughts of brown skin girls,took a couple
Wrong turns in a row
A
Reno and Me just laughed and agreed
E A
It don't matter which way you go
Chorus:
A D A E
It don't matter which way you go,when you're calling the highway your home
A D E A
Every old town is your past burning down,it don't matter which way you go
Verse 3:
A D
All of our old friends got married,doing all of their business in town
A E
Climbing a ladder that leads to a hole in the ground
A D
Reno and Me talked it all out, one thing that we'll never know
A
What's the point of a race where you stay in one place
E A
Believing there's somewhere to go
Chorus (x2).
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Ride Me Down Easy - Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
D G
The highway she's a hotter than nine times the hell
A D
The rides are as scarce as the rain
G
When your down to your last shuck with nothing to sell
A D
And too far away from the train
Verse 2:
D G
Been a good month of Sunday's and a guitar ago
A D
Had a tall drink of yesterday's wine
G
Left a long string of friends,some sheets in the wind
A D
And some satisfied woman behind
Chorus:
D G
Hey ride me down easy Lord,ride me on down
A D
Leave word in the dust where i lay
G
Say i'm easy come,easy go
A D
Easy to love when i stay
Verse 3:
D G
I've put snow on the mountain,raised hell on the hill
A D
I locked horns with the devil himself
G
Been a rodeo fool,a son of a gun
A D
And a hobo with stars in his crown
Chorus.
D G
Ride me down easy Lord,ride me on down
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RIGHT FOR THE TIME Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
A
Almost out of adolescence
D A
And into a world we didn't know
Not necessary love
D A E
But in trouble with a fire down below
A
Looking back for a feelin'
D A
It's just something far away and long ago
D A E
I can still recall the name
A
But she's really someone i don't even know
Chorus:
A D
But she was right for the time
A D A E
She was right for the time
A
But time has a way of moving on
Verse 2:
A
I do recall a gypsy lady
D A
And a younger man in over his head
I was her believer
D A E
Taken in by every loving word she said
A
It was there for the first time
D A
The sweet and the bitter taste of love
D A E
When you're young and alive
A
Too much never seems to be enough
Verse 3: (a tone higher)
B
It seems the young and the innocent
E B
Are drawn like a moth to a flame
To the wild and the reckless
E B F#
Believing they are one in the same
B
She never found a way
E B
To separate the good from the bad
E B F#
And she never understood
B
That love was all we ever really had
Verse bis:
B E
She was right for the time
B
But time has a way of moving on
F#
With her eyes on tomorrow
B
One day she turned around and i was gone
E
I'd have to say in a way
B
She just might be better off alone
E B F#
She was right for the time
B
But time has a way of moving on
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SAN FRANCISCO MABEL JOY Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
A D A
His daddy was a honest man,a red dirt Georgia farmer
E
His mama lived a short life having kids and bailing hay
A D A
He had fifteen years of ache inside to wander
E A
He jumped a freight in Waycross and wound up in L.A.
Verse 2:
A D A
The cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy
E
Most days he went hungry,then the summer came
A D A
He met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco Mabel Joy
E A
Destitutions child born on an L.A. street called shame
Verse 3:
D A
Growing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
E
Laughter found their mornings it brought new meaning to his life
D A
The night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy
E A
With dreams of Georgia cotton and California wine
Verse 4:
D A
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
E
A right cross sent him reeling and put him face down on the floor
D A
Inplace of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
E
He said your Georgia neck is red,but sonny you're still green
Verse 5:
A D A
He turned twenty-one in grey rock federal prison
E
The judge had no mercy on this Waycross,Georgia boy
A D A
Staring at those four grey wall in silence,Lord he listened
E
To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy
Verse 6:
D A
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
E
With a bullet in his side he cried,have you seen Mabel Joy
D A
Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more
E
She left this house four years ago she was looking for
D
Some Georgia farm boy
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THE SHADOW OF YOUR DISTANT FRIEND Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
G F
Like a muddy river running wild and deep
G F
You've got a flaming memory,that keeps burning me
C/G G
Just when i think you love me,doubt creeps in
F C/G G
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend
Verse 2:
G F
It's a major heartache when you lose your trust
G F
When you love the feeling,it begins to rust
C/G G
Just when the sun is shining,clouds set in
F C/G G
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend
Chorus:
G C/G G
I still feel the past each time you touch me
D
Will the fire in your mind never end
G C/G G Em
I'm so afraid our love may turn to ashes
F C/G G
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend
Verse 3:
G F
You know i really love you,but your heart's confused
G F
By that aching fever that keeps haunting you
C/G G
Just when i think it's over,it starts again
F C/G G
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend
Chorus.
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SHOOTER Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
E
Shooter you're a friend of mine
B
I never know for sure what's on your mind
Your imagination's workin' overtime (But i don't mind)
E
Shooter you're a friend of mine
Verse 1:
B
You've got the whole world by the tail
A little puppy on your trail
You even have a friend no one can see (Not even me)
Chorus bis:
B E
Shooter you're a friend of mine
B
I never know for sure what's on your mind
Your imagination's workin' overtime (But i don't mind)
E
Shooter you're a friend of mine
Verse 2:
B
You're my son it's plain to see
Your mom says you're a lot like me
And i wouldn't have it any other way
Bridge:
B E
Shooter you're a friend of mine
Verse 3:
B
Even though you are a child
Your life makes my life worthwhile
Bridge (x2).
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SILENT PARTNERS Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
He stands in the doorway,his hands upon his hips
She stands by the jukebox,a sweet smile on her lips
He slowly walks up to her,she reaches out for him
It's almost like some magnet is pulling both of them
B
Then he says...
A
And she says...
Chorus:
E
Silent partners,they don't say a word
She is the adjective and he is the verb
A
They speak with their bodies and they talk with their eyes
B A
They don't make no promises so they don't tell no lies
E
Silent partners
Silent partners
Verse 2:
E
Later in their love-nest at half-past ecstasy
They cling to each other and lie there silently
She would like to tell him what she feels in her heart
And he would like to bare his soul
But don't know where to start
B
So he says...
A
And she says...
Chorus.
Chorus (last half of it).
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SIX WHITE HORSES Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E F#m A E
Come here and look through the window Marie
F#m A E
Open up the shutters,tell me what you see
G#m A E
Was that his knock that i heard at the door
F#m D E
Or is it six white horses coming down the road
Verse 2:
E F#m A E
Come here and touch me and say that it's alright
F#m A E
You know that to my eyes the days are as the nights
G#m A E
Read again the letter that tells me where he's gone
F#m D E
To hell with the fighting i want my son home
Verse 3:
E F#m A E
I taught him to fish and i taught him to be strong
F#m A E
I taught him that killing any man was wrong
G#m A E
But tommorrow in battle i'd run to where he stood
F#m D E
If the help of a blind man would do any good
Break (F#).
Verse 4:(a tone higher)
F# G#m B F#
Last night i went to his room for awhile
G#m B F#
I've touched all the things that he used as a child
A#m B F#
I rocked the cradle where he used to lay
G#m E F#
I found his tin soldiers and threw them away
Verse 5:(idem)
F# G#m B F#
Come here and look through the window Marie
G#m B F#
Open up the shutters,tell me what you see
A#m B F#
Was that his knock that i heard at the door
G#m E F#
Or is it six white horses coming up the road
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SLOW ROLLIN LOW Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
G
I got a slow rollin' low
C/G
Ain't a mother would want me
D
Done got me so down,bent out of round
G
Don't know my head from my toes
Verse 2:
G
Ain't a hand here to hold
C/G
Ain't a shoulder to cry on
D
Ain't a lesson to learn or a corner to turn
G
Twixt the dyin' and me
Verse 3:
/ C/G
Lord,i wanted to be
G
Something you could depend on
C/G
Lawdy,Lawd,woe is me
D
Ain't a body would care
Chorus:
/ G
I got a slow rollin' low
C/G
Forgot the words to my song
D
Ain't that just like a fool to want a ride on them trains
G
When the train is all gone
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Small Packages - Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G G
Tall don't always mean bigger
C/G
Short don't ever mean small
If you make up your mind
G
You never can tell
C/G
You could be the biggest and the bestest of all
Chorus:
C/G G
'Cause some things come in Small Packages
C/G
Sometimes heroes do too
If you have the courage
G
And you have the heart
G7 C/G
That hero just might be you
Verse 2:
C/G G
Loud don't always mean stronger
C/G
Shy don't ever mean weak
The less you can say
G
Sometimes can mean more
C/G
If you choose to use the right words to speak
Chorus (x2).
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SMOKEY ON THE FRONT DOOR Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
e ----------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------2-----------------------------
A ---9-s-2-----3x-3x--2x---3x------3x-3x--2x----------------
E ---------------------------------------------2x-p-1x-0----
Chorus:
E
You got a Smokey on your front door
A Smokey on your back door,too
A
Lord-a-mercy,buddy,i wouldn't wanna be in your shoes
D
I can hear you talkin',i can hear you singin' the blues
A
You got a Smokey on your front door
E
A Smokey on your back door,too
Verse :
E
You got a woman on the East Coast
One on the coast out West
A
One wants a baby,one wants a brand new dress
D
No way around it,you're gonna spend some money,i guess
A
With a woman on the East Coast
E
One on the coast out West
Bridge:
E/ E/
Diesel is up,the freight is down
A/ A/
I believe they're jerkin' you boys around
E/ E/
Somebody oughta tell 'em if they don't know
A/ A/ A/ E
Little wheels turnin' makes a big wheel roll
Chorus.
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STOP THE WORLD (AND LET ME OFF) Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
/ A
Stop the world and let me off
D
I'm tired of going round and round
A
I've played the game of love and lost
D
So stop the world and let me off
Verse :
/ D
My dreams are shattered,don't you see
A
Now you no longer care for me
I missed the wonder of your kiss
D
How could you leave me here like this
Chorus (x2).
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Storms Never Last - Waylon Jennings & Jessie Colter
Chorus:
G C/G
Storms never last do they baby
D G
Bad times will pass with the winds
C/G
Your hand in mine steals the thunder
D G
You make the sun want to shine
Verse :
G C/G
Oh,i followed you down so many roads...baby
D G
I picked wild flowers and sung you soft sweet songs
C/G
And ever road we took God knows our search was for the truth
D G
And the storm brewin' now won't be the last
Chorus.
Chorus bis:
G C/G
Storms never last do they Jessie
D G
Bad times will pass with the winds
G C/G
Your hand in mine steals the thunder
D G
You make the sun want to shine
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THAT DOG WON'T HUNT Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 4th fret.
Verse 1:
A
Well you think that you can lie and tell me alibis
And it's alright
Keep the grapevine line working overtime
On your late nights
D
You think you can say some words,take away the hurt
E
And i'll still be your number one
A D
But when it ain't working out we got a saying down South
E D A
Baby that dog won't hunt
Chorus:
D
Baby that dog won't hunt
A
So you can hang up your guns
E D
Break my heart and then you want a new start
E D A
Baby that dog won't hunt
Verse 2:
A
Well it's been open season on your double dealing
And it's so wrong
I guess i've been a fool playing by the rules
For too long
D
Well i've been sitting here at home with the porchlight on
E
While you've been chasing everything that runs
A D
Let me put this in your ear and make it be so clear
E D A
Baby that dog won't hunt
Chorus (x2).
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The Conversation
Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings
W=Waylon singing
H=Hank singing
B=Both
(spoken)
Intro E
E
W: Hank let's talk about your daddy. Tell me how your momma loved that
man?
A
H: Well just break out a bottle hoss. I'll tell you bout the driftin
E
cowboy band. W:(Yeah)
B Bb A
W: We won't talk about the habits
E
B: Just the music and the man. W:(That's All)
W: Now Hank, you just gotta tell me. Did your daddy really write all
them songs? (Did He?)
H: That don't deserve no answer hoss, let's light up and just move along.
W: Do you think he wrote em about your momma, or about the man who done
her wrong? H:(You know that)
E A
B: Yeah back then they called him crazy, now a days they call him a
E A F#
saint. Now the ones that called him crazy, lord, are still writing on
B
his name.
E
W: Well if he was here right now bocefus, would he think that we were
right? (Do you think he might?)
H: Don't you know he would waltalja (not sure how that's spelled, but
you get the picture Waylon "waltalja" Jennings. His nickname.) be right
here by our sides.
W: If we left for a show at _____ (sounds like he says bovalt. Only
word I'm unsure of.)
B: He'd be the first one on the bus and ready to ride.
W: (that's wantin to go hoss)
H: (laughs)
W: Where ever he is I hope he's happy, you know I hope he's doing well.
(Yes I do)
H: He is cuz he's got one arm around my momma now and he sure did love
miss audrey and raising hell.
W: I won't ask you no more questions
B: Cuz the stories only hank can tell.
B: Well back then they called him crazy now a days they call him a
saint.
H: Most folks don't know that they
B: fired him from the opry,
H: and that caused his greatest pain.
H: Let me tell you about lovesick, how miss audrey loved that man.
W: You know I've always loved to listen to the stories about that
driftin cowboy band (and the man).
H: Know when we get right
W: down to it.
B: Still the most wanted outlaw in the land.
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THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E A E
Saw your picture in the paper and i see you married good
A B
And i know that he can give you all the things i never could
A B E
But i know that he can't give you what you need most of all
A B E
So the door is always open,and the lights on in the hall
Chorus:
E B A E
Yes the door is always open and the lights on in the hall
A B E
And you know that i'll be waiting,if you ever come to call
Verse 2:
E A E
When night falls on that mansion and you're lying in his bed
A B
When he begs you for attention,will you think of me instead
A B E
When he reaches out to touch you,is your face turned to the wall
A B E
Well the door is always open,and the lights on in the hall
Chorus (x2).
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THE EAGLE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
Lord knows i am peaceful when i'm left alone
D A E
I've always been an eagle,been awhile since i have flown
My claws are sharp as ever,so is my eagle eye
D A E
Somethings gonna go tonight,when the eagle flies
Verse 2:
E
Lately i've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame
D A E
Just because i've been idle don't mean that i'm tame
You've jeopardized my freedom,my natural place to roost
D A E
I can fly if i have to,if they turn the eagle loose
Chorus:
A E
So lay all your doubts aside,when you go to bed tonight
A B
My feathers have been ruffled and i'm ready for a fight
E
Just because i took awhile to fly don't mean that i don't care
D A E
When you feel the shadow crossing,the eagle's in the air
Chorus.
D A E
When you feel the shadow crossing,the eagle's in the air
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THE MOST SENSIBLE THING Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E A
I've taken chances on everything in my life
B E
Even against all the odds i've rolled the dice
A F#m
Count me in on any deal that comes around
E B E
Right or wrong never slowed me down
Chorus:
E B
But i've always loved you
E
Silent but strong
B E
Deep down in your heart you've always known
A B E A
It's just that i've made more mystakes than any man under the sun
B E
You're the only sensible thing i've ever done
Verse 2:
E A
Never complaining back when the times were bad
B E
Even when your faith in me was all we had
A F#m
Loving me wasn't worth the price you paid
E B E
Darling i've been wrong this is all i can say
Chorus.
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Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line Waylon Jennings
Intro riff (2x):
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D-1-1-1------------------------
A-------4-4-4-3-3-3-1-3-3\1----
E------------------------------
Eb
Everybody knows you've been steppin' on my toes
And I'm gettin' pretty tired of it
Ab
You keep a steppin' out of line
You're messin' with my mind
If you had any sense you'd quit
Bridge:
Bb
'Cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl
You said I was the only man in this whole world
Now you better do some thinkin' then you'll find
You got the only daddy that'll walk the line
riff (2x)
I keep a workin' every day all you want to is play
I'm tired of stayin' out all night
I'm comin' unglued
>From your funny little moods
Now Honey baby that ain't right
bridge
riff (2x)
solo
riff (2x)
You keep a packin' up my clothes nearly everybody knows
That you're still just a puttin' me on
But when I start a walkin'
Gonna hear you start a squawkin'
And beggin' me to come back home
bridge
You got the only daddy that'll walk the line
Fade out with riff
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THEM OLD LOVE SONGS Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
G
Down a dusty dixie road
A D
My old levi's draggin' tracks
G
Nobody cares about where i'm going
A D
All they know i'm coming back
Chorus:
D G
I wish i had me a true fine woman
A D
I'd let her rock me all night long
G
Maybe we could get it together
A D
Like people do in them old love songs
Verse 2:
G
I can hear somebody laughing
A D
Funny how it makes me sad
G
Lord,i wish it was Sunday morning
A D
Saturday night's sure looking bad
Chorus (x2).
D G
Maybe we could get it together
A D
Like people do in them old love songs
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THEY AIN'T GOT 'EM ALL Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
G D
There are still places where people like me can hang out
G
With nothing at all in this whole world to worry about
D
They ain't tore 'em all down yet and said every man for himself
G
Or polished them up until nothing worth keeping is left
Chorus:
/ D
They ain't got 'em all
If you try here and there you'll still find a few holes in the wall
There an endangered species but i'm keeping track
G
I can tell you that they ain't got 'em all
Verse 2:
G D
There are still women who can walk up and change your whole world
G
Who don't even know they're impossibly beautiful girls
D
Who for some crazy reason will hold you so close in the night
G
Til nothing else matters and you finally start feeling all right
Chorus bis:
/ D
They ain't got 'em all
They're still there and their wantin' and wonderfully willing to fall
There an endangered species but i'm keeping track
G
I can tell you that they ain't got 'em all
Chorus.
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This Time Waylon Jennings
G C G
This time if you want to come back, it's up to you.
G C
But remember I won't allow the things you used to do;
C D G
You're gonna have to tow the mark and walk the line
F C G
This time will be the last time
This time if should feel unwanted I won't stay
Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today;
Its all up to you to keep in mind
This time will be the last time
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THIS TRAIN (RUSSELL'S SONG) Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
G
Gotta catch a new train... i gotta go
C/G G
This train is getting just a little too old
Gotta find a new way... to live my life
C/G G
Any other way has got to be alright
Verse 2:
G
Shame on you girl... same ol' you
C/G
Same ol' trouble you're always
G
Puttin' me through
Same ol' me girl... body and soul
C/G G
This train's a runnin' on out of control
Chorus:
C/G
I ain't gonna waste my time here...
G8
Messin' with you
C/G
I ain't gonna wind up anywhere near
F C/G G
Where i want to
Chorus.
Verse 3:
G
Gotta find a new way... to live my life
C/G G
Any other way has gotta be alright
Gotta catch a new train... i gotta go
C/G G
This train is runnin' on out of control
C/G G
This train is movin' just a little too slow
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TILL I GAIN CONTROL AGAIN Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
F# B
Just like the sun over the mountain top
E B
You know i'll always come again
E B
You know i love to spend my morning time
F# B
Like sunlight dancing on your skin
Verse 2:
F# B
You know i've never gone so wrong as to telling lies to you
E B
What you've seen is what i've been
E B
There is nothing i could hide from you
F# B
You see me better than i can
Chorus:
E B
Out on the road that lies before me now
E B
There are some turns where i will spin
E B
I only hope that you can hold me now
F# B
Till i can gain control again
Verse 3:
F# B
Just like a lighthouse,you must stand alone
E B
And mark the sailor's journies end
E B
No matter what sea i've been sailing on
F# B
I'll always roll this way again
Chorus.
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TOO CLOSE TO CALL Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
I have battled with the demons for my soul
A
Like a soldier unafraid,stood straight and tall
E
With strong convictions fought for what i thought was right and wrong
D A E
But i wonder when it stands in judgement hall
D A E
Will it go down as one too close to call
Verse 2:
E
I have faced that cunning ennemy called time
A
For awhile i held him cold and to a draw
E
As he rode away he said another place and day
D A E
'Cause you can't erase the writing on the wall
D A E
Although this one was just too close to call
Verse 3:
E
As i wrestled with my deepest fear in life
A
I was captured by the shadows on the wall
E
I was brave but just the same,i was glad when morning came
D A E
Because now and then the footsteps in the hall
D A E
Remind me it was just too close to call
Verse 4:
E
I have watched my mind dance too close to the edge
A
As i stood among the crowd to see it fall
E
Sometimes now i cling to what i hope is sanity
D A E
I stagger on this fine like that i walk
D A E
And wonder is it just too close to call
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TOO DUMB FOR NEW YORK CITY Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
When i first saw New York city
I was green down to the core
You could see my red neck glowing
For a mile or maybe more
A
Between the hustlers and the hookers
I must have made their day
Cause they peeled me like an apple,Lawd
D
And sent me on my way
Bridge 1:
When you're pushed and shoved and almost mugged
It ain't no place to be
So i came to one conclusion
A
New York ain't for me
Chorus:
D
From sea to shining sea
And coast to coast
Somewhere in the middle
Is the land i love the most
A
I ain't California pretty
I can't survive the Great White Way
I'm too dumb for New York city
D
And too ugly for L.A.
Verse 2:
I made my way to Tinseltown
To Hollywood and Vine
Out among those pretty faces
I'd surely find a place for mine
A
The way i walk-the way i talk
They'll hang on every word
But don't call me,i'll call you
D
Was all i ever heard
Bridge 2:
In L.A. what they're thinking
Ain't what they talk about
At least in New York city
A
There's never any doubt
Chorus.
A
I'm too dumb for New York city
D
And too ugly for L.A.
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TROUBLE MAN Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
I was so ugly the doctor slapped my momma when i was born
Then he took out his pocket knife and cut off my horns
He said lady if you ain't already picked out a name
Go ahead on and call him trouble man
B A
He's gonna be wild,i'm giving you warning
G B E
He's gotta have room,keep an eye on him
Verse 2:
E
I grew up with long and lean and hungry looks
I learned you can't go nowhere when you go by the book
People all around me earthbound,i learned how to fly
Upside,downside,ouside,sailing on by
B A
Out of my reach,out of my hands
G B E
Out of control,trouble man
Verse 3:
E
I've been so far in all directions as you can get
I ain't never had enough of anything yet
I had women that tore me apart without any reason
I say baby i don't get mad i just get even
B A
I don't explain if you don't understand
G B E
I'm my own man,trouble man
Trouble man
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TRYING TO OUTRUN THE WIND Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Verse 1: (Waylon)
D
He's a sad song singer
G
He plays a gut-stringer
A
With vagabond fingers
D
That follow his mind
To far away places
G
He reaches for traces
A
And touches the faces
D
He's long left behind
Verse 2: (Waylon)
D
He'll keep you from knowing
G
Where he's been or going
A
You'll see the distance
D
Right there in his eyes
Just short of stealing
G
He'll take your feelings
A
Pull at your heart strings
D
Until they come untied
Chorus: (Waylon & Willie)
G D
Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome
A D
Her memory turns over and over again
G D
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
A D
He's trying to outrun the wind
Verse 3: (Willie)
D
I've laughed with the sunshine
G
Cried with the rains
A
I've had some bad nights
D
With the best of the blues
I go on pretending
G
With long haired women
A
But i still get crazy
D
When i think of you
Chorus.
G D
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
A D
He's trying to outrun the wind
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TURN THE PAGE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
Em/ Em/
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
D/ D/
You can listen to the engine moaning out it's one note song
A/ A/ Em
And you think about the one or the girl the night before
Verse 2:
Em/ Em/
But your thoughts will soon be wondering the ways they always do
D/ D/
When you're ridin' sixteen hours and there's nothin' much to do
A/ A/ Em
And you don't feel much like ridin' you just wish the trip was through
Chorus:
D Em
Here I am on the road again,
D Em
There I am up on the stage
D A
Here I go, playin' star again
D Em
there I go turn the page
Verse 3:
Em
Well you walk in to a restaurant strung out from the road
D
And you feel the eyes upon you as you're shakin' off the cold
A Em
You pretend it doesn't bother you but you just want to explode
Verse4:
Em
Most times you can't hear them talkin', other times you can
D
Always the same old cliche is that a woman or a man
A Em
and you always seem outnumbered so you don't dare make a stand
Chorus
Verse 5:
Em
Out there in the spot lights you're a million miles away
D
Every ounce of energy you try to give away
A Em
as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play
Verse 6:
Em/
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed
D/
With the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head
A/ Em
And you smoke the day's last cigarette remembering what she said
Chorus 2 times.
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UP IN ARKANSAS Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
E
Got me a rocker without no arms
Ol' wood stove to keep me warm
My firewood out of the rain
I sit and watch the seasons change
Verse 2:
E
There's a woman in Little Rock
Got plenty of money down in her sock
She come to see me time to time
We sit on the porch and drink our wine
Bridge 1:
A E
A man ought to know when he's got it all
A E
Holding it down up in Arkansas
Verse 3:
E
Coyotes howl in the night
The rats ate my food but that's alright
They must have needed it more than me
Ain't no sweat i'll eat their cheese
Bridge 2:
A E
Way back in the woods a hoot-owl calls
A E
Making his rounds up in Arkansas
Verse 4:
E
The eagle flies wild and free
Catches fish down in my creek
I watch him rise on the breeze
I don't bother him he don't bother me
Verse 5:
Walmart moves into town
Progress can't keep it down
Tourists come from miles around
I sit on the porch,the sun goes down
Bridge 3:
A E
But i live way back from it all
A E
Doing alright up in Arkansas
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WAKING UP WITH YOU Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E A
Like a sail that's torn and can't ride the wind
B E
Here i stand looking both ways again
A
I'm a dollar short on a three dollar night
B E
Turning left because i ain't got no right
Verse 2:
E A
I keep thinking this time may be it
B E
But somehow all the pieces just won't fit
A
But i'll always have a dream to hold on to
B E
Just as long as i keep waking up with you
Chorus:
A
You told me once that storms never last
E
I know it's true,oh so true
A
Just when i think the clouds will never pass
F# B
Like a silver lining you come shining through
Verse 3:
E A
I know you'll always be there right or wrong
B E
Together we'll keep on keeping on
A
And i'll always have a dream to hold on to
B E
Just as long as i keep waking up with you
Chorus bis:
A
You told me once that storms never last
E
I know it's true,yes i do
A
Just when i think the clouds will never pass
F# B
Like a silver lining you come shining through
Verse 3.
E A
And i'll always have a dream to hold on to
B E
Just as long as i keep waking up with you
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WASTING TIME Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
I've been thinking it over
G
Wondering what to do
A
Up to now
D
I've been leaving it up to you
But you'll always be
G
The way you've always been
A
And i ain't got the time
D
To go through that again
Chorus:
D G
I've been wastin' time
And i'm to blame
D
Living with things
G
I couldn't change
D A
And the one conclusion i've come to
I've been wastin' time
D
And a lot of good love on you
Verse 2:
D
I've made up my mind
G
To make my move
A
It's just a waste of time
D
To wait on you
I'm set to leave
G
And you're set in your ways
A
You can't change
D
And if you can't ... i can't stay
Chorus bis:
D G
I've been wastin' time
That i can't spare
D
Wastin' love
G
When you don't care
D A
And the one conclusion i've come to
I've been wastin' time
D
And a lot of good love on you
Chorus.
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WAYMORE'S BLUES Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
D
Well i woke up this morning it was drizzling rain
Around the curve called a passenger train
I heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan
Jimmy he's dead it's been a long time gone
G
Been a long time gone
D
A long time gone
Verse 2:
D
If you want to get to heaven got to d-i-e
You got to put on your coat and t-i-e
Want to get the rabbit out of the l-o-g
Gotta make a commotion like a d-o-g
G
Like a d-o-g
D
Like a d-o-g
Verse 3:
D
I gotta good woman what's the matter with me
What makes me want to love every woman i see
I was traveling when i met her now i'm traveling again
And every women she sees looks like a place i came in
G
Looks like a place i came in
D
Place i came in
Verse 4:
D
I got my name painted on my shirt
I ain't no ordinary dude,i don't have to work
G
I don't have to work
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WAYMORE'S BLUES (PART II) Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
E
Friday night comes too late,boys
And Monday morning comes too soon
A
Friday night comes too late,boys
E
And Monday morning comes too soon
B
Every midnight every Sunday
A E
I'm left howling at the moon
Verse 2:
E
I'm a little rough and rowdy
And that's the better side of me
A
I'm a little rough and rowdy
E
And that's the better side of me
B
If you come up from the wrong side
A E
I'll be obliged to set you free
Verse 3:
E
I couldn't make out with a credit card
In that cat house over there
A
I couldn't make out with a credit card
E
In that cat house over there
B
Women got my number
A
But they don't call
E
'Cause they don't care
Verse 4:
E
When it comes to women,boys
I like to keep one in reserve
A
When it comes to women,boys
E
I like to keep one in reserve
B
It don't take a lot of loving
A E
But it sure takes a lot of nerve
Verse 5:
E
Women,women,women
They've got all i need to live
A
Women,women,women
E
They've got all i need to live
B A
Though it ain't easy livin' with'em
E
I don't like the alternative
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WBPT Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
About fourteen miles out of Abilene
D
At a curve in the road and a little stream
A
I found out what love's about
B E
So long ago - wonder what i found out
Verse 2:
E
We all got together at the Buffalo Gap
D
Granpa Gus ain't got no lap
A
He went to Heaven in a rocking chair
B E
What a surprise - if he ain't the only one there
Verse 3:
E
You've got a man over eight feet tall
D
He can sleep in the kitchen with his feet in the hall
A
You ain't much more than five feet two
B E
I bet you can do - anything you've a mind to
Verse 4:
E
This little song means nothing to you
D
Wouldn't matter at all if you wanted it to
A
Just part of my life and part of the show
B E
Ain't that good - but i thought you might want to know
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WE HAD IT ALL Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G Am
I can here the wind blowin' through my mind
F G C/G
Just the way it used to sound through the Georgia pines
Am
You were there to answer when i called
F G C/G
You and me Lord knows we had it all
Verse 2:
C/G Am
Remember how i used to touch your hair
F G C/G
While reaching for a feeling that was always there
Am
You were the best thing in my life that i recall
F C/G
You and me,we had it all
Bridge:
C/G F C/G
I know that we can never live those times again
F C/G
So i'll let my dreams take me back to where we've been
F C/G
And i'll stay with you girl as long as i can
F C/G F C/G
Oh it was so good,was so good
G C/G
mmm mmm when i was your man
Verse 3:(A tone higher)
D Bm
I'll never stop believing in your smile
G A D
Even though you didn't stay it was all worth while
Bm
You were the best thing in my life that i recall
G A D
You and me,we had it all
Conclusion:
e --2--3--5--5--5--5s7--5--3---2---0---2------3--3s5--2---0-
B ---------------------------------------------------------
G ---------------------------------------------------------
e --2--3s5--0--2--- e --2--3s5p0--2----
B ----------------- B -----------------
G ----------------- or G -----------------
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WHAT BOTHERS ME MOST Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
Am D G
I could lay aside my better judgement
Am D G
I could turn my back on all the pain
Am D G
Make believe you mean it when you touch me
C/G D G
And be fool enough to think you'd change
Chorus:
/ C/G G
I'm no fool,and you're not changing
D G
You know i'm telling the heartbreaking truth
C/G G
You've gone wild and i'm going crazy
C/G G D G
And what bothers me most,is i don't bother you
Verse 2:
Am D G
Late at night you're such a great temptation
Am D G
I'm too weak to fight you everytime
Am D G
Lying in my bed of desperation
C/G D G
I want you lying in these arms of mine
Chorus.
C/G G D G
Oh What bothers me most,is i don't bother you
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WHAT YOU'LL DO WHEN I'M GONE Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
B
Staring at the door
E
Every night i'm thinking more and more
B
About walking out that door
Verse 2:
B
I know some day i will
E
Although i'm standing still someday i will
B
I know someday i will
Chorus:
E B
As right as we were we are wrong
E B
Nothing's going to change what we've done
E B
The only thing that keeps me from going,babe
E F# B
Is wondering what you'll do when i'm gone
Verse 3:
B
There's somethin' in your eyes
E
I swear your eyes are tellin' me good-bye
B
Good-bye is in your eyes
Verse 4:
B
You can call it pride
E
But my thoughts of someone else here by your side
B
That's killing me inside
Chorus.
Verse 1.
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WHEN I GET BIG Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
C/G Am
I might drive a truck,i might drive a train
C/G G C/G
I might sail a boat or fly an airplane
C/G Am
Might take a rocket ship to the moon
C/G G C/G
I'm growin' pretty fast so it might be soon
Chorus:
C/G Am
When i get big,when i get big
C/G G C/G
That's what i'm gonna do when i get big
Verse 2:
C/G Am
Someday i'll leave Mom and Dad all alone
C/G G C/G
Make a lot of money then come back home
C/G Am
I'll buy everybody everything they like
C/G G C/G
And even buy myself a brand new bike
Chorus.
Verse 3:
/ Am/
I might be President and stop all the wars
C/G/ G/ C/G/
And make people happy wherever they are
C/G/ Am/
Protect all the animals,the dolphins and the whales
C/G/ G/ C/G/
If people try to hurt 'em i'll put 'em in jail
Chorus (x3).
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WHERE CORN DON'T GROW Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
D G D
As we sat on the front porch of that old grey house where i was born and raised
Bm G D
Stared out at the dusty fields where daddy always worked hard eveyday
Bm G D
I think it kind of hurt him when i said "Daddy there's a lot that i don't know
Bm G D
But don't you ever dream about a life where corn don't grow"
Verse 2:
D G D
He just sat there silent staring in his favorite coffee cup
Bm G D
I saw a storm of mixed emotions in his eyes when he looked up
Bm G D
He said "Son i know at your age it feels like this ol' world is turning slow
Bm G D
And you think you'll find the answer to it all,where corn don't grow"
Chorus:
D Bm G
Hard times are real,there's dusty fields
D
No matter where you go
Bm G
You may change your mind,'cause the weeds are high
D
Where corn don't grow
Verse 3:
D G D
I remember feeling guilty when daddy turned and walked back in the house
Bm G D
I was only seventeen back then but it seems like i knew more than i do now
Bm G D
I can't say he didn't tell me this city life's a hard row to hoe
Bm G D
It's funny how a dream can turn around,where corn don't grow
Chorus.
D Bm G
You may change your mind,'cause the weeds are high
D
Where corn don't grow
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WHICH WAY DO I GO Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
D
I put yesterday and half the night between us
Em A
Made up my mind this time i'm gonna stay
D
Now i'm sitting on the shoulder
G D
Thinking it all over
Em G A
Looking for a sign that might show me the way
Chorus:
D G
Which way do i go,now that i'm gone
A D
Which way do i turn,now that i've learned how to be strong
G Em
Do i take the road that takes me back to where it all went wrong
D A D
Which way do i go,now that i'm gone
Verse 2:
D
As i listen to the midnight rain that's falling
Em A
Watch the headlines glisten as they pass me by
D
And i envy them for knowing
G D
Exactly where they're going
Em G A
Just like i thought i knew when i told you goodbye
Chorus.
D A D
Which way do i go,now that i'm gone
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WILD ONES Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
B E
Straight out of nowhere
B
And a little bit out of our minds
E
We were courting disaster
B
With one foot over the line
E
It was one for the show
B
And two for ol' shorty and me
E
We were the wild ones
D E B
We had this town up a tree
Chorus:
E
We were the wild ones
B
The ones they couldn't control
E
We were survivors
D E B
Good hearts - body and soul
E
We were the winners
B
'Cause we didn't know we could fail
E
We were the wild ones
D E B
And we had the world by the tail
Verse 2:
E
She was a lady
B
When a lady wasn't easy to be
E
Hangin' in limbo
B
She started hangin' with me
E
We were the music
B
'Cause we had a song we could sing
E
We were the wild ones
D E B
And we had the world on a string
Chorus.
E
We were the wild ones
D E B
And we had the world by the tail
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WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
B
Through the chill of winter
Running across a frozen lake
Hunters hard right on his trail
All odds are against him
A E
With a family to provide for
A B
But one thing he must keep alive
E A
Will the wolf survive?
E
Will the wolf survive?
Verse 2:
B
Drifting by the roadside
Climbs a strong and aging face
Wants to make some honest pay
Losing to the rainstorm
A E
He's got two strong legs to guide him
A B
Two strong arms keep him alive
E
Will the wolf survive?
Bridge:
E A E
Standing in the pouring rain
A E
All alone in a world that's changed
A D A
Running scared now forced to hide
E A E
In a land where he once stood with pride
B A
But he'll find his way by the morning light
Verse 3:
B
Sounds across the nation
Coming from your hearts and minds
Battered drums and old guitars
Singing songs of passion
A E
It's the truth that they all look for
A B
Something they must keep alive
E A
Will the wolf survive?
E A
Will the wolf survive?
B
Will the wolf survive?
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WILLIE THE WANDERING GYPSY AND ME Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
A D
Three fingers whiskey,pleasures the drinkers
A E
And moving does more than the same things for me
A D
Willie he tells me that doers and thinkers
A E A
Say moving is the closest thing to being free
Verse 2:
A D
Well he's rosined his reggins,laid back his wages
A E
He's dead set on riding in the big rodeo
A D A
My woman's tired with an overdue baby
E A
Willie keeps yelling hey gypsy let's go
Chorus:
E D A
Willie you're wild as a Texas blue northern
E D A
Ready rolled from the same makins as me
D A
I reckon we're gonna ramble till hell freezes over
E A
Willie the wandering gypsy and me
Verse 3:
A D
Ladies we surely will take off your favors
A E
And we'll surely warn you there never will be
A D A
A single soul living that could put brand or handle
E A
On Willie the wandering gypsy and me
Verse 4:
A D
Dance on the mountain,shout in the canyons
A E
Swarm in a loose heard like a wild buffalo
A D A
Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
E A
And telling us stuff that we already know
Chorus(x2).
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WORKIN' CHEAP Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
B A
Every since the day i was big enough to put my pants on by myself
D A
You could find me somewhere with the radio turned on
B A
Then one night i gave my heart to an old beat up guitar
D E A
It never left my arms till i was almost grown
Verse 2:
B A
I had to try my hand as a workin man,tried to be my daddy's son
D A
But my mind was packed and gone and headed south
B A
Momma said i'll pray for you,then she said goodbye
D E A
To the only one out of seven that didn't work out
Chorus:
D A
Now i'm way down hear in dixie playing honky tonk music
E A
Keepin' some joint a jumpin' every night of the week
D A
Lord knows it's hard to keep a dance hall women happy
D E A
When you're drinkin' a little too much and you're workin' cheap
Verse 3:
B A
Well i ain't done a thing i can brag about to anyone back home
D A
Just another night club singer with a real good band
B A
If a jealous woman don't kill me,and momma keeps on praying
D E A
Someday i might be more than what i am
Chorus.
D E A
When you're drinkin' a little too much and you're workin' cheap
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WORKING WITHOUT A NET Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
A
Well the road can be a circus,a death defying act
E
But the clowns don't come around no more since the monkeys off my back
A
I stand here on the stage,as the house lights fade to black
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus:
A D A
Up on the high wire,i hear the crowd begin to call
D E
Some want you to fly,some want to see you fall
A
Now and then i stumble,but i ain't fallen yet
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Verse 2:
A
I used to depend on some things i did not need
E
I leaned on some crutches that kept me off my feet
Standing here without them now,well it scares me half to death
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus(x2).
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WRITE YOUR OWN SONGS Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1 (W. Nelson):
C/G F C/G
You call us heathens with zero respect for the law
G
We are only songwriters just writing our songs and that's all
C/G F C/G
We write what we live and we live what we write is that wrong
If you think it is Mr. Music Executive
G C/G
Why don't you write your own songs
Chorus (W. Nelson):
C/G G C/G
And don't listen to mine,they might run you crazy
G
They might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too long
F C/G
We're making you rich and you're already lazy
G C/G
So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own songs
Verse 2 (W. Jennings):
C/G F C/G
Mr. Purified Country don't you know what the whole things about
G
Is your head up your ass so far that you can't pull it out
C/G F C/G
The world's getting smaller and everyone in it belongs
And if you can't see that Mr. Purified Country
G C/G
Why don't you just write your own songs
Chorus.
G C/G
So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own songs
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WRONG Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
E A E
It was a picture perfect wedding
A
We had the whole world at our feet
E
Everyone thought we were heading
A
Down some lovers easy street
D
We'd have a house out in the country
A
A picket fence the whole nine yards
E
They said our love would last forever
It was written in the stars
Chorus:
A
Wrong
D
I should have known it all along
E
When the future looks to bright
Can't be anything but right
A
Wrong
Verse 2:
E A E
I was all but devastated
A
When she told me we were through
E
In a while the heartache faded
A
And i found somebody new
D
I swore that this time would be different
A
I had it all figured out
E
I wouldn't make the same mystakes
I knew what love was all about
Chorus.
Chorus (bis):
A
Wrong
D
Everything was going strong
E
The sky was always blue
Thought my dreams had all come true
A
Wrong
A
Wrong
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THE WURLITZER PRIZE Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
G
I'm not here to forget you,i'm here to recall
The things we used to say and do
Am
I don't want to get over you
D G
I don't want to get over you
Verse 2:
G
I haunt the same places we used to go
Alone at a table for two
Am
I don't want to get over you
D G
I don't want to get over you
Chorus:
G B
They ought to give me the wurlitzer prize
C/G Am C/G
For all the silver i led slide down the slot
G
Playing those songs sung blue
Am
Help me remember you
D G
I don't want to get over you
Verse 3:
G
A fresh roll of quarters,same old song
Missing you through and through
Am
I don't want to get over you
D G
I don't want to get over you
Chorus.
G Am
I don't want to get over you
D G
I don't want to get over you
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YOU ASKED ME TO Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
/ D
Long ago and far away
A
In my old common labor shoes
E
I turned the world all which a way
A
Just because you asked me to
Verse 2:
A D
Like unto no other feel
A
Simple love is simple true
E
There's no end to what i'd do
A
Just because you asked me to
Chorus:
/ D
Let the world call me a fool
A
Buf if things are right with me and you
E
That's all that matters and i'll do
A
Anything you ask me to
Verse 3:
/ D
Knowing how much i love you
A
And after all that i've been through
E
I'd turn and walk away from you
A
Just because you asked me to
Chorus.
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YOU CAN HAVE HER Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 4th fret.
Chorus:
D A D
You can have her,i don't want her
A E
She didn't love me anyway
A D
She only wanted someone to play with
A E A
All i wanted was love to stay
Verse 1:
A D
The girl i love,up and left me
A E
She ran away with my best friend
A D
Comes home at night,for just one hour
A E A
When daylight comes she's gone again
Chorus.
Verse 2:
A D
When you're stuck with the wrong woman
A E
There ain't much that you can do
A D
Just dig a hole and crawl right in it
A E A
Then pull the ground right in over you
Chorus.
Verse 3:
A D
Life without love is might empty
A E
But confession is good for your soul
A D
I'd rather have love for just one hour
A E A
Then have the world and all it's gold
Chorus(x2).
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YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH ME Waylon Jennings
Capo on the 2nd fret.
Verse 1:
E
I blew in from Texas
And you don't know who i am
Most of you could care less
And the rest don't give a damn
But you might take special notice
When you take a look at me
I'm everything you've ever been
And ever want to be
A
My game is the winner take all
E
I live on the edges
So i'm subject to a fall
B
I ain't never been a loser
I ain't never gonna be
A
I'm like runnin' in a ringer
/ E
You don't mess around with me
Verse 2:
E
I've got money in my pocket
I've got money in the bank
If i look like a poor boy
I've got much more than you think
I got a woman on my right arm
Woman on my left
When it comes to women,Lord
I just can't help myself
A
I know it's not the right thing to do
E
But i could never change
Even if i wanted to
B
So if you are a lady
Anf if you always want to be
A
I'm a living lovin' legend
/ E
You don't mess around with me
Verse 3:
E
She's got honey drippin' off her lips
So good you can taste
A walkin' aphrodisiac
Too damn good to waste
Prancin' like a thoroughbred
Out to win the race
B
It don't matter how good lookin'
Or how good she may be
A
There's just one foregone conclusion
/ E
You don't mess around with me
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YOU'LL LOOK FOR ME Waylon Jennings
Chorus:
E A
There'll come a time girl,you'll look for me
D A E
In each horizon,in each face you see
A
You'll look for love like love used to be
D A E
There'll come a time girl,you'll look for me
Verse:
B E
Look all around you,you have the time
A B
Look at me once more if you can
E
You once said you loved me,now you've changed your mind
A B
But you'll change your mind again
Chorus.
Chorus bis: (A tone higher)
F# B
There'll come a time girl,you'll look for me
E B F#
In each horizon,in each face you see
B
You'll look for love like love used to be
E B F#
There'll come a time girl,you'll look for me
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YOU PUT THE SOUL IN THE SONG Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
G C/G
We started with nothing but each other and reached for the stars
D G
From a one room apartment,with a dream and a pawnshop guitar
C/G
God gave the talent but you found the will to survive
D G
In a city of songs where dreamers are eaten alive
Chorus:
G/ C/G
I made the music,but you make the man
D G
When i stumbled and lose it,baby you'd understand
C/G
When i was tempted to give up,your strength made me strong
D G
I make the music but you put the soul in the song
Verse 2:
G C/G
When i look at you girl,i see a true work of art
D G
So many beautiful things in one little heart
C/G
You're every word i ever wrote and every note that i ever sung
D G
You never stop believing,that's where the feeling comes from
Chorus.
D G
I make the music but you put the soul in the song
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YOYOS,BOZOS,BIMBOS AND HEROES Waylon Jennings
Verse 1:
E
In a world full of sadness and laughter
Where we live for the now and hereafter
A E
We're all friends and strangers wondering which way to go
B A B A E
Leaning on yoyos,bozos and bimbos and heroes
Verse 2:
E
We got all kinds of singers and preachers
Crawlers and two-legged creatures
A E
Selling us sermons,and songs made for the soul
B A B A E
Some of 'em yoyos,bozos and bimbos and heroes
Chorus:
A
Reining like fine politicians
E
Dressed up in perfect disguise
A
Pushing their science and fiction
E B
Mixing the truth with the lies
Bridge:
B E
So why we're all busy looking for answers
There's one thing we all need to know
B A B A E
The difference between yoyos,bozos and bimbos and heroes
Chorus.
Bridge.
B A B A E
The difference between yoyos,bozos and bimbos and heroes
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