Ballad Of Jerry Jeff Walker Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][D][Am][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
[G]Jerry Jeff Walker stumbled
[D]up the stairs on his way[C] to the stage
With [D]a Martin guitar and [G]a six- pack
Yeah, and he was the poet
of the [D]Lone Star state
And [C]I was young enough to think I[D] was
good enough to be his [G]openin' [Gm]act[G]

[Verse 2]
And in a [Em]cloud of smoke he
took an[A]other toke
And counted [C]one, two, three
And I [Em]knew right there just
[A]breathing his air
What I [C]wanted to be
[D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
Buckar[D]oos and jaded
[Em]lovers
L.A. freeway and [C]redneck mother
[G]Mothers who had [D]raised a son so [C]well
Talking [D]outlawed,
[G]long hair lon[D]ers and sto[G]ners

[Verse 4]
Singing about to [C]come back home [G]and
Most likely [D]too far gone
to [G]get there
[D][C]

[Verse 5]
[G]
Hey, Kix, that [D]was '76
That was [C]just enough beer to
get us [D]through the set
And get as [G]high as our [Gm]crowd
We [G]got 700 miles Jerry, [D]we gotta go
You're [C]out of your mind
You'll never [D]make it on time
Why not just [G]have another round?

[Verse 6]
Oh, we were [Em]trying to get paid
Yes, we're [A]trying to get laid
[C]Living on love
[Em]Sleeping on the stage
Just [A]turn another page
Never [C]thinking we'd ever grow [D]up[G]

[Verse 7]
Buckar[D]oos and jaded [Em]lovers
L.A. freeway and [C]redneck mother
[G]Mothers who had [D]raised a son so
[C]well (aah good boy)
Talking [D]outlawed,
[Em]long [D]hair [G]lon[D]ers and sto[G]ners

[Verse 8]
Singing about to [C]come back home [G]and
Most likely [D]too far gone to [G]get [Em]there[G]

[Verse 9]
[C]Well, the way I recall the[D] '70's
We were down in Austin and the estab[G]lishment
were saying we were wasting our [C]time
The next thing I know,
we were [G]making more money than we could count
We're all being sued by the [D]IRS
And having more fun than the law allowed

[Verse 10]
Yeah, I'm talking [G]loners and stoners
[D]And [G]sing about to com[C]e back home
[G]And most likely [D]too far
gone to [G]get [C]there
Yeah, they were [G]all most likely
[D]too far gone to [G]get there

[Verse 11]
[G]Jerry Jeff Walker [D]stumbled up
the stairs on his [C]way to the stage
With a Mar[D]tin guitar and a six- [G]pack

[Outro 1]
Tools of the trade son
[G]