Me And Willie Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Me and Willie pla[F]yed in
a country [C]band[F]
Seven long [C]years togeth[G]er playing
those one night [C]stands
Used to say the booze an[G]d bars
[F]were goin' to wear him out[C][G]
[F]Hold On, a s[G]ong he [C]wrote,
[G]tear your heart right out

[Verse 2]
[C]
We traveled the northern route from the
[F]Great Lakes [C]to Montreal[F]
Hitting [G]all [C]the [G]honkytonks, I
bet we played them [C]all
Willie played to ease [G]his soul
[F]and drank to ease his [C]mind
I [F]never understood how
[C]he played so good
[G]While drinking himself half- blind

[Verse 3]
And [F]you wouldn't think [G]a man so
[Am]weak could be so [F]strong[Dm]
Take a crowd [D]of [Am]rowdy drunks,
[G]hush them with a song and I'd[C]

[Verse 4]
Rather be [F]singing my heart [G]out
in a dark and [Am]dingy [G]bar[F]
Hitting those [C]high notes with [G]Willie's
sad guitar and [C]I'd
Rather be [F]singing a blues song,
[G]singing swe[Am]et and[G] hig[F]h
Willie standing right [C]by my side
[G]playing country slide
[C]

[Verse 5]
Me and Willie, oh we watched
[F]a lot of dreams die you[C]ng
[F]Plans we made, how qui[C]ck they fade,
fum[G]blin' one by [C]one
Willie never let it bother him and if he [F]did,
well it didn't [C]show
You [F]know he had a way of let[C]tin' go,
[G]making blue turn gold

[Verse 6]
And [F]you wouldn't think a [G]man so
[Am]weak could be so [F]strong
[Dm]Take the blues right out o[Am]f you,
[G]put them in a song and I'd[C]

[Verse 7]
Rather be [F]singing my heart [G]out
in a dark and [Am]dingy [G]bar[F]
Hitting those [C]high notes with [G]Willie's
sad guitar and [C]I'd
Rather be [F]singing a blues song,
[G]singing swe[Am]et an [G]d h[F]igh
Willie standing right [C]by my [G]side playing

[Interlude 1]
country slide
[C][F][G][Am][G][F]
[C][G][Am][G][F][C]

[Verse 8]
I left [C]Willie in [F]a bar in [C]Marietta
[F]Couldn't stand to watch [C]the man
I [G]love drink himself to death
[C]Now I'm working in Ottawa and [F]I'm doing well,
I [C]guess
You know [F]the good life don't [C]look so good
[G]from behind a desk and[C] I'd

[Verse 9]
Rather be [F]singing my heart [G]out
in a dark and [Am]dingy [G]bar[F]
Hitting those [C]high notes with [G]Willie's
sad guitar and [C]I'd
Rather be [F]singing a blues song,
[G]singing swe[Am]et and[G] hig[F]h
Willie standing right [C]by my side
[G]playing country slide

[Outro 1]
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