Stoney Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

[Verse 1]
I first ran into [Em]Stoney.
[Am]. . it was [D]a bar [G]downtown;
Was Richmond,
Virgin[Em]ia. [Am]. . we were bumming aroun[D]d,[C]
Suitcase [D]to suitcase. [Em]. . we start[D]ed him talki[C]ng,
[Am][G]
Finding out about the [Em]things we've [Am]shared
in [D]the miles [G]we've been.
[Em][Am][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]
He had a gray [Em]pillowcase[Am]
full of books by Dur[D]rell,
And [G]he had this [Em]old concertina,
[Am]all beat up and she played like [D]hell,[C]
Until you got him started [D]singing
[Em]those Gosp[D]el songs[C],[Am]
[G]Well, he drank all night for [Em]nothing,
he told his [Am]stor[D]ies [G]till dawn.
[Em][Am][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
And he said, "Come on, get your [Em]bag,
boy! Sun's up [Am]now and it's time [D]to roll!
[G]Hell, you know there ain't no
better time than early in the morning
[Em]To be [Am]out walking down
[D]that road![C]
Just feeling another day begin[D]ning while
[Em]some fools just rush[D]ing on [C]by,[Am]
We'll [G]be like some Mr. [Em]Independence: we're
taking our [Am]own s[D]weet time!"

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][G][Am][D][G]
We walked [Em]on out

[Verse 4]
that highway under
[G]a c[Em]lear [Am]blue sky,[D][G]
I's listening to the [Em]tales he told,
[Am]drinking warm red wine[D].
[C]'Bout [D]the [Em]nigh[D]t he rolle[C]d[Am][G]
seven; bout some girl [Em]he'd done wrong;
'Bout everything he [Am]could think of
while we [D]walked along.

[Interlude 2]
[G][Em][Am][D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Yeah, ol' Stoney had[Em] a[Am]
magic; made him hard to for[D]get.[G]
Like the night we flew down [Em]the highway [Am](his old pickup,
it [D]nearly [C]wrecked!)
Was a crazy woman [D]driving,
[Em]all drunked up and carry[D]ing on;[C][Am][G]
Till Stoney [Em]finally calmed [Am]her singing
[D]those Gospel [G]songs.
[Em][Am][D]

[Verse 6]
[G]
Well, we split the road at [Em]Norwood,
[Am]and he just shook my h[D]and.[G]
He said, "I'll see [Em]you some place,
[Am]friend," but you know he never has.[D][C]
But we were that [D]free then,
[Em]just walking [D]down the [C]road,[Am][G]
Never [Em]really caring where [Am]that [D]high
[G]way goes.
[Em][Am][D]

[Verse 7]
[G]
Yeah, Stoney was [Em]a lia[Am]r
(a bullshitter!) ain't no [D]doubt about it.
[G]It was just the way he [Em]told things,
[Am]and you never want to doub[D]t him.[C]
'Cause he kept you [D]going[Em]
when [D]the road got [C]rough,[Am][G]
And brought you [Em]through the lean times
[Am]by makin[D]g it u[G]p.

[Verse 8]
"Hey, did I ever tell you the time I married my cousin up in [Em]Las
[Am]Vega[Dsus4]s?"[D][G]
[Em]Yeah, Stoney. [Am]Tell it again,

[Outro 1]
will you?
[D][G][Em][Am][G]