Chords for "Who's Julie" - Mel Tillis & The Statesiders - 1976 - written by Wayne Carson Thompson

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_ _ _ _ _ _ You know what?
A lady asked me out here tonight, coming in here this afternoon, she said, Mel Tillis,
Mel Tillis, Mel Tillis.
And I said, well, what is it, what is it, what is it?
_ How _ do you do it?
I said, do _ what?
_ _ And she said, how do you, how do you write those beautiful songs that I hear you singing
all the time on television, on Dinah Shore's show, Mike Douglas' show, Music Hall.
Hall of, Hall of a Mirror.
_ _ _ Well, _ I told her by experience, I said, now honey, it doesn't have to be your own experience.
It could be someone else's happiness or their tragedy, something that you might read it
_ in a, in a new, _ _ _ _ _ in a magazine. _ _ _ _ _
But if I may tonight, I'd like to _ tell all you nice folks about an experience that I
had one morning about _ _ 3 a.m.
My wife, Doris, woke me up.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Pay attention.
_ [Ab] And she hit me and knocked me all the way out in the middle of the floor.
All the way [A] out. _ _ _ _ _
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In the middle, in the middle, in the, in the. _
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_ _ _ _ She said, Mel.
That's Mel.
I mean Mel.
Not Mel. _ _ _ _
_ And I [Bm] said, what is it? _
_ _ _ [C] _ And she said, _ [N] Melvin, _ who's Julie? _ _
_ _ You talk about stuttering.
_ _ _ _ _ Son, I turned it on. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ As a matter of fact, it took [B] me about, about, about, about, _ about [N] an hour and a half _ _ to
_ _ tell her that it was a racehorse up in Kentucky. _ _ _ _
But a few days after that, I came home.
I said, honey, I said, have I had any _ _ _ _ [G] messages today?
And she says, yes, Melvin.
She said, [N] your racehorse called today. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ That's not funny.
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] Boy, I hope that _ never, ever happens to you nice folks.
But if it ever happens to you, you might come up with some words and a melody and you just
might write you a song [C] and it just might _ go like this.
_ _ _ Crossed the table _ over [Em] coffee just [Am] this morning.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
Got a long [C] party.
_ _ [Em] Lots of flowers.
Lot of [Am] woman.
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_ _ _ _ [F] Honey, you're talking [Em] asleep.
_ _ [F] And she said, [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ tell [Em] me now and tell the [Dm] _ truth.
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_ _ [C] Who's Julie?
_ [Em] _
Oh, _ _ [F] tell me, tell me [G] _ [Am] now.
[G] With [C] a blank look on my [Em] face, I searched [Am] my mind.
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[C] For an answer, _ [Em] our excuse of [Am] some kind.
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_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Blind and blind, [F] _ _
_ slowly [Em] my head just sank.
And she [F] said, honey, you [Em] know I love [Dm] you truly.
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_ _ [C] Who's Julie? _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] [C] Oh, _ Julie, _ [Em] what's this hold [Am] you got on me?
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[F] You're on my [B] _ [Em] mind and my dreams.
[F] You know you should not be here.
_ [G] There's Julie.
[Dm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] Julie's just a friend [Am] of mine.
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[G] But [C] I know that would not [Em] _
satisfy your [Am] mind. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] She _ _ _ [F] _
_ remembered [Em] what you forgot.
_ [F] Honey, I'm sorry [Em] I've got to tell you [Dm] so _ cruelly. _
[G] Oh, Mel, [N] you can't say that. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Toss it to Melvin.
_ _ _ I got you some dog-faced lie you're telling.
_ How the Booker Man will get you a lion to sign with him
to steal it.
_ _ _ Surprise. _
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You're right, it's a lie. _ _ _ _
_ _ It's a professional lie.
Yeah.
Professional.
It's a professional lie that [B] sometimes professional entertainers
will sometimes use these in their stories to spice up their stuff.
Even in a lie, to spice up, up, up, up, shut your mouth. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] What?
_ _ Kitchens will sometimes use them in their lies to spice up their stuff.
_ _ As a matter of fact, _ _ that didn't actually happen to me.
_ _ That's a professional lie.
If I hurt _ anyone's feelings, I didn't mean to.
_ Actually, I've been married for about _ _ 20 _ years.
_ Doris and I have 11.
11?
_ Bird dogs at home. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] See, that's another little one.
But actually, _ Doris and I have got five _ _ _ children.
I've got a daughter of [Abm] 19.
I have a daughter of 16.
I [E] have a daughter of [G] 15.
And then I have a son.
Thank the Lord.
[Gm] I didn't think he was ever going to get here.
[N] _ _ _ And then I've got a little _ _ _ 4-year-old surprise at home.
_ _ [Ab] And her name's Carrie April.
_ And now [F] you know.
And [Em] don't you ever ask me again.
_ _ _ _ [C] Who's Julie?
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F] Oh, tell me, tell [G] me now. _
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