Chords for Boxcar Willie : Country music nightmare
Tempo:
115.45 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[F#] [G]
[D] [A]
It was [G] a country music nightmare, [D] the worst I'd ever seen,
star appeared [A] in my dream.
[D] was the late [F#] great, the near [G] great, some from [G#m] the Hall of [D] Fame,
[A] nightmare that drove [D] me insane.
[G] There was Ernest Arnold, Eddie [D] Tubbs, I knew that wasn't right,
Foley gave me [A] quite a fright.
[D] [A]
It was [G] a country music nightmare, [D] the worst I'd ever seen,
star appeared [A] in my dream.
[D] was the late [F#] great, the near [G] great, some from [G#m] the Hall of [D] Fame,
[A] nightmare that drove [D] me insane.
[G] There was Ernest Arnold, Eddie [D] Tubbs, I knew that wasn't right,
Foley gave me [A] quite a fright.
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_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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It was [G] a country music nightmare, [D] the worst I'd ever seen,
And every country music star appeared [A] in my dream.
There [D] was the late [F#] great, the near [G] great, some from [G#m] the Hall of [D] Fame,
Country music [A] nightmare that drove [D] me insane. _
[G] There was Ernest Arnold, Eddie [D] Tubbs, I knew that wasn't right,
Red Reeves and Jim Foley gave me [A] quite a fright. _
[D] Well, Pluck Cash and Johnny [G] Owens were next upon the scene,
[D] Jimmy Nelson sang a [A] song along with [D] Willie Dean. _
[G] There was George Haggard, Merle [D] Jones, I thought I'd sure die,
Will Whalen, Williams, Hank Jennings made me [A] want to cry. _ _
[D] Charlie Young and Fern [G] Brightly tried to steal the show,
[D] Hank Miller sang a [A] song wrote by [D] Roger Snow.
It [G] was a country music nightmare, [D] the worst I'd ever seen,
And every country music star appeared in [A] my dream.
There [D] was the late [F#] great, the near [G] great, some from the [G#] Hall of Fame,
[D] Country music nightmare [A] that drove [D] me insane.
There [G] was Dolly Jackson, Wanda [D] Parson, Justin Ames, a few,
Loretta Gales and Crystal Lynn, well they were all [A] there too. _
[D] Connie Wells and Kitty Smith, [G] it was a sight to see,
[D] Brenda Pearl told funny jokes [A] along with Penny [D] Lee. _ _ _
_ _ _ There was Roy Williams, _ Don Clark, Jimmy Gilley, Mickey Dickens,
Conway Tillis, Mel Twitty, _ Donna Smith, Margo Fargo, Margo Fargo,
_ Merle Atkins, Chet Travis, Fox Tarwily,
_ _ _ _ And that's when that train whistle woke me up.
[G] Boy when that train whistle [D] went off I jumped out of bed,
I was running around the room, I stubbed my toe on the floor,
I had [A] a big G-cord on the pillow. _
[D] Why can't [F#] I have some nice [G] dreams about [G#] movie stars, [D] pretty girls? _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
It was [G] a country music nightmare, [D] the worst I'd ever seen,
And every country music star appeared [A] in my dream.
There [D] was the late [F#] great, the near [G] great, some from [G#m] the Hall of [D] Fame,
Country music [A] nightmare that drove [D] me insane. _
[G] There was Ernest Arnold, Eddie [D] Tubbs, I knew that wasn't right,
Red Reeves and Jim Foley gave me [A] quite a fright. _
[D] Well, Pluck Cash and Johnny [G] Owens were next upon the scene,
[D] Jimmy Nelson sang a [A] song along with [D] Willie Dean. _
[G] There was George Haggard, Merle [D] Jones, I thought I'd sure die,
Will Whalen, Williams, Hank Jennings made me [A] want to cry. _ _
[D] Charlie Young and Fern [G] Brightly tried to steal the show,
[D] Hank Miller sang a [A] song wrote by [D] Roger Snow.
It [G] was a country music nightmare, [D] the worst I'd ever seen,
And every country music star appeared in [A] my dream.
There [D] was the late [F#] great, the near [G] great, some from the [G#] Hall of Fame,
[D] Country music nightmare [A] that drove [D] me insane.
There [G] was Dolly Jackson, Wanda [D] Parson, Justin Ames, a few,
Loretta Gales and Crystal Lynn, well they were all [A] there too. _
[D] Connie Wells and Kitty Smith, [G] it was a sight to see,
[D] Brenda Pearl told funny jokes [A] along with Penny [D] Lee. _ _ _
_ _ _ There was Roy Williams, _ Don Clark, Jimmy Gilley, Mickey Dickens,
Conway Tillis, Mel Twitty, _ Donna Smith, Margo Fargo, Margo Fargo,
_ Merle Atkins, Chet Travis, Fox Tarwily,
_ _ _ _ And that's when that train whistle woke me up.
[G] Boy when that train whistle [D] went off I jumped out of bed,
I was running around the room, I stubbed my toe on the floor,
I had [A] a big G-cord on the pillow. _
[D] Why can't [F#] I have some nice [G] dreams about [G#] movie stars, [D] pretty girls? _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _