Me And Willie Chords by Emmylou Harris

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_ _ _ _ Me and Willie _ [G] _ [Dm]
[G] played in a [C] country band _
[F] _ _ _ [C] Seven long years [G] together, played in those one-night stands
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Used to say the booze [G] and the _
[F] bars were gonna [G] wear him _ out
_ [F] _ Oh [G] Lord, the stony road, tear your heart right out _
_ _ [C] _ _ Traveled the [G] northern blue from [F] the Great Lakes to [C] Montreal
_ [G] Hitting [F] _
_ all [G] the honky-tonks, bet we played them all
_ _ [C] Willie played to [G] ease his [F] soul and drank to [C] ease his [G] mind
I [F] never understood [G] how he [C] played so good [G] while drinking himself out of line
And [F] you wouldn't think the [G] man so weak [Am] could be so [F] strong
_ _ [Dm] Take a crowd of [A] rowdy drunks, [E] _
[G] hush them with a song
And _ _ [C] I'd rather be [F] singing my [G] heart out in a [Am] dark and [G] deaden G [F]-bar
Hitting those [C] high [G] notes, Willie said, guitar or _ [C] not
I'd rather [F] be singing a blues [G] song, _ [Am] singing sweet [G] and [F] _ _ _
loud
Willie, stand on [C] by my [G] side, playing _ [C] country slide _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Me and Willie, [G] oh, [F] we watched a lot of dreams [C] die young _ _
[F] Plans we made, [C] I'll quit, they failed, [G] found one by _ one
_ [C] _
Willie never let it bother him, and if [F] he did, well, he [C] didn't show
_ [F] Though he had a way [C] of letting [G] go, _ letting blue times [C] go
[G] And [F] you wouldn't think [G] the man so [Am] weak [Em] could be [F] so strong
_ [Dm] Take the blues [Am] right out of you, [G] _ put them in a song
_ [C] And I'd rather [F] be singing my heart [G] out in a [Am] dark and _ [G] deaden G [F]-bar
Hitting [C] those high notes, [G] Willie said, guitar or not
_ [C] _
I'd rather [F] be singing a [G] blues song, [Am] singing [G] sweet and [F] loud _ _ _
Willie, stand on [C] by my _ [G] side, playing [C] country _ slide _ _
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_ [C] I _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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_ let Willie _ eat in [F] a bar in _ [C] Mariette
_ _ [F] Couldn't stand to [C] watch the man I [G] love drink himself to death
_ Now [C] I'm working out a lot, and [F] I'm doing well, [C] I guess
I [F] know the good life [C] don't look so good [G] from behind the desk
And _ [C] I'd rather [F] be singing my heart [G] out in a [Am] dark and [G] deaden G [F]-bar
Hitting those [C] _
high notes, [G] Willie said, guitar or not
[C] _
I'd rather [F] be singing a blues [G] song, _ [Am] singing sweet [G] and [F] loud _ _ _
Willie, stand [C] on by my side, [G] playing country [C] slide
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