Chords for It's a long way to Wheelwright - Nick Jamerson

_ _ _ _ _ This place [A#] is just like _ _ a vacation _ [A] home.
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Well, [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ we're going out of the [Dm] dock and we're hearing somebody going,
Dewey, _ Dewey.
Mark goes like this, [G#] he said, well, I guess we won't need this.
A dirty Harry 44 comes out the [C] back, okay?
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_ [G] Hey, some dude named Dewey Ray come in here with [N] somebody packing a huge pistol.
We better get out of here. _
Well, what are we going to do to get on it?
You going to shoot like inside the hatch?
I don't know, we're just kind of _ _ _ going to look around.
I got a rope.
Good seeing you, man.
Get your mom a hug for me. I will.
_ _ But [G] _ _ _
the _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
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main thing was, [D] when I was growing up, [G] was the mines, _ [F] _ _ education,
_ and then _ [D] private businesses, grocery stores here and there,
or _ [F] a repair shop here and there.
_ [D] _ _ Well, this is my great _ _ [F] _ -grandmother's house.
It's where I spent a lot of my childhood.
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_ _ This [F] place, like a lot of places in [B] the area, [D] are just kind of _ _ _ dwindling away to [F] nothing. _ _
There's not much here for work.
[D] The mines are _ [E] closed down, and people [F] are just trying to get by,
or they leave if they can't.
[D] I think that this [G] song, _ it tells a story about my [F] family
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ and the people that [G] [E] made it special for me,
[A] _ _ but [D] also about the [G] area in general.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] This is where [D] the [Am] inspiration [G] came from.
This is where [E] the music came from, [A] is this place.
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[G] _ _ Seeing people [Bm] play it and put [Am] it together and perform it,
_ [D] _ even if [Em] it's in the living room, _ _ [E] just remembering [Am] that, _
it kind of [D] changed my outlook on [G] music in general.
You can [A] have powerful performances and powerful [D] musical [A] moments [E] anywhere. _ _ _
There's grit here, because you have to have it to still [N] be here.
My grandparents and great-aunts and uncles and my dad _ and me are products of _ this area. _ _
_ _ _ _ Dad said it breaks his heart every time he comes up here, and _ _ _ _ _
[D] it breaks mine too.
_ You ready, buddy?
Yeah.
_ You ready?
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_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Well, [Bm] Granny [D] moved the family piano [G] from the boarding house [F#] up the road
_ _ [Bm] to New [D] York, Connivant, Rudolph, _ [G] with two fresh bullet _ [A] holes,
[Bm] where Mary learned [A] to sing [D] on her hymnal, _ [G] Virginia _ [F#] dancer Jigs,
_ _ [Bm] Shorty he'd [D] tune up a banjo [G] while Julie [A] fed [D] the kids.
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But it's a long way [D] from where we're at, [G] with the sleep running through my [F#] eyes,
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[Bm] _ _ [F#m] the chariot [D] awaits _ [G] to the sweet by and [A] _ _ [Bm] by.
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[G] Send most folks [A] behind, _ _
[Bm] it's a long [F#m] way [D] to Willeride,
I [G] hope we make [A] it there [D] tonight. _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] Well, Daddy, he [D] sure loved the junction, _ [G] always proud as he [F#] could be,
_ _ _ [Bm] living in his [D] Creekwater mansion _ [G] next to Doc [A] Osmond's sundries.
_ [Bm] Our [D] boomtown was younger as [G] _ _ a [A] man, [Bm] though there ain't much [D] left here for packing,
_ [G] yeah, we've taken [A] all [D] we can. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Yeah, it's a long [D] way to Willeride, [G] with the sleep running through [F#] my eyes, _
[Bm] the chariot [D] _ _ _ awaits [G] to the sweet by [A] and by. _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] Send most folks [A] behind, _ _ _
[Bm] it's a [F#m] long [D] way to Willeride,
I [G] hope we make [A] it there [D] tonight. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] That time, _ my pleasure, and [Bm] those days were made of _ gold,
[Em] miss all of my time spent _ [F#] at the bluegrass picking show. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bm] Yeah, it's a long [F#m] way [D] to Willeride, [G] with the sleep running through [F#] my eyes,
_ [Bm] the chariot [A] _
[D] _ _ awaits [G] to the sweet by [A] and _ by.
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_ [D] Send _ _ [G] most folks [A] behind, _ _ _ [Bm] it's a [D] long way to Willeride,
[G] I hope we make it [A]
there [D] tonight. _ _ _ _ _
I [G] hope we make it [A] there [D] tonight. _
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_ _ Ooooo
Winds are blowing.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Yeah, I think that kind of, we can do it a couple more times [B] but.
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