Chords for The Highwaymen live 1990 Nassau Coliseum - part 2
Tempo:
127.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
F#m
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Thank [A] you.
[D]
[A]
[E]
[A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
Oh, man, the light [E] of my [A] life, they should have made you a
[D] gentleman's [Bm] [A] wife.
Oh, man, the light of [E] my life, [A] they should have made you a gentleman's [D] wife.
[Bm] [A] It's a measure of people who don't
[E] understand
a [A] gentleman's wife.
Oh, man, [C#] the [D]
light of my [A] life, they should have made you [E] a [A] gentleman's wife.
Now, you either [F#] are his friend or you are not his friend.
[G#] And I thankfully am his friend.
I had an engagement in Toronto, a three-day engagement,
and I called Waylon just before I was leaving to catch a plane.
I said, my guitar player, I just found out, he said, oh, can't go.
You know, anybody I could take to [F] Toronto to play guitar for me for three days.
I called Reggie Young and a couple of other people in the unit, couldn't go.
And Waylon said, I'll find you somebody and call you back as soon as you get to Toronto.
Well, I called Waylon back, or he called me when I got to Toronto,
and I said, did you find me a guitar player?
And he said, yeah.
And I said, who is it?
And he said, me.
I said, you got a big kid.
And I said, you know, I knew he could do it.
He could play Luther Perkins [N] or anybody's style on the guitar.
And he had played for me sometimes.
We were just fooling around, you know.
I said, Waylon, I can't do that.
I said, I can't.
Waylon Jennings playing guitar for me, I can't do that.
And he said, would you do it for me?
And I said, yeah.
And he said, well, I'm doing it for you.
And it's a thing that I never forget as a friend.
There's nothing I wouldn't do for [A] Waylon.
[C#] This is all me and John did when we were just children.
[A] When Waylon and I are doing Ain't No Good Scene Gang,
we're brothers in prison somewhere down in Mississippi,
about three minutes.
And we understand each other.
It ain't a raining back home.
I bet your sister's still on the phone.
[D] I bet mama's in the kitchen, [A] cooking [F#] fried chicken,
[D] wishing [E] that I hadn't [A] done wrong.
Hey!
But don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll be all right.
They're taking good care of us in here.
Just the other day, the warden came to me and he said,
I hear you got a turkey for Christmas.
And I said, I ain't never touched a turkey in my life.
You.
I said, what happened to it?
He said, a guard got it.
I went to that guard and I said, did you get my turkey?
And he said, yeah, I got your turkey, so what?
And I said, you got your turkey, didn't you?
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F] in [F#m] Mississippi.
And [A] there [G] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang.
[D]
[A] [F#m] [G]
[Am] [A]
Papa's reading yesterday's mail, wishing that the A was all made.
[D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama'd stay [F#m] in the kitchen.
[D] Here I [E] am a laying [A] J.
Don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll do all right.
I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard came up to me and he said,
what are you hanging around here for?
And I said, for whatever's going around, I'll have some.
He said, you're a smart aleck, ain't you?
And I said, no, sir, I just didn't have any breakfast.
I just get that way sometime during the day.
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
[D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A]
[F] down in [F#] Mississippi.
[D] And there [Em] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang.
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
And you [D] don't go writing heart checks [A] down in [F#m] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't [E] no [C] good [A] scene gang.
And [D] you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F#m] in Mississippi.
And [D] there ain't [Em] no [C] good [A] scene gang.
[N]
[D]
[A]
[E]
[A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
[D] [A]
Oh, man, the light [E] of my [A] life, they should have made you a
[D] gentleman's [Bm] [A] wife.
Oh, man, the light of [E] my life, [A] they should have made you a gentleman's [D] wife.
[Bm] [A] It's a measure of people who don't
[E] understand
a [A] gentleman's wife.
Oh, man, [C#] the [D]
light of my [A] life, they should have made you [E] a [A] gentleman's wife.
Now, you either [F#] are his friend or you are not his friend.
[G#] And I thankfully am his friend.
I had an engagement in Toronto, a three-day engagement,
and I called Waylon just before I was leaving to catch a plane.
I said, my guitar player, I just found out, he said, oh, can't go.
You know, anybody I could take to [F] Toronto to play guitar for me for three days.
I called Reggie Young and a couple of other people in the unit, couldn't go.
And Waylon said, I'll find you somebody and call you back as soon as you get to Toronto.
Well, I called Waylon back, or he called me when I got to Toronto,
and I said, did you find me a guitar player?
And he said, yeah.
And I said, who is it?
And he said, me.
I said, you got a big kid.
And I said, you know, I knew he could do it.
He could play Luther Perkins [N] or anybody's style on the guitar.
And he had played for me sometimes.
We were just fooling around, you know.
I said, Waylon, I can't do that.
I said, I can't.
Waylon Jennings playing guitar for me, I can't do that.
And he said, would you do it for me?
And I said, yeah.
And he said, well, I'm doing it for you.
And it's a thing that I never forget as a friend.
There's nothing I wouldn't do for [A] Waylon.
[C#] This is all me and John did when we were just children.
[A] When Waylon and I are doing Ain't No Good Scene Gang,
we're brothers in prison somewhere down in Mississippi,
about three minutes.
And we understand each other.
It ain't a raining back home.
I bet your sister's still on the phone.
[D] I bet mama's in the kitchen, [A] cooking [F#] fried chicken,
[D] wishing [E] that I hadn't [A] done wrong.
Hey!
But don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll be all right.
They're taking good care of us in here.
Just the other day, the warden came to me and he said,
I hear you got a turkey for Christmas.
And I said, I ain't never touched a turkey in my life.
You.
I said, what happened to it?
He said, a guard got it.
I went to that guard and I said, did you get my turkey?
And he said, yeah, I got your turkey, so what?
And I said, you got your turkey, didn't you?
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
[D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F] in [F#m] Mississippi.
And [A] there [G] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang.
[D]
[A] [F#m] [G]
[Am] [A]
Papa's reading yesterday's mail, wishing that the A was all made.
[D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama'd stay [F#m] in the kitchen.
[D] Here I [E] am a laying [A] J.
Don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll do all right.
I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard came up to me and he said,
what are you hanging around here for?
And I said, for whatever's going around, I'll have some.
He said, you're a smart aleck, ain't you?
And I said, no, sir, I just didn't have any breakfast.
I just get that way sometime during the day.
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
[D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A]
[F] down in [F#] Mississippi.
[D] And there [Em] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang.
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
And you [D] don't go writing heart checks [A] down in [F#m] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't [E] no [C] good [A] scene gang.
And [D] you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F#m] in Mississippi.
And [D] there ain't [Em] no [C] good [A] scene gang.
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Key:
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_ _ Thank [A] you. _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, man, the light [E] of my [A] life, they should _ _ have made you a _
[D] gentleman's [Bm] _ [A] wife.
Oh, _ _ man, _ the _ light of [E] my life, [A] they should have made you a _ gentleman's [D] wife.
_ [Bm] [A] It's a measure _ _ _ of people who don't _
[E] understand
a [A] gentleman's wife. _ _ _
Oh, man, [C#] the _ [D] _
light of my [A] _ life, _ _ they should have made you [E] a _ [A] gentleman's wife. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now, you either [F#] are his friend or you are not his friend.
_ [G#] And I thankfully am his friend.
I had an engagement in Toronto, a three-day engagement,
and I called Waylon just before I was leaving to catch a plane.
I said, my guitar player, I just found out, he said, oh, can't go.
You know, anybody I could take to [F] Toronto to play guitar for me for three days.
I called Reggie Young and a couple of other people in the unit, couldn't go.
And Waylon said, I'll find you somebody and call you back as soon as you get to Toronto.
_ Well, I called Waylon back, or he called me when I got to Toronto,
and I said, did you find me a guitar player?
And he said, yeah.
And I said, who is it?
And he said, me.
_ I said, you got a big kid.
And I said, you know, I knew he could do it.
He could play Luther Perkins [N] or _ anybody's style on the guitar.
And he had played for me sometimes.
We were just fooling around, you know.
I said, Waylon, I can't do that.
I said, I can't.
Waylon Jennings playing guitar for me, I can't do that.
And he said, would you do it for me?
And I said, yeah.
And he said, well, I'm doing it for you.
And it's a thing that _ I never forget as a friend.
There's nothing I wouldn't do for [A] Waylon.
_ [C#] This is all me and John did when we were just children.
[A] When Waylon and I are doing Ain't No Good Scene Gang,
we're brothers in prison somewhere down in Mississippi,
about three minutes.
_ _ And we understand each other. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It ain't a raining back home.
_ _ I bet your sister's still on the phone.
_ _ [D] I bet mama's in the kitchen, _ [A] cooking [F#] fried chicken,
[D] wishing [E] that I hadn't [A] done wrong.
Hey! _
But don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll be all right.
_ They're taking good care of us in here.
Just the other day, the warden came to me and he said,
I hear you got a turkey for Christmas.
_ And I said, I ain't never touched a turkey in my life.
You. _
_ _ _ I said, what happened to it?
He said, a guard got it.
I went to that guard and I said, did you get my turkey?
And he said, yeah, I got your turkey, so what?
And I said, you got your turkey, didn't you?
_ _ There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
_ And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
_ [D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F] in [F#m] Mississippi.
And [A] there [G] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Papa's reading yesterday's mail, _ _ _ wishing that the A was all made.
_ _ _ [D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama'd stay [F#m] in the kitchen.
[D] Here I [E] am a laying [A] J. _ _
_ Don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll do all right.
_ I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard came up to me and he said,
what are you hanging around here for?
And I said, for whatever's going around, I'll have some.
He said, you're a smart aleck, ain't you?
And I said, no, sir, I just didn't have any breakfast.
_ _ I just get that way sometime during the day.
_ There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore. _ _
And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
_ [D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A]
[F] down in [F#] Mississippi.
[D] And there [Em] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang.
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
_ And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
_ And you [D] don't go writing heart checks [A] down in [F#m] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't [E] no [C] good [A] scene gang. _
And [D] you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F#m] in Mississippi.
And [D] there ain't [Em] no [C] good [A] scene gang.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Thank [A] you. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, man, the light [E] of my [A] life, they should _ _ have made you a _
[D] gentleman's [Bm] _ [A] wife.
Oh, _ _ man, _ the _ light of [E] my life, [A] they should have made you a _ gentleman's [D] wife.
_ [Bm] [A] It's a measure _ _ _ of people who don't _
[E] understand
a [A] gentleman's wife. _ _ _
Oh, man, [C#] the _ [D] _
light of my [A] _ life, _ _ they should have made you [E] a _ [A] gentleman's wife. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now, you either [F#] are his friend or you are not his friend.
_ [G#] And I thankfully am his friend.
I had an engagement in Toronto, a three-day engagement,
and I called Waylon just before I was leaving to catch a plane.
I said, my guitar player, I just found out, he said, oh, can't go.
You know, anybody I could take to [F] Toronto to play guitar for me for three days.
I called Reggie Young and a couple of other people in the unit, couldn't go.
And Waylon said, I'll find you somebody and call you back as soon as you get to Toronto.
_ Well, I called Waylon back, or he called me when I got to Toronto,
and I said, did you find me a guitar player?
And he said, yeah.
And I said, who is it?
And he said, me.
_ I said, you got a big kid.
And I said, you know, I knew he could do it.
He could play Luther Perkins [N] or _ anybody's style on the guitar.
And he had played for me sometimes.
We were just fooling around, you know.
I said, Waylon, I can't do that.
I said, I can't.
Waylon Jennings playing guitar for me, I can't do that.
And he said, would you do it for me?
And I said, yeah.
And he said, well, I'm doing it for you.
And it's a thing that _ I never forget as a friend.
There's nothing I wouldn't do for [A] Waylon.
_ [C#] This is all me and John did when we were just children.
[A] When Waylon and I are doing Ain't No Good Scene Gang,
we're brothers in prison somewhere down in Mississippi,
about three minutes.
_ _ And we understand each other. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It ain't a raining back home.
_ _ I bet your sister's still on the phone.
_ _ [D] I bet mama's in the kitchen, _ [A] cooking [F#] fried chicken,
[D] wishing [E] that I hadn't [A] done wrong.
Hey! _
But don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll be all right.
_ They're taking good care of us in here.
Just the other day, the warden came to me and he said,
I hear you got a turkey for Christmas.
_ And I said, I ain't never touched a turkey in my life.
You. _
_ _ _ I said, what happened to it?
He said, a guard got it.
I went to that guard and I said, did you get my turkey?
And he said, yeah, I got your turkey, so what?
And I said, you got your turkey, didn't you?
_ _ There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
_ And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
_ [D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F] in [F#m] Mississippi.
And [A] there [G] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Papa's reading yesterday's mail, _ _ _ wishing that the A was all made.
_ _ _ [D] I bet he's a wishing [A] mama'd stay [F#m] in the kitchen.
[D] Here I [E] am a laying [A] J. _ _
_ Don't you worry about us, mama.
We'll do all right.
_ I was hanging around the fence the other day and this guard came up to me and he said,
what are you hanging around here for?
And I said, for whatever's going around, I'll have some.
He said, you're a smart aleck, ain't you?
And I said, no, sir, I just didn't have any breakfast.
_ _ I just get that way sometime during the day.
_ There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore. _ _
And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
_ [D] And you don't go writing heart checks [A]
[F] down in [F#] Mississippi.
[D] And there [Em] ain't no [C] good [A] scene gang.
There ain't no good in an evil heart anymore.
_ And I ain't cut out to be no Frank James.
_ And you [D] don't go writing heart checks [A] down in [F#m] Mississippi.
[G] And there ain't [E] no [C] good [A] scene gang. _
And [D] you don't go writing heart checks [A] down [F#m] in Mississippi.
And [D] there ain't [Em] no [C] good [A] scene gang.
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