Waco Moon Chords by Todd Snider

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This is when I first got here, Billy Joe asked me if I'd do this.
He said, will you play this one and tell people how come you came up with it?
And I said, okay.
So I went over to Threadgill's and I thought about it for a minute.
_ And I drove over here right around the time to go. _
_ _ _ _ And I remember _ _ the first time I ever met Billy Joe Shaver was probably in 1987. _ _ _ _
_ Or 6.
_ _ At the Cheatham Street Warehouse _ in San Marcos, Texas.
_ _ And I remember at the time I decided that not only was he going to be one of the heroes that I was going to have forever in my life, but so was his son Eddie. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And obviously some of you have seen him play before.
I _ _ sort of stalked them a little bit and then became_
I got to know Billy some and got really close to Eddie.
And _ played in my band for a little bit and we made a record together.
And then _ _ _ this particular song I came up with, I knew that Eddie, like a lot of us, get in trouble and he had too.
_ _ _ And we were waiting for him to get out of it.
And _ then it was New Year's Eve, I was with my wife.
And the next day I woke up and the phone was ringing off the hook.
And _ _ _ then I came up with this.
_ _ _ And Billy asked if I would do it tonight, so I will do it and I'll do [D] it for him. _ _
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[D] Yellow rose, wake old moon.
[C]
If you quit too late, [G] you will die too soon.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Needle with a woman, a silver spoon.
Got you holed up singing [D] the devil's tune.
_ _ [C]
Playing the [D] blues, paying your [G]
dues.
Speeding your young life away.
_ I never will get over [Em] what I heard about [G] you, first [D] thing New Year's Day.
_ [G] _ _
I can't say [D] I felt so sad.
[C] _ The truth [G] is I'm still mad at the selfish way [G] that you left your dad when [Am]
you know what a hard [D] luck time he's had.
[C] Sleeping through our [D] dream come true, [G] you threw [A] all that talent away.
_ [G] I never will get over [Em] what I heard about you, [A] first [D] thing New [G] Year's _ Day.
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[G] _ _ _ Slipping [D] away. _
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New _ [D] Year's [A] Day. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ I threw the [D] phone up against the wall.
[C] _ Falling apart [G] when I got the call.
_ [C] _ I went out [G] walking with the weight of it all.
[Am] _ That's when it hit me [D] like a waterfall.
_ [A]
I'm playing the blues [D] and I'm paying my dues [G] and I'm speeding my young [C] life away.
_ I [G] never will get over what [Em] I heard about you, [C] first [D] thing New [G] Year's Day.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[D] Slipping _ _ _ away. _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ New Year's Day.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yellow _ rose, [D] wake on my own.
[C] Quit too late and [G] you'll die too soon.
To [C] the bitter end, so [G] tried and true.
[D] Goodbye old friend, [G] I'm missing _ you.
Goodbye old friend, [D] I'm missing [G] you.
Goodbye old friend, [D] we're missing.
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[G] _ _ I'm just an old chunk of coal.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ I'm gonna be a diamond _ [E]
someday.
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ I'm gonna grow and glow [G] until I'm so [D] blue, [Em] pure, perfect.
_ [A] I'm gonna put a smile on _ _ [D] everybody's face.
_ [G] Yes, I'm gonna be the world's best friend.
_ _ [C] I'm gonna go around [Am] shaking everybody's hand.
Yes, I am, [D] Lord God Almighty.
_ [F#m] I'm just an old [B] chunk of [Em] coal now, _ [A] but I'm gonna be a diamond _ _ [G]
someday.
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_ _ _ _ _ Thanks a lot for everything. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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