Chords for What Would Willie Do-Kelly Willis,Bruce Robison @AC&T 2013

[B] _ [Ab] In my life, I have to admit that in the good times and the bad,
there's [Ebm] always been [Fm] a hand that's been guiding [Em] my way.
[Abm]
And this song is about that, and I want to play it [E] for you now.
_ I was lost, in trouble and strife.
I [A] heard a voice, [Db] and it changed [Gbm] my life.
[E] And now, it's a brand new day.
[B] And I ain't ashamed [E] to say, you're not alone.
When you're [Bm] down and out, [E] I think you [D] know who [Abm] I'm talking [E] about.
When I don't know how I'll get [Ab] through,
_ [A] _ [Bb] [B] I ask myself, [Dbm] what [B] would [E] Willie do? _ _ _ _ _ _
Long ago, _ and he came unto us.
[Abm]
[A] His words, they were simple, but they went right through [E] us. _
And the whole world sang along.
_ But then [B] they didn't want to hear his song.
_ _ [E] He was gone.
And we thought we'd lost him, but he [A] just grew his hair out.
And he moved to Austin.
[E] _
All the people smiled.
_ [B] They came to hear him sing from miles.
And [A] like a miracle, [B] all the [Dbm] rednecks and the hippies
from New York [B] City [A] down to Mississippi
[E] stood together and they raised a brew.
_ [B] When your sky's all [A] gray, what [B] would Willie [E] _
do?
That's right, come on, Jim.
_ _ [A] _
You _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E]
know, sometimes I still wonder when I get nowhere,
[A] what would old Willie do when things get too much to bear?
_ _ [E] I can see him sitting in his lonely old bus.
_ _ [B] He's got his problems just like any of us.
_ I [E] bet he'd just take a deep breath and let all them problems go. _ _ _ _
[A] _ Take another deep breath, let them all go.
[E] _ Take another deep breath.
[B] And then he'd halt it.
_ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] And then I bet he'd feel hungry.
_ _ _ And the way it would seem [A] strange, yes, hungry.
For all the things he just [Ab] can't [E] change.
Like the time he passed out in his own bedroom. _
And his ex [B]-wife sewed him up in the sheet.
And she beat him with a broom.
[E] And he fucked a paper.
_ And you'd think that that's rough.
[A] But the IRS came, they took [E] away all his stuff.
He's talking to me.
_ Took his golf course and his recording studio.
And he just went on [B] out and did another 5,000 shows.
But [A] when it's all coming down [B] on you.
You [A] gotta ask yourself.
[B] What [E] would they _ do?
What would they do?
Hey, what would they do?
He traveled afar.
[A] With nothing but a song and an old guitar. _
[E] _ And a tour bus and some semi-trucks. _
[B] 30 crewmen and a little bit of luck. _ _ _
[E] He loves all the people.
[D] The rank and [E] the randy.
[A] If you don't believe him.
Take a look at [E] the family.
But he'll tell you that it's true.
When your [B] skies are gray.
[A] What [B] would Willie [E] _ do?
_ [C] _ _ Hey, what [F] would Willie do?
He'd take a little time.
And [Bb] he'd talk to old Gator.
As they drive on down that line.
[F] And there's millions down that _ road.
[C] And with a word he's gonna lighten their load.
[E] He [F]
loves all the people.
No matter their races.
[Bb] Hell, he even made a hit country song with [Dm] Julio Iglesias.
[Cm] _ [F] _
That ain't easy to do.
_ _ [C] But when it's all too much.
[Bb] What [C] would Willie do?
[Dm] When the game gets [C] tough.
[Bb] _ [C] What would Willie do?
[Dm] When they get home.
_ [C] _ [Bb] What [C] would Willie _ [F] do? _ _ _ _
Happy 80th birthday Willie. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F]
Alright, once you find the level of the room.
It's all down here.
_ [B] _
Oh, thank you so [G] much.
Cheers everybody.
_ [N] _ _