Chords for Whitey Morgan and the 78's - "Waylon's Still The King / Cowboy Song"
Tempo:
176.2 bpm
Chords used:
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C
E
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Bye-bye.
It's called Old Whaling's Still the King.
It don't [B] matter if you're all CMT, Old Whaling's [E] still the king.
see what [A#] I'm talking about, remember this shit.
This should [E] be interesting.
Good night, buddy.
the honky [B]-tonks in Texas [D] were his [A] natural second [E] home.
Well, he played music his way from Lubbock to [B] San Antonio.
It's called Old Whaling's Still the King.
It don't [B] matter if you're all CMT, Old Whaling's [E] still the king.
see what [A#] I'm talking about, remember this shit.
This should [E] be interesting.
Good night, buddy.
the honky [B]-tonks in Texas [D] were his [A] natural second [E] home.
Well, he played music his way from Lubbock to [B] San Antonio.
100% ➙ 176BPM
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Bm
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Bye-bye. _ _ _ _
It's called Old Whaling's Still the King.
_ _ It don't [B] matter if you're all _ CMT, Old _ Whaling's [E] still the king.
_ _ _ [B] Y'all see what [A#] I'm talking about, remember this shit.
_ This should [E] be interesting.
Good night, buddy.
_ Well, the honky [B]-tonks in Texas [D] were his [A] natural second [E] home. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, he played music his way from Lubbock to [B] San Antonio. _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, [A] I will never _ forget [Em]
when [E] I first heard him sing.
_ _ _ And it don't matter who's a Nashville [B] Old Whaling's still the king. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Old Ricky Shortstroke can't _ remember [A] the way things were back [E] then.
He told me he'd never heard that. _ _ _
Him and Wayne Moore fighting the system _ time and [B] time again. _ _ _ _
All the [A] cocaine and the whiskey, I [E] bet they would change a thing. _ _
_ Makes me proud [B] to be a Nashville and [F#] not where _ Whaling's still the [Bm] _
king.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Well, you [A] can hear the brand old Opry [E] here in Nashville, _ Tennessee. _ _
Stay with me. _ _ _
Oh, but we all love the Opry.
Ain't all [B] it used to be. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, [Bm] old music world's still in control, [A] but Hossie just don't mean [E] a [Bm] thing.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
Pretty boy, you might be on [B] CMT, but old [Bm] Whaling's still [E] the king. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] [A] If you [Dm] ain't ever heard him, [B] son, I guess you ain't been _ told. _ _ _
_ When fuckin' _ Jennings [F#] is the king of country, so what? _ _
_ You can ask old Whaling, Nelson, Hoss, [A] he'll tell you the same [B] damn thing. _ _ _ _
[E] It don't matter [B] who's a _ Nashville Old _ _ Whaling's still [A] the king. _
[F#m] Do you see that? _
[E] One, two, three, four. _
_ _ _ [B] Oh. _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [N] So I did one for Whaling, now I'm gonna do one for Shooter,
[B] because I know he loves the rock and roll, and I love the [G] rock and roll.
_ _ I just said it tonight, when was the last time a Thin Lizzy song was played on a [C] stage in Nashville?
_ _ [G] Yeah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I wouldn't just [D] a cow, no.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Lonesome [C] on a tree.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Starry [E] [B] night, _ _ [Bm] _ a campfire [Em] _ light. _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
The _ [D] coyote's calling, _ _ _ [C#] in [G] that _ _ howling [C] wind wave.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Oh, tomorrow [Bm] I'm riding, _ _ the old sun there.
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ One, _ two, _ three, four.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I am just [D] a _ _ cowboy, _ [Bm] _ _
_ lonesome [D] on a [C]
tree.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Lord, [Bm] I'm just thinking _ about a [G] certain _ female.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Nights we spent [D] _
_ together, _ [Bm] _ _
_ riding [D] on [C] the rain.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Bm] Oh, _ when I look back now, it all [G] seems so _ strange.
[C] _
_ Sing with me. _ _ _
Roll me [B] over and turn me around.
[A]
Let me keep spinning [G] till I hit the ground.
_ _ [C] _
Roll me over [G] and [Bm] let me go.
_ [C] _ _
_ Riding [D] with the buffalo, _ _ _ _ _ _ here [Bm] I go.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I was [D] took in Texas, _ _ [Bm] son, I did not [D] know [C] her name.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ Oh, don't all these southern _ girls, they all feel the [Dm] same.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Down below _ [D]
the water, _ _ [Bm] in a town in [D] [C] Mexico.
_ I got _ [G] _
_ a job rolling [Bm] balloons and making coke. _
_ _ _ _ [C] That's the rodeo, baby.
_ [D] So roll me over and [Bm] turn me around. _
[Am] Let me keep [G] spinning till I hit the ground.
_ _ [C] _
_ Roll me [Bm] over and let me go.
_ [C] _
_ _ Riding in [D] the _ rodeo. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] And roll me [B] over and set me _ [Am] free.
_ And cowboys, I mean the _ drunkards, I mean an addict's [A] life is for life [G] _
only. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] I'm Marty Martin, this is Danny Boyd Coleman, and we're fucking done.
_ _ And more ladies and more.
_ [F#] Should we get up here and bring somebody over?
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
It's called Old Whaling's Still the King.
_ _ It don't [B] matter if you're all _ CMT, Old _ Whaling's [E] still the king.
_ _ _ [B] Y'all see what [A#] I'm talking about, remember this shit.
_ This should [E] be interesting.
Good night, buddy.
_ Well, the honky [B]-tonks in Texas [D] were his [A] natural second [E] home. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, he played music his way from Lubbock to [B] San Antonio. _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, [A] I will never _ forget [Em]
when [E] I first heard him sing.
_ _ _ And it don't matter who's a Nashville [B] Old Whaling's still the king. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Old Ricky Shortstroke can't _ remember [A] the way things were back [E] then.
He told me he'd never heard that. _ _ _
Him and Wayne Moore fighting the system _ time and [B] time again. _ _ _ _
All the [A] cocaine and the whiskey, I [E] bet they would change a thing. _ _
_ Makes me proud [B] to be a Nashville and [F#] not where _ Whaling's still the [Bm] _
king.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ Well, you [A] can hear the brand old Opry [E] here in Nashville, _ Tennessee. _ _
Stay with me. _ _ _
Oh, but we all love the Opry.
Ain't all [B] it used to be. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, [Bm] old music world's still in control, [A] but Hossie just don't mean [E] a [Bm] thing.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
Pretty boy, you might be on [B] CMT, but old [Bm] Whaling's still [E] the king. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] [A] If you [Dm] ain't ever heard him, [B] son, I guess you ain't been _ told. _ _ _
_ When fuckin' _ Jennings [F#] is the king of country, so what? _ _
_ You can ask old Whaling, Nelson, Hoss, [A] he'll tell you the same [B] damn thing. _ _ _ _
[E] It don't matter [B] who's a _ Nashville Old _ _ Whaling's still [A] the king. _
[F#m] Do you see that? _
[E] One, two, three, four. _
_ _ _ [B] Oh. _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [N] So I did one for Whaling, now I'm gonna do one for Shooter,
[B] because I know he loves the rock and roll, and I love the [G] rock and roll.
_ _ I just said it tonight, when was the last time a Thin Lizzy song was played on a [C] stage in Nashville?
_ _ [G] Yeah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I wouldn't just [D] a cow, no.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Lonesome [C] on a tree.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Starry [E] [B] night, _ _ [Bm] _ a campfire [Em] _ light. _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
The _ [D] coyote's calling, _ _ _ [C#] in [G] that _ _ howling [C] wind wave.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Oh, tomorrow [Bm] I'm riding, _ _ the old sun there.
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ One, _ two, _ three, four.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I am just [D] a _ _ cowboy, _ [Bm] _ _
_ lonesome [D] on a [C]
tree.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Lord, [Bm] I'm just thinking _ about a [G] certain _ female.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Nights we spent [D] _
_ together, _ [Bm] _ _
_ riding [D] on [C] the rain.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Bm] Oh, _ when I look back now, it all [G] seems so _ strange.
[C] _
_ Sing with me. _ _ _
Roll me [B] over and turn me around.
[A]
Let me keep spinning [G] till I hit the ground.
_ _ [C] _
Roll me over [G] and [Bm] let me go.
_ [C] _ _
_ Riding [D] with the buffalo, _ _ _ _ _ _ here [Bm] I go.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I was [D] took in Texas, _ _ [Bm] son, I did not [D] know [C] her name.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ Oh, don't all these southern _ girls, they all feel the [Dm] same.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Down below _ [D]
the water, _ _ [Bm] in a town in [D] [C] Mexico.
_ I got _ [G] _
_ a job rolling [Bm] balloons and making coke. _
_ _ _ _ [C] That's the rodeo, baby.
_ [D] So roll me over and [Bm] turn me around. _
[Am] Let me keep [G] spinning till I hit the ground.
_ _ [C] _
_ Roll me [Bm] over and let me go.
_ [C] _
_ _ Riding in [D] the _ rodeo. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] And roll me [B] over and set me _ [Am] free.
_ And cowboys, I mean the _ drunkards, I mean an addict's [A] life is for life [G] _
only. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] I'm Marty Martin, this is Danny Boyd Coleman, and we're fucking done.
_ _ And more ladies and more.
_ [F#] Should we get up here and bring somebody over?
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _