Widow Maker Chords by Jimmy Martin

[G] Here's a song that you made [E] big for me back in 1963.
[Gm] Thanks to all the truck drivers, thanks to you folks that bought it.
Selling good the days it was when it first come out.
And it's a million seller for old Jimmy Martin and Sonny Mountain Boys.
One [C#] called Widowmaker.
If you boys are ready, we'll try it [D] for him.
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_ Widowmaker, _ _ Widowmaker _
[D] Were the words so bright and big
_ Hangin' across the bumper _
Of a shiny _ _ rig
Billy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mike, he swung [A] the ant and he climbed [D] into his rig
_ Said he'd be back, achieved [A] tonight, let's plan [D] on something big
[G] That big red [D] diesel roared to [G] life, Bill was [D] LA bound
The wheels were humming, wandering [A] as he rode [D] out of town
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Twenty [D] hundred RPM [G] were showing [D] on the tach
But no one knew this was the [A] last long ride for [D] Billy Mike _
_ [G] Widowmaker, Widowmaker, [D] only Bill can understand
Why, Sky Mack Widow had a pretty woman there _ _ _ _ _ _
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Just _ a few more miles [A] and Bill was on [D] that mountain top
_ _ Word that ahead a pickup [A] of a kid [D] sprung both the lane
[G] Bill hit [D] the earth and then he [G] felt his trailer [D] slide and sway
Billy Mike was a good man and a pickup driver, he made no move to help him clear the way
_ [G] He just had [D] time to think of [G] Wanda as he [D] fought the will
Then Billy Mike was buried [A] under twenty [D] tons of steel _
[G] One life for [D] ten has always [G] been a diesel [D]
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That's why Billy sung that Widowmaker _ _ off the road _ _
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