Chords for Willie Nelson's 80th Birthday

Austin, Texas, home of Willie Nelson. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
80 years the greatest ambassador perhaps this state has ever known.
_ But perhaps nobody would be better to acknowledge Willie's 80th
than another great ambassador of the state of Texas.
Ladies and gentlemen, your coach Mack Brown.
Coach Brown is here! _ _ _
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_ [C] How we doing?
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_ _ _ _ How about let's give a great 80th happy birthday welcome
_ to the one and only Willie Nelson. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ It is with great pride that I present from _ the great state of Texas
and the governor of Texas a proclamation that no one,
and I mean no one, has done more _ _ recognition and joy
to the great state of Texas than Willie Nelson. _
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_ _ _ To Tim, _ _ _ _ to Tim, come on. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ We've lost Tim O'Connor, as Willie knows,
who helped make this backyard get started.
Tonight is the 20th anniversary.
Willie started it, he's here again tonight.
And on behalf of Willie, when we find Tim,
a proclamation from the state of Texas recognizing the backyard
as the official venue of the state of Texas.
How about this?
_ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen, _ Willie and family!
_ Happy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ birthday! _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Happy _ _ _ _ birthday! _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ The Ski River take my [C] blood.
_ _ _ _ _ Never been real talk to [G] me. _ _ _ _ _
The Ski River don't [D] run dry. _ _
_ _ All I got to [G] take care of. _
_ _ _ _ The Ski River [C] take my blood.
_ _ _ _ Never been real [G] talk to me. _ _ _ _
_ The Ski River don't run [D] dry. _ _
_ _ All I got to [G] take care of me.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [G] I'm drowning in a whiskey [C] river.
_ _ [G] _ _ Bathing my memory mind in the wet mess of [D] the _ sea.
_ _ [G] Feeling the amber color [C] flowing from my mind.
_ _ And [D] I'm on that empty heart you left so [G] cold. _ _
_ Whiskey river [C] take my blood. _
_ _ _ Never been real talk [G] to me.
_ _ _ _ The [B] Ski [C#] River don't run [D] dry. _ _ _
All I got to take care [G] of me. _ _
_ _ Whiskey river [C] take my blood.
_ _ [A#] _ [C] _ _ Never been real [G] talk to me. _ _ _ _ _
The Ski River don't [D] run dry. _ _ _
_ All I got [G] to take care of [B] me.
[C] _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ [F#m] _ [G] _ The Ski River still [N] moving to me.
One, two, three, [Em] four.
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_ [E] The Ski River still moving. _ _ _
I swim like a fish in the sea all the time.
But if that's what it takes to be free, I don't mind.
[D] The Ski River still [E] moving.
_ _ [A] The Ski River still moving.
_ [E] _ _ [Em] And it's hard to explain how I feel.
_ _ [E] It won't go in words, but I know that it's real.
[C] I can be moving or [E] I can be still.
But still the [D] Ski River moving [E] to me.
_ Still the Ski River moving to [A] me.
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_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [Em] And it's hard to explain