Chords for Willies shoes - Ciarán Rosney 2013

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_ _ I wore nothing but hand-me _ -downs [A] when I was a young [E] growing school boy
_ My mama would patch brother Willie's old clothes, [F#] say son they'll just [B] have to do _ _
[D#] I [E] never _ complained, cause I knew my _ [A] daddy's pounds and pennies [E] were few
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_ _ [C#m] One thing that bothered [G#m] me just a [A] wee bit, [E] I never [B] could fill [E] Willie's shoes _
I never [A] could fill [E] Willie's _ shoes, no [A] I never could fill [E] Willie's shoes _ _
[D#] No [C#m] matter how many _ stockings [G#] I put on [A] my feet, I [E] still [B] couldn't fill [E] Willie's shoes
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Now Joey O'Brien was a school pal of mine, [A] he never would leave me [E] alone _ _
_ _ One day in the classroom I got my chance [F#] to pay him back all that [B] I owed _
He [E] _ was bending down tying his shoe, [A] then I swung my leg and [E] let it fly _
He _ [C#m] _ stepped aside and [G#m] my shoe it [A] flew off, and [E] hit teacher [B] right smack [E] in the eye _
I never [A] could fill [E] Willie's shoes, no [A] I never could fill [E] Willie's shoes _
No [C#m] matter how many _ stockings [G#m] I put on [A] my feet, [E] I still [B] couldn't fill [E] Willie's shoes
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_ Now my brother Willie was dark and handsome, _ [A] _ was a big head with [E] the girls _ _
_ And one little cutie _ blonde haired Suzy _ [F#] _ put my heart [B] in a twirl _
_ [E] I thought I'd surprise her when I walked up beside her [A] and kissed her, for she'd [E] say boo _
But _ [C#m] I soon found out [G#m] with a smack on [A] the cheek, [E] that I [B] couldn't fill [E] Willie's shoes _ _
_ I never [A] could fill [E] Willie's _ shoes, no [A] I never could fill [E] Willie's shoes _
No [C#m] matter how many stockings [G#m] I put on [A] my feet, [E] I still [B] couldn't fill [E] Willie's shoes
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_ [F#] Now the years have passed and I'm glad at last, [B] the struggling _ hard [F#] times are gone _
_ I got me a woman, a brand new car, [G#] a pair of shoes of [C#] my own _
_ [F#] It was only last week my small brother Willie [B] came visit me here at [F#] my desk _
I [D#m] tried on his shoes [A#m] and what do [B] you _ know, _ [F#] they were still [C#] two sizes [F#] too _ big
_ I never [B] could fill [F#] Willie's _ shoes, no [B] I never could fill [F#] Willie's shoes
_ No [D#m] matter how many _ stockings [A#m] I put on [B] my feet, [F#] I still [C#] couldn't fill [F#] Willie's shoes
_ _ I never could fill Willie's [B] shoes
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