Ballad Of Jerry Jeff Walker chords by Brooks & Dunn
Intro 1
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Am
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Verse 1
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Jerry Jeff Walker stumbled
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C
up the stairs on his way to the stage
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With a Martin guitar and a six- pack
Yeah, and he was the poet
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of the Lone Star state
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And I was young enough to think I was
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good enough to be his openin' act
Verse 2
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And in a cloud of smoke he
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took another toke
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And counted one, two, three
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And I knew right there just
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breathing his air
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What I wanted to be
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Verse 3
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Buckaroos and jaded
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lovers
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L.A. freeway and redneck mother
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Mothers who had raised a son so well
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Talking outlawed,
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long hair loners and stoners
Verse 4
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Singing about to come back home and
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Most likely too far gone
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to get there
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Verse 5
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Hey, Kix, that was '76
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That was just enough beer to
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get us through the set
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And get as high as our crowd
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We got 700 miles Jerry, we gotta go
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You're out of your mind
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You'll never make it on time
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Why not just have another round?
Verse 6
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Oh, we were trying to get paid
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Yes, we're trying to get laid
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Living on love
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Sleeping on the stage
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Just turn another page
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Never thinking we'd ever grow up
Verse 7
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Buckaroos and jaded lovers
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L.A. freeway and redneck mother
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Mothers who had raised a son so
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well (aah good boy)
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Talking outlawed,
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long hair loners and stoners
Verse 8
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Singing about to come back home and
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Em
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Most likely too far gone to get there
Verse 9
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Well, the way I recall the '70's
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We were down in Austin and the establishment
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were saying we were wasting our time
The next thing I know,
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we were making more money than we could count
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We're all being sued by the IRS
And having more fun than the law allowed
Verse 10
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Yeah, I'm talking loners and stoners
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And sing about to come back home
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D
And most likely too far
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gone to get there
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Yeah, they were all most likely
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too far gone to get there
Verse 11
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Jerry Jeff Walker stumbled up
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the stairs on his way to the stage
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With a Martin guitar and a six- pack
Outro 1
Tools of the trade son
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Ballad Of Jerry Jeff Walker
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