Me And Willie chords by Emmylou Harris
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Verse 1
(C major) Me and Willie (F major) played in
a country band (C major) (F major)
Seven long (C major) years togeth (G major) er playing
those one night stands (C major)
Used to say the booze an (G major) d bars
(F major) were goin' to wear him out (C major) (G major)
(F major) Hold On, a song (G major) (C major) he wrote,
(G major) tear your heart right out
Verse 2
(C major)
We traveled the northern route from the
Great (F major) Lakes to Montreal (C major) (F major)
Hitting all (G major) (C major) the (G major) honkytonks, I
bet we played them all (C major)
Willie played to ease his soul (G major)
and (F major) drank to ease his (C major) mind
I (F major) never understood how
he played (C major) so good
(G major) While drinking himself half- blind
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Verse 3
And you (F major) wouldn't think a man (G major) so
weak (A minor) could be so strong (F major) (D minor)
Take a crowd (D major) of rowdy (A minor) drunks,
(G major) hush them with a song and I'd (C major)
Verse 4
Rather be (F major) singing my heart out (G major)
in a dark and (A minor) dingy (G major) (F major) bar
Hitting those high (C major) notes with (G major) Willie's
sad guitar and I'd (C major)
Rather be singing (F major) a blues song,
(G major) singing sweet (A minor) (G major) and high (F major)
Willie standing right (C major) by my side
(G major) playing country slide
(C major)
Verse 5
Me and Willie, oh we watched
(F major) a lot of dreams die young (C major)
(F major) Plans we made, how quick (C major) they fade,
fum (G major) blin' one by one (C major)
Willie never let it bother him and if he did, (F major)
well it didn't show (C major)
You (F major) know he had a way of let (C major) tin' go,
(G major) making blue turn gold
Verse 6
And you (F major) wouldn't think a man (G major) so
weak (A minor) could be so strong (F major)
(D minor) Take the blues right out (A minor) of you,
(G major) put them in a song and I'd (C major)
Verse 7
Rather be singing (F major) my heart out (G major)
in a dark and (A minor) dingy (G major) bar (F major)
Hitting those high (C major) notes with (G major) Willie's
sad guitar and I'd (C major)
Rather be singing (F major) a blues song,
(G major) singing (A minor) sweet (G major) an (F major) d high
Willie standing right (C major) by my side (G major) playing
Interlude 1
country slide
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Verse 8
I left Willie (C major) in a bar (F major) in Marietta (C major)
(F major) Couldn't stand to watch the man (C major)
I love (G major) drink himself to death
Now (C major) I'm working in Ottawa and I'm (F major) doing well,
I guess (C major)
You know (F major) the good life don't (C major) look so good
(G major) from behind a desk and I'd (C major)
Verse 9
Rather be (F major) singing my heart out (G major)
in a dark and (A minor) dingy (G major) bar (F major)
Hitting those high (C major) notes with (G major) Willie's
sad guitar and I'd (C major)
Rather be singing (F major) a blues song,
(G major) singing sweet (A minor) (G major) and high (F major)
Willie standing right (C major) by my side
(G major) playing country slide
Outro 1
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Me And Willie
Emmylou Harris
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