Old Man Willis chords by
Tony Joe White

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Key: B major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Down in West Carrot Parish
About twenty miles from Arkansas
Lived a man and his wife
And four, five childrens
The weirdest people I ever saw
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Old man Willis
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That's what everybody called him
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He used to chase his
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young'uns and his wife
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With a Jim Bowie huntin' knife

Interlude 1

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Verse 2
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He had four coons,
a cat and a hound dog
They stayed in the same
house with him
Th'abe from his dinner table
Drank from his water bucket
Slept in the same bed with him haa...
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Old man Willis
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Where do y'all come from?
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He used to chase his
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young'uns and his wife
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With his double- bladed sharp knife

Interlude 2

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Verse 3
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Lord now Mamma said
She thought the man was crazy
Daddy said he's just a drunk haa...
Lord some people said that
He made his livin' makin' whisky
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In the Boeuf River swamps
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Old man Willis
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Where did you get your bread?
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He used to chase his
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young'uns and his wife
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With his double- bladed huntin' knife

Interlude 3

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Verse 4
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Lord we'd see him a- comin'
down the dirt road
In his '49 Pontiac
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Just a- gettin' it
And Momma would holler
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Y'all get under the house
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Cause Mister Willis drives like a maniac
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Old man Willis
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Why do you drive so bad?
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He finally caught his young'uns
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and his wife
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E E 
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And stayed um, with his huntin' knife
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Lord have mercy, Willis.