Pick Up The Tempo chords by
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

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Key: D major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
D D 
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Some people are saying
G G 
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D D 
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that time
A A 
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D D 
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Will take care of people like me
That I'm living too fast
A A 
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E E 
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A A 
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And they say I  can't last much longer.

Verse 2

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But little they see

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That their thoughts of me is my saviour

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And little they know

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I might live forever.

Verse 3
D D 
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G G 
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So pick up the tempo just a little
A A 
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D D 
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And take it on home
The singer ain't singin'
E E 
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And the drummer's been
A A 
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draggin' too long.

Verse 4

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Time'll take care of itself

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So just leave time alone

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And pick up the tempo just a little

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And take it on home.

Verse 5

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I'm wild and I'm mean

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I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy

I'm good and I'm bad

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And I'm happy and sad and I'm lazy.

Verse 6
E E 
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I'm quiet and I'm loud
A A 
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And I'm gatherin' a crowd
E E 
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and I like gravy
A A 
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About half off the wall
B B 2
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But I  learned it all in the Navy.
E E 
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Verse 7
A A 
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So pick up the tempo just a little
B B 2
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E E 
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And take it on home
The singer ain't singin'
F# F# 2
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And the drummer's been
B B 2
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draggin' too long.