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Waymore's Blues chords by Waylon Jennings (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

D
G7

Intro 1

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Verse 1
D 
Well, I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
Around the curve come a passenger train
D 
Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan
Jimmy he's dead, he's been a long time gone
G7 
Been a long time gone, a long time

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Interlude 1

D

D

D

D

(gone)

D

D

D

D

Verse 2
D 
If you want to get to heaven, gotta D-I-E
You gotta put on your coat and T-I-E
D 
Want to get the rabbit out of the L-O-G
You gotta make a commotion like D-O-G
G7 
Like D-O-G,  like a D-O-G

Interlude 2

D

D

D

D

Yeah

Solo 1

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

G7

G7

G7

G7

D

D

D

D

Verse 3
D 
Well, I got a good woman,
what's the matter with me?
What makes me want to love
every woman I see?
D 
I was trifling when I met her
now I'm trifling again
And every woman she sees
looks like the place I came in
G7 
Looks like the place I came in, yeah, woo,

Interlude 3

place I came in

D

D

D

D

Verse 4

D

I got my name painted on my shirt

I ain't no ordinary dude, I don't have to work

G7

I don't have to work

Outro 1

D

D

D

D

[Fade out]

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0

D
G7

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: D majorBPM: 141

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D: x-x-0-2-3-2
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1

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This is the definitive original version of Waymore's Blues by Waylon Jennings, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D major. It suits players who want to learn Waymore's Blues the way Waylon Jennings intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Waymore's Blues

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