Willie And Laura Mae Jones chords by
Waylon Jennings

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Willie and Laura Mae Jones

were our neighbors a long time back

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They lived right down the road from us in a shack,

just like our shack

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The people worked the land together,

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and we learned to count on each other

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When you live off the land you don't have the time

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to think about another man's coulour

Verse 2

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The cotton was high and the

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corn was growin' fine

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But that was another place

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and another time

Verse 3

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We'd sit out on the front porch in

the evenin' when the sun went down

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Willie would play and the kids would sing

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and everybody would mess around

And Daddy bring on his guitar,

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we'd play all through the night

And every now and then ol'

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Willie would grin and say

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'Hey you play al

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right' (and that made me feel so good)

Verse 4

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I remember the best times of

all when Saturday came around

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We'd always stop by Willie's

house and say

'Do y'all need anything from town?'

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He'd say 'No, but why don't cha all

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stop on your way back through

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And I'll get Laura Mae to cook us some barbecue (you know, they

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good)' The cot ton was high and the corn was growin' fine (yes it was)

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But that was another place

and another time

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Verse 5

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The years rolled past our land,

and took back what they'd given

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We all knew we'd have to move

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if we were gonna make a livin'

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So we all moved on and went

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about our separate ways

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Sure it was hard to say goodbye to Willie

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and Laura Mae (Jones), oh yeah

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The

Verse 6

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cotton was high and the corn

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was growin' fine (yes it was)

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But that was another place

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and another time

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Verse 7

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cotton was high and the corn was growin'

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fine (the cotton was growin' fine)

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But that was another place

and another time

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