Willie And Laura Mae Jones chords by Waylon Jennings

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Willie and Laura Mae  (D major) Jones
were our neighbors a long time back
G 
D 
 (G major) They lived right down the road from us in a  (D major) shack,
just like our shack
G 
D 
 (G major) The people  (D major) worked the land together,
G 
D 
and we  (G major) learned to count on each  (D major) other
Bb 
When you live off the land  (B flat major) you don't have the time
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D 
to think  (C major) about another man's  (D major) coulour

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Verse 2

The cotton was high and the

corn was growin' fine

But that was another place

and another time

Verse 3
D 
We'd sit  (D major) out on the front porch in
the evenin' when the sun went down
G 
 (G major) Willie would play and the kids would sing
D 
and every (D major) body would mess around
And Daddy bring on his guitar,
G 
D 
we'd  (G major) play all through the night  (D major) 
And every now and then ol'
Bb 
Willie would grin  (B flat major) and say
C 
D 
Bb 
C 
D 
 (C major) 'Hey you play  (D major)  (B flat major)  (C major)  (D major) al
Bb 
 (B flat major) right' (and that made me feel so good)

Verse 4
C 
D 
I  (C major) remember the  (D major) best times of
all when Saturday came around
G 
 (G major) We'd always stop by Willie's
house and say
'Do y'all need anything from town?'
D 
He'd  (D major) say 'No, but why don't cha all
G 
D 
Bb 
stop  (G major) on your  (D major) way  (B flat major) back through
C 
D 
 (C major) And I'll get Laura Mae  (D major) to cook us some barbecue (you know, they
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C 
D 
good)' The  (B flat major) cot ton was high and the  (C major) corn was growin' fine  (D major) (yes it was)
Bb 
C 
But  (B flat major) that was another place  (C major) 
and another time
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 5
E 
 (E major) 
Em 
E 
The  (E minor) years rolled past our  (E major) land,
and took back what they'd given
Em 
E 
We all knew we'd have to  (E minor) move  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) if we were gonna make a livin'
E 
A 
 (E major) So we all moved on and went  (A major) 
E 
about our  (E major) separate ways
C 
D 
Sure  (C major) it was hard to say goodbye to Wil (D major) lie
Em 
E 
C 
D 
C 
and Laura Mae  (E minor)  (E major)  (C major)  (D major) (Jones), oh  (C major) yeah
D 
The  (D major) 

Verse 6
C 
D 
E 
C 
D 
 (C major)  (D major)  (E major)  (C major) cotton was high and the  (D major) corn
E 
D 
C 
was growin'  (E major) fine  (D major) (yes it  (C major) was)
D 
But that was another place  (D major) 
E 
and another time  (E major) 
D 
The  (D major) 

Verse 7
C 
D 
 (C major) cotton was high and the  (D major) corn was growin'
E 
C 
 (E major) fine (the cotton was  (C major) growin'  fine)
D 
But that was another place  (D major) 
and another time
E 
D 
C 
D 
 (E major)  (D major)  (C major)  (D major) 