Willie And Laura Mae Jones chords by Waylon Jennings
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
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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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The
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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Willie And Laura Mae Jones
Waylon Jennings
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