Key: D major•
Verse 1
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D
Well it struck
me how cold the rain was
with my love
G
A
Watching her teardrops fall
Verse 2
her blue eyes inspired me
I wrote down a song
G
A
To claim the moment as mine
Verse 3
G
A
D
But Willie got there first
G
A
D
G
Put heartache and heartbreak into a verse
A
D
Like an alchemist turning
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A
his sorrow to gold
G
D
A
Lyrics like mapsfor a soul
G
E
A
Eloquent truth in a common man's words
G
A
D
G
I had such a good idea for a song
Bm
A
D
But Willie got there first
Verse 4
D
Well the phases and stages
of life they were changing
Mary mornings
G
A
Were causing my plans to fall through
Verse 5
I met me an angel
G
A
To make a musical sound
Verse 6
A
D
got there first
G
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D
G
Put falling in love to a beautiful verse
D
G
A
renaissance master so bold
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D
A
Still lifes of coal, black and gold
E
A
landscapes of words
G
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D
G
I had such a good idea for a song
Bm
A
But Willie got there first
D
Verse 7
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D
The rhymes were already written
A
D
A
The rhythm laid down by the band
D
B
The melodies already been brought to life
E
A
Then let's get on the road again
D
Interlude 1
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G
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G
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Verse 8
so lonely
With my family and so many friends
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A
I know how it is with life as with love
A
Verse 9
tougher than leather
A
Verse 10
G
A
D
Cause Willie got there first
G
A
Fit God and the devil in
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G
to the same verse
A
D
Like a preacher man letting
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his sermon unfold
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A
A tune like a cure for the soul
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E
A
G
The truth in a cowboy's words I had
A
D
G
such a good idea for a song
Bm
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D
G
But Willie got there first
Verse 11
Bm
A
D
Willie got there first
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TunerE A D G B E
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