Willie & Laura Mae Jones chords by Nancy Wilson

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Intro 1

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,
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just like our shack
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
The cotton was high and the corn was growin' fine

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Verse 2

But

that was another place 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
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And every now and then ol' Wil
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lie would grin and say
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'Hey you play alright' (and that
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made me feel
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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
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'Do y'all need anything
from town?'
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,
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they good)'

Verse 5
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The cotton was high and the corn was
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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 6
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 and Laura
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Mae (Jones), oh yeah