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Billy Jack Washburn

Biography:

Johnny Paycheck (May 31, 1938 – February 18, 2003) was a country music singer. He is most famous for covering the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job And Shove It".

Born Donald Eugene Lytle in Greenfield, Ohio, he began playing guitar by age 6 and made his first record at age 15. After a time served in the United States Navy (which included a court-martial for assault), he began performing under the name Donny Young. The singer took a job with country music star George Jones

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Verse 1:

E A E
From Maine to San Francisco, for years, I rode the rails

E A E
Coast to coast, and border to border, I've been in about every jail

C G
One night around the Golden Gate, I caught a freight, and layin' in the bottom of the boxcar was a man

E
Named Billy Jack Washburn

Through the rain and the wind the train was flyin', I knew the man was layin' there dyin'

C G D
I had to try and save a man, with nothin' but my two bare hands and I did

He was just a kid

Verse 2:

E A E
Now me and Billy Jack, we laid around a few hobo camps for awhile

E A E
'Til Billy Jack got his strength back, and the sunshine gave him back his smile

C G D
We decided we would leave, and head on down to New Orleans, and we did

Me and the kid

But things weren't like they were before, I never had a friend jumpin' from the door

G D
I treated him like I was his dad, and gave him everything I had, which was nothin'

C D
Just the love for a friend, and a friend he was, 'til I lost him

Bridge:

Bm A
Billy Jack Washburn was his name

G D
I lost him down around Jacksonville, when he fell from the train

Bm A
I rolled off, and I hit the ground

G D
I picked his body up and carried him all the way back to town

C D
He was a friend of mine

Verse 3:

E A E
Now here I am, in Macon, Georgia, to help lay Billy Jack in the ground

E A E
And by the way, Macon, Georgia, is my hometown

C G D
When I picked his billfold up, I saw a picture of his mama and her name

And I cried like a baby

C D
'Cuz his mama, and my mama were the same

G C D
Well I haven't been home in twenty-six years, and when I do come home, it has to be like this

G C D
Sometimes old lady fate, she deals a terrible kiss

Bridge 2:

Bm A
Billy Jack Washburn was his so-called name

G D
I lost him down around Jacksonville, when he fell from the train

C G
But I lost more than a friend

C D
I'll never see my brother again