[Intro]
C x 4
[Verse 1]
C C F C
Me and Willie played in a country band
F C G G
Seven long years together playing those one night stands
C C F C
Used to say the booze and bars is going to wear him out
F C G G
Hold On, a song he wrote tear your heart right out
[Verse 2]
C C F C
We traveled the northern route and from the Greate Lakes to Monreal
F C G G
Hitting all the honkytonks, I bet we played them all
C C F C
Willie played to ease his soul and drank to ease his mind
F C G G
I never understood how he played it so good while drinking himseld half blind. And you..
[Chorus]
F G Am
Wouldn't think a Man so weak ... could be so
F Dm Am
strong.... Take a crowd of rowdy drunks and
G
hush them with a song And I'd
C F G Am | G F
rather be singing my heart out in a dark and din|gy bar
F C G
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
C F G Am | G F
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
F C G C
Willie standing right by my side playing country slide
[Solo]
C F G Am | G
F C G Am | G
F C
[Verse 3]
C C F C
Me and Willie watched a lot of dreams die young.
F C G G
Plans we made how quick they fade, fumbling one by one.
C C F C
Willie never let it bother him and if he did, it didn't show.
F C G G
You know he had a way of letting go am king the blue times old. And you ...
[Chorus]
F G Am
Wouldn't think a Man so weak ... could be so
F Dm Am
strong.... Take a crowd of rowdy drunks and
G
hush them with a song And I'd
C F G Am | G F
rather be singing my heart out in a dark and din|gy bar
F C G
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
C F G Am | G F
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
F C G C
Willie standing right by my side playing country slide
[Verse 4]
C C F C
I left Willie in a bar in Marietta
F C G G
Couldn't stand to watch the man I love drink himself to death.
C C F C
Now I'm working in Ottawa and I'm doing well I guess.
F C G G
You know the good life don't look so good from behind a desk And I'd
C F G Am | G F
rather be singing my heart out in a dark and din|gy bar
F C G
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
C F G Am | G F
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
F C G C
Willie standing right by my side playing country slide