18 Best The Highwaymen Songs (list with chords & lyrics)
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Table of Contents
Born And Raised In Black And White
INTRO
E A E A E A E A
VERSE 1
E
The wind blows hard across the Texas plains
Makes some people go insane
Dbm A E
While others quietly pray for rain
A E B
That's where we came from
E
Two boys playing in the burnin' sun
One with books, one with guns
Dbm A E
Mama calls, but just one comes
A E
The other one runs
CHORUS
Dbm A B E
In the christian sense of wrong and right
A E B E
We were born and raised in black and white
Dbm A B E
One learned to pray, one learned to fight
A E B E A
We were born and raised in the black and white
E B E A
We were born and raised in black and white
VERSE 2
E
Brother took to the gospel road
Spent his whole life savin' souls
Dbm A E
When he looked at me, his blood ran cold
A B
He didn't even try
E
I had no dreams, I had no plans
But a gun felt good in my right hand
Dbm A E
The warden asked, "How come you killed that man"
A E
I said, "I don't know why"
CHORUS
Dbm A B E
"Welcome home," said the hot moonlight
A E B E
We were born and raised in black and white
Dbm A B E
One lives to pray, one prays for life
A E B E
We were born and raised in black and white
A E B E
We were born and raised in black and white
INSTRUMENTAL
D A D A E B E
D A D A B
VERSE 3
E
Someone handed me a cigarette
They offered me my last request
Dbm A E
I asked my mortal soul be blessed
A E B
By someone close to me
E
He came to me with trembling hands
He swore he'd never understand
Dbm A E
I said, "It's just what life had planned"
A E
It's destiny
CHORUS
Dbm A B E
Don't waste your tears on me tonight
A E B E
We were born and raised in black and white
Dbm A B E
I chose the dark, you chased the light
A E B E
We were born and raised in black and white
A E B E
We were born and raised in black and white
VERSE 4
E
Wind blows hard across the Texas plains
Makes some people go insane
Dbm A E
While others quietly pray for rain
OUTRO
A E A E A ELive Forever
INTRO
G Em C D G x2
VERSE 1 (Willie Nelson then Kris Kristofferson)
G
I'm gonna live forever
Em
I'm gonna cross that river
C D G
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
You're gonna want to hold me
Em
Just like I always told you
C D G
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
VERSE 2 (all together)
C G
Nobody here will ever find me
D G
But I will always be around
C G
Just like the songs I leave behind me
D G
I'm gonna live forever now
VERSE 3 (Waylon Jennings then Johnny Cash)
G
You fathers and you mothers
Em
Be good to one another
C D G
Please try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
C D G
Just lead them safely to the light
VERSE 4 (all together)
C G
When this old world is blown asunder
D G
And all the stars fall from the sky
C G
Remember someone really loves you
D G
We'll live forever you and I
OUTRO (all together)
G
I'm gonna live forever
Em
I'm gonna cross that river
C D G
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
G
I'm gonna live forever
Em
I'm gonna cross that river
C D G
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
G
I'm gonna live forever
Em
I'm gonna cross that river
C D G
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
[Fade out]
G Em C D G
City Of New Orleans Live
Capo: 2nd fret
VERSE 1
C G C
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Am F C
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail.
C G C
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Am G C
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
Am Em
All along a southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee,
G D
And rolls along past houses, farms, and fields.
Am Em
And passin' trains that have no names and freightyards filled with old black men:
G G7 C
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
CHORUS
F G C
Good mornin', America! How are you?
Am F C G
Say, Don't you know me? I'm your native son!
C G Am G D
I'm the train they call the City of New Or----leans;
Bb Dm G C
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done!
VERSE 2
C G C
Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car;
Am F C
Penny a point, there ain't no one keepin score.
C G C
And pass the paper bag that holds the bottle;
Am G C
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
Am Em
And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
G D
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel.
Am Em
And mothers with their babes asleep rockin' to the gentle beat,
G G7 C
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
CHORUS
F G C
Good mornin', America! How are you?
Am F C G
Say, Don't you know me? I'm your native son!
C G Am G D
I'm the train they call the City of New Or----leans;
Bb Dm G C
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done!
INSTRUMENTAL
F G C
Am F C G
C G Am Am7 D
Bb F G C
VERSE 3
C G C
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans;
Am F C
Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee.
C G C
Half-way home; we'll be there by mornin'
Am G C
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea.
Am Em
But the towns and people seem to just fade into a bad dream,
G D
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.
Am Em
Conductor sing your songs again, and passengers will please refrain;
G G7 C
This train has got the dissapearin' railroad blues.
CHORUS
F G C
Good mornin', America! How are you?
Am F C G
Don't you know me? I'm your native son!
C G Am G D
I'm the train they call the City of New Or----leans;
Bb Dm G C
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done!
Bb Dm G C
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done!
Bb Dm G C
And I'll be gone five hundred mi----les when the da----y is done!Welfare Line
D
Well, now boys, I've been to Bethlehem.
G
Rode there on a big steam train.
D
Lost two fingers in the steel mills.
A D
And I ain't going back again.
D
I fought for my country,
G
Lord knows, I did my best.
D
Crawlin' 'cross some foreign field,
A D
They pinned a ribbon to my chest.
CHORUS
G
So, pass around the bottle, boys,
D
Let's talk about old times.
D
Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin,
A D
Here on the welfare line.
D
Served on the Georgia Road Gang.
G
Couldn't pay the debts I owed.
D
'Cause I'm ain't made of silver,
A D
And I ain't never seen no gold.
D
I still remember Rachael,
G
Soft as a velvet gown.
D
They layed her in the pauper's grave,
A D
On the other side of town.
(Repeat Chorus)
BREAK
D G D A D
D
Now some folks are born to money,
G
You know I wish them well.
D
If the devil should ever want my soul,
A D
I swear I'd never sell.
(Repeat Chorus 2x)Living Legend
Chorus:
F C/G
Was it bitter then,with our backs against the wall
G C/G
Were we better men,then we'd ever been before
F C/G
Say if she came again today,would you still answer to the call
G C/G
Tell the truth my friend,don't it matter anymore
Verse 1:
F C/G
We were simple men,by her side when she was born
G C/G
It was simple then,like the freedom when you fall
F C/G
We were smaller then you see,but soon we gathered like a storm
G C/G
They don't understand what that thunder meant at all
Verse 2:
F C/G
Was he crucified,was he done in by the law
G C/G
Are you satisfied that he'll never ride again
F C/G
Some people say he got away,they say he never died at all
G C/G
If that story's true,does it bother you my friend
Chorus.Big River
E
I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry.
F# B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
E A
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
E B7 E
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
E
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
F# B7
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl.
E A
And I heard my dream, Went back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport,
E B7 E
And I followed you, big river, when she called.
BREAK
E A
E B7 E
E
Oh, she took me to St. Louie later on, down the river.
F# B7
Freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone."
E A
And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the club.
E B7 E
Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone.
E
Well, I pulled into Natches next day down river,
F# B7
But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long.
E A
When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry.
E B7 E
Big river, why she doin' me this way?
BREAK
E A
E B7 E
E
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
F# B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
E A
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf.
E B7 E
She loves you, big river, more than me.
E
I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry.
F# B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
E A
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
E B7 E
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.Silver Stallion
Verse 1:(Kris Kristofferson)
E A E A
I'm gonna steal a silver stallion,with not a mark upon his silky hide
E A E A
Teach him he can trust me like a brother,one day we'll saddle up and ride
Chorus:(All together with the lead voice of Johnny Cash)
G#m C#m
And we're gonna ride,we're gonna ride
A
Ride like the one eyed jack of diamonds with the devil close behind
G#m
We're gonna ride
Verse 2:(Waylon Jennings)
E A E A
I'm gonna find me a reckless woman,razor blades and dice in her eyes
E A E A
Just a touch of sadness in her fingers,thunder and lightening in her thighs
Chorus.
Verse 3:(Willie Nelson)
E A E A
I'm gonna chase the sky forever,with the woman and the stallion and the wind
E A E A
The sun is gonna burn into a cinder,before we ever pass this way againAmerican Remains
Capo: 1st fret
VERSE 1
(Johnny Cash)
Am F
I am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto line
C G
The desert is my brother, my skin is cracked and dry
Am F
I was riding on a folk coach, and everything was fine
C G
Til we took a shorter road to save some time
F Am
The bandits only fired once, they shot me in the chest
C G
They may have wounded me, but they`ll never get the best
Fmaj7 Am
Of better men, cause I`ll ride again.
VERSE 2
(Waylon Jennings)
Am F
I am a river gambler, I make a livin` dealin` cards
C G
My clothes are smooth and honest, my heart is cold and hard
Am F
I was shufflin` for some delta boys on the boat for New Orelans
C G
I was the greatest shark they`d ever seen
F Am
But the Captain bumped a sandbar, and an ace fell from my sleeve
C G
The threw me overboard as I swore I didn`t cheat
Fmaj7 Am
But I could swim, and I`ll ride again
CHORUS
C G
We are heros of the homeland, American remains
F Am
We live in many faces and answer many names
C G
We will not be forgotten, we won`t be left behind
Dm G
Our memories live on in mortal minds
Fmaj7 Am
And poet`s pens, we`ll ride again
VERSE 3
(Willie Nelson)
Am F
I am a mid-west farmer, I make a livin` off the land
C G
I ride a John Deer tractor, I am a liberated man
Am F
But the rain it hasn`t fallen, since the middle of July
C G
And if it don`t come soon my crops will die
F Am
The bank man says he likes me, but there`s nothin` he can do
C G
He tells me that he`s comin`, but the clouds are comin` too
Fmaj7 Am
He ain`t my friend, and I`ll ride again.
VERSE 4
(Kris Kristofferson)
Am F
I am an American Indian, my tribe is Cherokee
C G
My forefathers loves this land, they left it here for me
Am F
But the white man came with boats and trains and dirty factories
C G
And poisoned my existence with his deeds
F Am
Nature is our mother, we are suckling at her breast
C G
And he who tries to beat her down will lose her to the rest
Fmaj7 Am
They`ll never win, I`ll ride again
CHORUS
C G
We are heros of the homeland, American remains
F Am
We live in many faces and answer many names
C G
We will not be forgotten, we won`t be left behind
Dm G
Our memories live on in mortal minds
Fmaj7 Am
And poet`s pens, we`ll ride againHighwayman
INTRO
| Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm |
VERSE 1 (Willie Nelson)
Bm A G Bm
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride
A G D A
With sword and pistol by my side
Em Bm A G
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Em Bm A G
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
Bm A G A D
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five
G A A
But I am still alive
VERSE 2 (Kris Kristofferson)
Bm A G Bm
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
A G D A
With the sea, I did abide
Em Bm A G
I sailed a schooner round the horn to Mexico
Em Bm A G
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
Bm A G A D
And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed
G A A
But I am living still
VERSE 3 (Waylon Jennings)
Bm A G Bm
I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide
A G D A
Where steel and water did collide
Em Bm A G
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
Em Bm A G
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
Bm A G A D
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
G A
But I am still around
BRIDGE (All)
D A/C# Bm A
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around,
G D/F# Em G A D
and around, and around ...
VERSE 4 (Johnny Cash)
Bm A G Bm
I'll fly a starship 'cross the universe divide
A G D A
And when I reach the other side
Em Bm A G
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Em Bm A G
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Bm A G A D
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
G A
But I will remain
OUTRO (All)
D A/C# Bm A
And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again,
G D/F# Em G A D
and again, and again ...Luckenbach Texas Live
2nd Verse Riff
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"maybe it's time we got down to some basics of love"
***The 1st verse is spoken word, picking base notes where indicated***
VERSE 1
E5 A5
Well the only three things in life that make it worth living
E5 A5
Guitars a tuned, good and firm feeling women, women
E5 A5
I don't need my name in the marquee lights,
E5 A5
I got my song and I got you with me tonight,
E5 B5 A
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love,
CHORUS
A D
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
E E7 A
This successful life we're living got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys
Bm7 E
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Newberry's train songs, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
E7 A
Out in Luckenbach Texas, ain’t nobody feeling no pain.
Bm7 E7
VERSE 2
A Bm7 E A
Babe let's sell your diamond rings, buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
Bm7 E A
This coat and tie is killing me in your high society you cry all day
D Bm7
We've been so busy keeping up with the Jones’ four-car garage and we're still building on
Riff E A
Maybe it's time we got down to some basics of love.
INTERLUDE
A D | E E7 A | Bm7 E | E7 A|
CHORUS
A D
Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
E E7 A
This successful life we're living got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys,
Bm7 E
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Newberry's train songs, Blue Eyes Cryin in the Rain,
E7 A
Out in Luckenbach, Texas, ain’t nobody feeling no pain.
The Devils Right Hand
Verse 1:(Johnny Cash)
E
About the time that daddy left to fight the big war
B
I saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store,when i was thirteen
E
Thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen
Verse 2:(Willie Nelson)
E
So i asked if i could have one some day when i grew up
B
Mama dropped a dozen eggs,she really blew up
She really blew up and i didn't understand
E
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
Chorus:(All together)
A E
The devil's right hand,the devil's right hand
B E
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
Verse 3:(Kris Kristofferson)
E
My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt
B
Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a mighty slow
Loads a mighty slow and soon i found out
E
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out
Verse 4:(Waylon Jennings)
E
So then i went and bought myself a colt 45
B
Called a peacemaker but i never knew why
Never knew why,i didn't understand
E
'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
Chorus.(x2)
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Break : F#
Verse 5:(a tone higher)
F#
Well i got into a card game in a company town
C#
Caught a miner cheating i shot the dog down
Shot the dog down,watched the man fall
F#
Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
C#
Asked me how i pleaded,not guilty i said
Not guilty i said,you've got the wrong man
F#
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
B F#
The devil's right hand,the devils's right hand
C# F#
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
Chorus bis.
C# F#
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right handDeath And Hell
VERSE 1
A F#m
She stepped down from her carriage at 10 Vermillon Street
D E
I took off my roustabout and slung it to her feet
A F#m
We went into her parlor and she cooled me with her fan
D E A
But said I'll go no further with a fantasy makin' man
VERSE 2
F# B
I said i'd walk on Ponchatrain for what you have today
E A
Just to drink from your deep well and I'll be on my way
F# B
She laughed and heaven filled the room said this i give to you
E A
This body's wisdom is the flesh,but here's a thing or two
CHORUS
D E D A
Death and hell are never full
D E A
And neither are the eyes of men
D E D A
Cats can fly from nine stories high
E D
And pigs can see the wind
VERSE 3
A F#m
She let me make my pallet in the moonlight on the floor
D E
Just outside of paradise but right in hell's back door
A F#m
The image of her nibbled at the eye of my soul
D E A
My dreams were a hurricane and quite out of control
VERSE 4
F# B
Then her voice came through the storm it's more than flesh i deal
E A
You will have to pay for any wisdom that you steal
F# B
I awoke to tinted windows and lavender and red
E A
The first station of the cross is just above my head
F# B
I awoke to gargoyles and a hard bench for my bed
E A
Jesus Christ and Pontias Pilate were just above my head
CHORUS
D E D A
Death and hell are never full
D E A
And neither are the eyes of men
D E D A
Cats can fly from nine stories high
E D
And pigs can see the windAgainst The Wind
Capo: 4th fret
[Jennings]
C
It seems like yesterday
Em
But it was long ago
F C
She was lovely, she was the queen of our nights
G F
There in the darkness, with the radio playing low
C
The secrets that we shared
Em
The mountains that we moved
F C
Caught like a wildfire and out of control
F G
There was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove
[Cash]
Am G C
And I remember what she said to me
Am F C
How she swore that it would never end
Am G F
I remember how she held me oh so tight
F G
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
[All]
C Em
Against the wind,
Em F C
We were running against the wind.
F Em
We were young and strong,
Dm F C
We were running against the wind.
[Nelson]
C
The years rolled slowly past
Em
I found myself alone
F C
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
G F
I found myself further and further from my home
C
I guess I lost my way
Em
There were oh so many roads
F C
I was livin' to run and running to live
F G
Never worryin' about payin' or how much I owed
Am G C
Movin' eight miles a minute for months at a time
Am F C
Breakin' all the rules I could bend
Am G F
I began to find myself searchin'
F G
Searchin' for shelter again and again
[All]
C Em
Against the wind
Em F C
We were running against the wind
F Em Dm F C
I found myself seekin' shelter against the wind
INTERLUDE
C G F F G
[Nelson]
Am G C
All those drifter's days are past me now
Am F C
I've got so much more to think about
[Cash]
Am G F
Deadlines and commitments
F G
What to leave in, what to leave out
[All]
C Em
Against the wind
Em F C
We were running against the wind
F Em Dm F C F Em G
We found ourselves seekin' shelter against the wind
F
Against the wind
C F C
Against the windThe Last Cowboy Song
Chorus (all together):
D
This is the last cowboy song
G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
D
Another piece of America is lost
Verse 1:(Waylon Jennings)
D
He rides the feed lots,works in a market
A
On weekend selling tobacco and beer
He dreams of tomorrow surrounded by fences
D
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here
Verse 2:(Kris Kristofferson)
D
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark
A
And eyeball to eyeball old Wyatt backed down
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas
D
And rode with the Seventh when Custer went down
Chorus.
Verse 3:(Willie Nelson)
D
Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
A
And Louis Lamour told us his tale
Me and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him
D
And wish to God we could have ridden his trail
Verse 4:(spoken-Johnny Cash) and the three others sing the chorus.
D
The old chisom trail is covered in concrete
G
They truck it to market in fifty foot rigs
A
They roll by his graveside and don't even notice
D
Like living and dieing was all he ever did
Chorus.Deportee
Capo: 5th fret
INTRO
C G D G
G C G
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting
D G
The oranges are packed in the creoste dumps
C G
They're flying them back to the Mexican border
D7 G
To save all their money and wade back again
G C D
My father's own father he waded that river
D G
Others before him have done just the same
C G
They died in the hills and they died in the valleys
D7 G
Some went to heaven with out any names
CHORUS
C G
Goodbye to my Juan, good bye Rosalita
D D7 G
Adios mi amigos, Jesus y Maria
C G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
D7 G
All they will call you will be Deportee
(Repeat Intro)
G C G
Some of us are illegal and others not wanted
D G
Our work contracts out and we have to move on
C G
Six hundred miles to the Mexican border
D7 G
They chase us like outlaws like rustlers, like thieves
(Repeat Chorus 2x)
G C G
The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon
D G
A fireball of thunder that shook all the hills
C G
Who are all these dear friends scattered like dry leaves
D7 G
The radio said they were just Deportees
(Repeat Chorus 2x)Desperados Waiting For A Train
Bm 2 3 4 Bm 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4
Bm 2 3 4 Bm 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4
D A D
I played the Red River Valley C 2 G 2
A Bm
He'd sit in the kitchen and cry
G D Bm
Run his fingers through seventy years of livin' ~
E A
"I wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled gone dry?"
A D
We were friends, me and this old man
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4
D A D
He was a drifter, a driller of oil wells C 2 G 2
A Bm
A teacher, a schoolman of the world 2 3 4
G D Bm
Let me drive his car when he was too drunk to ~
E A
He'd wink and give me money for the girls
A D
And our lives were like some old Western movie
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4
D A D
From the time that I could walk he'd take me with him C 2 G 2
A Bm
To a bar called the Green Frog Caf-e 2 3 4
G D Bm
Where old men with beer guts and dominoes ~
E A
Would lie about their lives while they played
A D
And I was just a kid, they all called "Sidekick"
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4
D A D
Well, one day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty C 2 G 2
A Bm
Brown tobacco stains all down his chin 2 3 4
G D Bm
To me he was a hero of this country ~
E A
So why's he all dressed up like them old men
A D
Just drinkin' beer and playing Moon and Forty-two
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 A 2 3 4
D A D
The day before he died I went to see him C 2 G 2
A Bm
I was grown and he was almost gone 2 3 4
G D Bm
But we closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen ~
E A
And sang another verse to that old song
A D
(spoken) Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-gun is comin'
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4
Bm G
Like desperados waitin' for a train 2 3 4 Bm endThe King Is Gone So Are You
VERSE 1
E
Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter
B
That looks like Elvis
A B E
I soaked the label off a Flintstone Jelly jar
E
I picked me up a place at the
B
Little table that you left us
A B E
And pulled me up a big ol' hunk of floor
A G# F#m
I pulled the head off Elvis
A E F#m
Filled Fred up to his pelvis
CHORUS
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are you
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are you
VERSE 2
A B
Along about ten we all got to talking
A B
About Graceland, Bedrock and such
A B
The conversation finally turned to women
A B
But they said they didn't get around too much
A B
Elvis said, Find 'em young
E A
And Fred said old fashioned women are fun
CHORUS
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are you
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are you
VERSE 3
A B
Well I broke Presley's nose
E A
Pourin' the last drops from his toes
A B
Fred was rollin' on the floor
A B
Then I led us three
E A
In perfect harmony
CHORUS
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are you
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are you
E
One more
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are you
E
Two More
A E A E
Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone
And so are youThe Road Goes On Forever
VERSE 1
D
Sherry was a waitress
At the only joint in town
G
She had a reputation
As a girl who'd been around
D
Down main street after midnight
Brand new pack of cigs
G
A fresh one hanging from her lips
A beer between her legs
A
She'd ride down to the river
And meet with all her friends
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
And the party never ends
Verse 2:(Willie Nelson)
D
Sonny was a loner
Bolder than the rest
G
He was going in the Navy
But he couldn't pass the test
D
So he hung around town
He sold a little pot
G
The law caught wind of Sonny
One day he got caught
A
But he was back in business
When they set him free again
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
And the party never ends
VERSE 3
D
Sonny's playing eight ball
At the joint where Sherry works
G
When some drunken out of towner
Put his hand up Sherry's skirt
D
Sonny took his pool cue
Laid the drunk out on the floor
G
Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar
Walked on out the door
A
She's running right behind him
Reachin' for his hand
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
And the party never ends
VERSE
D
They jumped into his pick-up
Sonny jammed her down in gear
G
Sonny looked at Sherry
Said,"Let's get out of here"
D
The stars were high above them
The moon was in the east
G
The sun was setting on them
When they reached Miami Beach
A
They got a motel by the water
And a quart of Bombay Gin
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
And the party never ends
VERSE
D
They soon ran out of money
But Sonny knew a man
G
Who knew some Cuban refugees
Who dealt in contreband
D
Sonny met the Cuban
In a house just off the route
G
With a briefcase full of money
And a pistol in his boot
A
The cards were on the table
When the law came bustin' in
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
And the party never ends
VERSE
D
The Cubans grabbed the goodies
And Sonny grabbed the jack
G
He broke the bathroom window
And climbed on out the back
D
Sherry drove the pick-up
Through the alley on the side
G
Where the lawman tackled Sonny
And was reading him his rights
A
She stepped out in the alley
With a single shot four-ten
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
And the party never ends
VERSE
D
They left the lawman dyin'
They made their get away
G
Got back to the motel
Just before the break of day
D
Sonny gave her all the money
And he blew a little kiss
G
If they ask you how this happened
Say i forced you into this
A
She watched him as his tail lights
Disappeared around the bend
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
And the party never ends
VERSE
D
There's main street after midnight
Just like it was before
G
Twenty-one months later
At the local grocery store
D
Sherry buys a paper
And a cold six pack of beer
G
The headlines read that Sonny
Is going to the chair
A
She pulls back onto main street
In her new Mercedes-Benz
CHORUS
G
The road goes on forever
D
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