Artist: Willie Nelson
[INTRO]
[Am] [Am] [Am]
[VERSE 1]
I [Am]stood in line and left my name, took about six hours or so.
Well, the [Am]man just grinned like it was all a game, said they'd let me know.
I [Dm]put in my time till the Pocono line, shut down two years ago.
I was [Am]staying at the mission till I met Marie, now I can't stay there no more.
[VERSE 2]
[Am]Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man to move some old cars around.
Maybe [Am]me and Marie could find a burned-out Van and do a little settlin' down.
Aw, but [Dm]I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride and the junkyard's a pretty good ways.
That [Am]job's about a half week old besides, it'd be gone now anyway.
[VERSE 3]
Unem[Am]ployment says I got no more checks and they showed me to the hall.
My [Am]brother died in Georgia some time ago, I got no one left to call.
[Dm]Summer wasn't bad below the bridge, a little short on food that's all.
Now I [Am]gotta get Marie some kind of coat, we're headed down into fall.
[VERSE 4]
I [Am]used to play the mouth harp pretty good, I hustled up a little dough.
But [Am]I got drunk and I woke up rolled a couple of months ago.
They [Dm]got my harp and they got my dollar them low life so and so.
[Am]Harps cost money and I ain't got it, it's my own fault I suppose.
[VERSE 5]
Ah, the [Am]Pocono's down but the Chesapeake's runnin' two freights everyday.
If it was [Am]just me I'd be headed South but Marie can't catch no train.
She's [Dm]got some pain and she thinks it's a baby, says we gotta wait and see.
[Am]In my heart I know it's a little boy hope he don't end up like me.
[VERSE 6]
Well, the [Am]man's still grinnin' says he lost my file, I gotta stand in line again.
[Am]I want to kill him but I just say no, I had enough of that line my friend.
I head [Dm]back to the bridge, it's getting kinda cold, I'm feelin' too low down to lie.
I [Am]guess I'll just tell Marie the truth, hope she don't break down and cry.
[VERSE 7]
Ma[Am]rie she didn't wake up this morning, she didn't even try.
She [Am]just rolled over and went to heaven, my little boy safe inside.
I [Dm]laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them, caught a Chesapeake on the fly.
Ma[Am]rie will know I'm headed South, so's to meet me by and by.
Ah, Ma[Am]rie will know I'm headed south, so to meet me by and by.
[Outro Little Solo] (Fading)
[Am]
[Am] [Am] [Am]
[VERSE 1]
I [Am]stood in line and left my name, took about six hours or so.
Well, the [Am]man just grinned like it was all a game, said they'd let me know.
I [Dm]put in my time till the Pocono line, shut down two years ago.
I was [Am]staying at the mission till I met Marie, now I can't stay there no more.
[VERSE 2]
[Am]Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man to move some old cars around.
Maybe [Am]me and Marie could find a burned-out Van and do a little settlin' down.
Aw, but [Dm]I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride and the junkyard's a pretty good ways.
That [Am]job's about a half week old besides, it'd be gone now anyway.
[VERSE 3]
Unem[Am]ployment says I got no more checks and they showed me to the hall.
My [Am]brother died in Georgia some time ago, I got no one left to call.
[Dm]Summer wasn't bad below the bridge, a little short on food that's all.
Now I [Am]gotta get Marie some kind of coat, we're headed down into fall.
[VERSE 4]
I [Am]used to play the mouth harp pretty good, I hustled up a little dough.
But [Am]I got drunk and I woke up rolled a couple of months ago.
They [Dm]got my harp and they got my dollar them low life so and so.
[Am]Harps cost money and I ain't got it, it's my own fault I suppose.
[VERSE 5]
Ah, the [Am]Pocono's down but the Chesapeake's runnin' two freights everyday.
If it was [Am]just me I'd be headed South but Marie can't catch no train.
She's [Dm]got some pain and she thinks it's a baby, says we gotta wait and see.
[Am]In my heart I know it's a little boy hope he don't end up like me.
[VERSE 6]
Well, the [Am]man's still grinnin' says he lost my file, I gotta stand in line again.
[Am]I want to kill him but I just say no, I had enough of that line my friend.
I head [Dm]back to the bridge, it's getting kinda cold, I'm feelin' too low down to lie.
I [Am]guess I'll just tell Marie the truth, hope she don't break down and cry.
[VERSE 7]
Ma[Am]rie she didn't wake up this morning, she didn't even try.
She [Am]just rolled over and went to heaven, my little boy safe inside.
I [Dm]laid them in the sun where somebody'd find them, caught a Chesapeake on the fly.
Ma[Am]rie will know I'm headed South, so's to meet me by and by.
Ah, Ma[Am]rie will know I'm headed south, so to meet me by and by.
[Outro Little Solo] (Fading)
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