Me And Willie Chords & Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
[C]Me and [C]Willie [F]played in a country [C]band
[F]Seven long [C]years together [G]playing those one night [G]stands
[C]Used to say the [C]booze and bars is g[F]oing to wear him out [C]
[F]Hold On, a [C]song he wrote [G]tear your heart [G]right out

[VERSE 2]
[C]We trav[C]eled th[F]e northern route and[C] from the Greate Lakes to Monreal
[F]Hitting all[C] the honkytonks[G] , I bet we played them a[G]ll
[C]Willie played to[C] ease his soul and [F]drank to ease his min[C]d
[F]I never und[C]erstood how he[G] played it so go[G]od while drinking himseld half blind. And you..

[CHORUS]
[F]Wouldn't think a [G]Man so weak .[Am] .. could be so
[F]strong...[Dm] . Take a crowd of [Am]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]Hitting those [C]high notes with [G]Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
[C] [F] [G] [Am] | [G] [F]
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
[F]Willie standing right [C]by my side [G] playing country [C]slide

[SOLO]
[C] [F] [G] [Am] | [G]
[F] [C] [G] [Am] | [G]
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[VERSE 3]
[C]Me and [C]Willie [F]watched a lot of dre[C]ams die young.
[F]Plans we ma[C]de how quick th[G]ey fade, fumbling one by[G] one.
[C]Willie never let[C] it bother him and [F]if he did, it didn't [C]show.
[F]You know he[C] had a way of [G]letting go am ki[G]ng the blue times old. And you ...

[CHORUS]
[F]Wouldn't think a [G]Man so weak .[Am] .. could be so
[F]strong...[Dm] . Take a crowd of [Am]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]Hitting those [C]high notes with [G]Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
[C] [F] [G] [Am] | [G] [F]
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
[F]Willie standing right [C]by my side [G] playing country [C]slide

[VERSE 4]
[C]I left [C]Willie [F]in a bar in Marietta[C]
[F]Couldn't st[C]and to watch th[G]e man I love drink himse[G]lf to death.
[C]Now I'm working [C]in Ottawa and I'm d[F]oing well I guess. [C]
[F]You know th[C]e good life do[G]n't look so good[G] 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]Hitting those [C]high notes with [G]Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
[C] [F] [G] [Am] | [G] [F]
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
[F]Willie standing right [C]by my side [G] playing country [C]slide