What Would Willie Do chords by Gary Allan

Chords with lyrics

NOTE: Capo on 4th Fret

VERSE 1
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I was lost in trouble and strife
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I heard a voice and it changed my life
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Now it's a brand new day
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and I ain't afraid to say
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You're not alone when you're down and out
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and I think you know who I'm talking about

When I don't know how I'll get through
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I ask myself What would Willie do?

CHORUS 1
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What would Willie do, well he'd travel so far
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with nothing but a song and his old guitar
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And a tour bus and some semi-trucks,
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Thirty crew men and a little bit of luck
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Well he loves all the people, the ugly and the randy
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if you don't believe me take a look at the family
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and they'll tell you that it's true
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When skies are gray what would Willie do?

VERSE 2
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Well long ago he came unto us,
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his words were simple but they went right through us
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and the whole world sang along
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but then they didn't want to hear his songs.
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He was gone and we thought we'd lost him
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but he grew his hair and he moved to Austin,
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and all of the people smiled,
they came to hear him sing from miles.
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Like a miracle all those rednecks and hippies
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from New York city down to Mississippi
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stood together and raised a brew
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When it's all gone wrong what would Willie do?

BRIDGE
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You know sometimes I wonder when I ain't getting nowhere
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just what would old Willie do when it all gets too much to bear
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I can see him on his lonely old tour bus
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he's got problems just like any of us
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Well he'd just take a deep breath and then he'd let it all go,
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then he'd take another deep breath and let it all go,
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and he'd take another deep breath and he'd hold it.
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Aaah and I'd bet he'd feel hungry in a way that seems strange,
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yeah hungry for all the things that he just can't change.
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Like the time he passed out in his own bedroom
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and his wife sewed him up the sheets and beat him with a broom and he forgave her
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And you think that's rough
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well then the IRS came and they took away all of his stuff
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They took his golf course, his recording studio
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and he just went out and did another show
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So when it's all coming down on you
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better ask yourself what would Willie do?

CHORUS 2
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What would Willie do well he'd take a little time
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and talk to old Rooster as he'd drive on down the line
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and there's millions down that road
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and with a word he's gonna lighten their load
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He loves all the people no matter their races,
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hell he even had a hit country song with Julio Iglesias
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and that ain't easy to do
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So when it's all too much what would Willie
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when the game gets tough what would Willie
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when they call your bluff what would Willie do?