Willie Jones chords by The Charlie Daniels Band

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD  2x

Verse 1:
 D MajorD                  G+G
Willie Jones was a man I met when I lived in Baltimore
E minorEm               A augmentedA
I was a guard and he was doing time
     D MajorD              G+G
In the three long years he stayed there I got to know him well
 E minorEm       A augmentedA        D MajorD
Willie Jones he was a friend of mine

Chorus:
        C majorC
 He used to say buddy you know where
           G+G
 I'm going when they let me out of here
E MajorE           A augmentedA
 Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
     D MajorD
 And he talked about the south-land
        G+G
 Though he'd drifted from its shores
E minorEm        A augmentedA        D MajorD
 I never seen a man who loved it more

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD  2x

Verse 2:
  D MajorD                  G+G
He talked about the whippoorwills in the Alabama night
 E minorEm             A augmentedA
Honeysuckle vine and sugar cane
 D MajorD                  G+G
Swimming holes and fishing poles and early morning frost
    E minorEm       A augmentedA        D MajorD
And sleeping under a tin roof when it rained
  D MajorD                 G+G
He talked about a country road and a cabin in the pines
    E minorEm              A augmentedA
And a girl with wavy long chestnut brown hair
  D MajorD                G+G
He talked about the beauty of his Blue Ridge Mountain home
   E minorEm         A augmentedA        D MajorD
And darn near made me think that I was there

Chorus:
C majorC
 Buddy you know where
           G+G
 I'm going when they let me out of here
E MajorE           A augmentedA
 Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
     D MajorD
 And he talked about the south-land
        G+G
 Though he'd drifted from its shores
E minorEm        A augmentedA        D MajorD
 I never seen a man who loved it mor

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD  4x

Verse 3:
   D MajorD                 G+G
It's been almost a years now since that hot night in July
E minorEm                  A augmentedA
 Willie hit the guard and jumped the fence
  D MajorD            G+G
I had my rifle ready but I couldn't let it fly
  E minorEm          A augmentedA         D MajorD
I shot over his head and we ain't seen him since
 D MajorD                  G+G
Then last week the postman brought a letter to my door
    E minorEm             A augmentedA
Marked No Return Address and No Reply
       D MajorD
It just said nobody north of Birmingham
       G+G
Is going to see this boy again
        E minorEm      A augmentedA           D MajorD
But if you're ever down our way won't you please drop by

Chorus:
C majorC
 Buddy you know where
           G+G
 I'm going when they let me out of here
E MajorE           A augmentedA
 Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
     D MajorD
 And he talked about the south-land
        G+G
 Though he'd drifted from its shores
E minorEm        A augmentedA        D MajorD
 I never seen a man who loved it more

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD  2x