Mrdj tab by Charlie Daniels

Intro

[Verse]

  D MajorD      D/C#       D/B   Dadd4/A
Mr. DJ won't you please play me a song
G+G
Play it for an old boy who's a long, long way from home
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With a 1000 miles ahead and a thousand miles behind
 G+G             A augmentedA
A majorA dollar in his pocket and a woman on his mind
    D MajorD        D/C#     D/B   Dadd4/A
You can pick out almost anything you choose.
   G+G
Play Sweet Home Alabama or let Waylon sing the blues
    F# minorF#m               E minorEm
I don't care what kind of music just as long as it sounds tough
     G+G               A augmentedA
But don't play any hurting songs 'cause I feel bad enough

[Chorus]

     G+G                 A augmentedA
Now don't get the wrong impression, I ain't meaning to complain
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But it would be Sunday morning and I guess it had to rain
   G+G      G/F#    E minorEm         A augmentedA      D MajorD        D7D7
I was doing pretty good 'til I heard that darn old train going thru, who knows where
   G+G
And I guess the combination's got me feeling kind a low
  F# minorF#m
And all I got to cheer me up is this all night radio
       G+G         G/F#       E minorEm     A augmentedA       D MajorD
Why don't you play us something hot and let this 18 wheeler roll my blues away


[Verse 2]

    D MajorD      D/C#       D/B   Dadd4/A
Well I called her from a phone booth in St. Paul
    G+G
When I asked her if she loves me, I got no reply at all
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And if that's the way she wants it, that's the way it's gonna be
     G+G             A augmentedA
It might hurt a little while, but that's alright with me

    D MajorD      D/C#       D/B   Dadd4/A
I been 10 years wondering what went wrong
     G+G
And then I turned on my radio and I heard a country song
    F# minorF#m              E minorEm
And it kinda keeps me moving just to roll on down the line
   G+G                 A augmentedA
But when you played that hurting song I almost started crying


[Chorus 2]

 G+G                  A augmentedA
Willie drowned in Whiskey River with Hank Jr's. rowdy friends
   F# minorF#m              B minorBm
Those rich boys sang Elvira, Ricky played the mandolin
    G+G      G/F#    E minorEm         A augmentedA      D MajorD        D7D7
Them old boys from Alabama put the pedal to the metal and let her roll, roll along
    G+G
Then I started feeling bad when George stopped loving her today
       F# minorF#m              E minorEm
Why don't you let old Micky Gilley get down on them 88's
      G+G         G/F#       E minorEm     A augmentedA       D MajorD
Come on and play us something hot and let this 18 wheeler roll my blues away

Hey Mr. D.J.
Hey Mr. D.J.
Hey Mr. D.J.