Me And Willie chords by Emmylou Harris

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC x 4

Verse 1:
C majorC   C majorC   FF          C majorC
Me and Willie played in a country band
FF     C majorC       G+G            G+G
Seven long years together playing those one night stands
C majorC        C majorC         FF          C majorC
Used to say the booze and bars is going to wear him out
FF     C majorC       G+G        G+G
Hold On, a song he wrote tear your heart right out

Verse 2:
C majorC   C majorC   FF          C majorC
We traveled the northern route and from the Greate Lakes to Monreal
FF     C majorC       G+G            G+G
Hitting all the honkytonks, I bet we played them all
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Willie played to ease his soul and drank to ease his mind
FF     C majorC       G+G        G+G
I never understood how he played it so good while drinking himseld half blind. And you..

Chorus:
FF        G+G      A minorAm
Wouldn't think a Man so weak ...  could be so
FF    DmDm        A minorAm
strong.... Take a crowd of rowdy drunks and
G+G
hush them with a song And I'd
C majorC    FF      G+G           A minorAm | G+G FF
rather be singing my heart out in a dark and din|gy bar
FF       C majorC        G+G
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
C majorC     FF       G+G       A minorAm  | G+G  FF
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
FF           C majorC     G+G        C majorC
Willie standing right by my side playing country slide

Solo:
C majorC    FF      G+G           A minorAm | G+G
FF    C majorC      G+G           A minorAm | G+G
FF    C majorC

Verse 3:
C majorC   C majorC   FF          C majorC
Me and Willie watched a lot of dreams die young.
FF     C majorC       G+G            G+G
Plans we made how quick they fade, fumbling one by one.
C majorC        C majorC         FF          C majorC
Willie never let it bother him and if he did, it didn't show.
FF     C majorC       G+G        G+G
You know he had a way of letting go am king the blue times old. And you ...

Chorus:
FF        G+G      A minorAm
Wouldn't think a Man so weak ...  could be so
FF    DmDm        A minorAm
strong.... Take a crowd of rowdy drunks and
G+G
hush them with a song And I'd
C majorC    FF      G+G           A minorAm | G+G FF
rather be singing my heart out in a dark and din|gy bar
FF       C majorC        G+G
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
C majorC     FF       G+G       A minorAm  | G+G  FF
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
FF           C majorC     G+G        C majorC
Willie standing right by my side playing country slide

Verse 4:
C majorC   C majorC   FF          C majorC
I left Willie in a bar in Marietta
FF     C majorC       G+G            G+G
Couldn't stand to watch the man I love drink himself to death.
C majorC        C majorC         FF          C majorC
Now I'm working in Ottawa and I'm doing well I guess.
FF     C majorC       G+G        G+G
You know the good life don't look so good from behind a desk And I'd
C majorC    FF      G+G           A minorAm | G+G FF
rather be singing my heart out in a dark and din|gy bar
FF       C majorC        G+G
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
C majorC     FF       G+G       A minorAm  | G+G  FF
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
FF           C majorC     G+G        C majorC