Me And Willie chords by Emmylou Harris

Intro:
C x 4

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

Verse 2:
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We traveled the northern route and from the Greate Lakes to Monreal
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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
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I never understood how he played it so good while drinking himseld half blind. And you..

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

Solo:
C    F      G           Am | G
F    C      G           Am | G
F    C

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

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

Verse 4:
C   C   F          C
I left Willie in a bar in Marietta
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Couldn't stand to watch the man I love drink himself to death.
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Now I'm working in Ottawa and I'm doing well I guess.
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You know the good life don't look so good 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       C        G
Hitting those high notes with Willie's sad guitar. And I'd
C     F       G       Am  | G  F
rather be singing a blues song singing sweet and high
F           C     G        C