Stoney chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Chords with lyrics

Intro: G+G E minorEm A minorAm D7D7 (2x)

Verse 1:

G+G         E minorEm     A minorAm        D7D7
I first ran into Stoney. . . it was a bar downtown;
G+G            E minorEm  A minorAm         D7D7
It was Richmond, Virginia. . . we were bummim’ around,
C majorC       D MajorD    E minorEm  D MajorD     C majorC   A minorAm
Suitcase to suitcase. . . we started in talkin‘,
 G+G           E minorEm        A minorAm   D7D7     G+G  E minorEm A minorAm  D7D7
Finding out about the things we've shared in the miles we've been

Verse 2:

 G+G         E minorEm     A minorAm         D7D7
Well, he had a gray pillowcase full of books by Durrell,
 G+G         E minorEm     A minorAm                D7D7
And he had this old concertina, all beat up and she played like hell,
 C majorC         D MajorD   E minorEm      D MajorD    C majorC   A minorAm
Until you got him started singing those Gospel songs,
 G+G              E minorEm         A minorAm  D7D7    G+G  E minorEm A minorAm  D7D7
Well, he drank all night for nothing, he told his stories till dawn.

Verse 3:

 G+G                  E minorEm  A minorAm               D7D7
And he said, "Come on, get your bag, boy! Sun's up now and it's time to roll!
 G+G                             E minorEm
Yeah you know there ain't no better time than early in the mornin’
 A minorAm             D7D7
To be out walking down that road!
  C majorC              D MajorD   E minorEm      D MajorD         C majorC  A minorAm
Just feeling another day beginnin’, whilst all the fools is rushin’ on by,
 G+G             E minorEm            A minorAm  D7D7   G+G   E minorEm A minorAm  D7D7
We'll be like some Mr. Independence: we're taking our own sweet time!"

Verse 4:

 G+G          E minorEm   A minorAm         D7D7
We walked on out that highway under a clear blue sky,
 G+G          E minorEm       A minorAm        D7D7
I was listenin’ to the tales he told, drinking warm red wine.
 C majorC           D MajorD        E minorEm  D MajorD     C majorC  A minorAm
'Bout a night he rolled seven; bout some girl he'd done wrong;
 G+G            E minorEm    A minorAm   D7D7   G+G   E minorEm A minorAm  D7D7
'Bout everything he could think of while we walked along.

Verse 5:

 G+G           E minorEm  A minorAm        D7D7
Yeah, ol' Stoney had a magic; made him hard to forget.
 G+G                E minorEm  A minorAm             D7D7
Like the night we flew down the highway his old pickup, it nearly wrecked!
 C majorC         D MajorD    E minorEm     D MajorD        C majorC  A minorAm
With a crazy woman driving, all drunked up and carrying on;
 G+G          E minorEm    A minorAm       D7D7  G+G   E minorEm A minorAm  D7D7
Till Stoney finally calmed her singing those Gospel songs.

Verse 6:

G+G              E minorEm   A minorAm          D7D7
Well, we split the road at Norwood, and he just shook my hand.
G+G            E minorEm         A minorAm          D7D7
He said, "I'll see you some place, friend," but you know he never has.
C majorC         D MajorD     E minorEm  D MajorD        C majorC  A minorAm
But we were that free then, just walking down the road,
G+G       E minorEm       A minorAm  D7D7  G+G  E minorEm A minorAm  D7D7
Never really caring where that highway goes.

Verse 7:

G+G          E minorEm           A minorAm        D7D7
Yeah, Stoney was a liar and a bullshitter, ain't no doubt about it.
G+G           E minorEm      A minorAm           D7D7
It was just the way he told things, that you never want to doubt him.
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'Cause he kept you going when the road got rough,
G+G              E minorEm    A minorAm D7D7    G+G  E minorEm
And brought you through the lean times by making it up.
                        A minorAm         D7D7
"Hey, did I ever tell you the time I married my cousin up in Las Vegas?"
G+G       E minorEm      A minorAm  D7D7  G+G
Yeah, Stoney. Tell it again…