Tavern Choir chords by George Jones

• Capo on 3rd

Intro D

verse 1
D                      A                 D
Everyone suspected ole Willie's time was near
       G                D                                A
'Cause lately he'd been talkin' 'bout the Lord & leavin' here
   D                                A               D
He said if I fight the devil when I die I know I'll lose
   G               D               A              D
To sing my soul to Heaven 'for the devil gets the news

(verse 3)
      D                    A               D
Well, everybody cried when poor ole Willie died
        G                 D                                A
And his old flat top gui- tar was that all Willie left be- hind
     D                                  A                D
They took it to the graveyard when they laid him down to rest
G                D               A                 D
Someone tuned it up and answered Willie's last re- quest

    D                 G               D                    A
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round
         D                                  G
They be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate
    D        A                D
Be- fore his body touched the ground
              D                 G
They sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound?
  D                     A
I come to the garden a- lone
    D                 G
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar
   D           A               D
on Wine Street sang ole Willie home

verse 3
           D                          A               D
There's an ole flat top guitar on the wall behind the bar
    G                   D                        A
And somewhere there's a twinkle in a far distant star
    D                                       A               D
Now that ole Satan raised some Hell when he finally got the news
         G              D                    A                    D
That the only soul that Willie left was on a pair of his worn out shoes

    D                 G               D                    A
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round
         D                                  G
They be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate
    D        A                D
Be- fore his body touched the ground
              D                 G
They sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound?
  D                     A
I come to the garden a- lone
    D                 G
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar
   D           A               D    D7 G
on Wine Street sang ole Willie home

       D          A               D    D D A D
We be- lieve they sang ole Willie home