Tell Kris And Willie chords by Peter Sinclair

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm


Verse 1:
    A minorAm      C majorC   G+G    A minorAm     C majorC  G+G
I just did a show in Tulsa, I was headin back home
   A minorAm      C majorC  G+G
I was going back to Texas
  A minorAm
I'd been away too long
   A minorAm       C majorC     G+G     A minorAm       C majorC     G+G
Those honky-tonks and one night stands and picking with a five piece band
   A minorAm           C majorC   G+G
Don't take the place of that woman
   A minorAm
That promised me her hand

Verse 2:
    A minorAm          C majorC   G+G    A minorAm        C majorC  G+G
When I crossed that old red river near the welcome to Texas sign
 A minorAm      C majorC    G+G    A minorAm
I heard a tire blow and then the wheel begin to whine
 A minorAm         C majorC    G+G   A minorAm      C majorC
I stepped out of that bluebird  with not a soul in sight
G+G   A minorAm      C majorC      G+G  A minorAm
Just a cry from that Whipporwill   piercing that moon that night


Verse 3:
A minorAm      C majorC   G+G  A minorAm      C majorC  G+G
 Then out of nowhere he stepped into sight
 A minorAm      C majorC    G+G    A minorAm
A augmentedA black bearded stranger in the Texas moonlight
 A minorAm        C majorC   G+G  A minorAm         C majorC  G+G
A augmentedA chill ran down my spine as a ghost band begin to play
      A minorAm      C majorC     G+G   A minorAm
And in that old familiar half time beat I thought I heard him say


Chorus:
FF          E7E7
Tell Kris and Willie  Johnny's doing OK......
     C majorC              A minorAm
Cause he crossed that muddy river on that September day
FF            E7E7
Highway men and outlaws  they all need to know......
  N.C.
So tell Kris and Willie Johnny's doing OK

Instrumental:
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G


Verse 3:
    A minorAm        C majorC    G+G      A minorAm       C majorC   G+G
Then he started to walk away but stopped and turned around again,
  A minorAm          C majorC   G+G       A minorAm
his eyes lit up and he began to smile then he shot me a grin
   A minorAm       C majorC   G+G   A minorAm        C majorC   G+G
Last time I saw old Johnny he had June there by the hand,
    A minorAm         C majorC      G+G    A minorAm
he was singing, laughing, dancing and praying in the promised land


Chorus:
FF          E7E7
Tell Kris and Willie  Johnny's doing OK......
     C majorC              A minorAm
Cause he crossed that muddy river on that September day
FF            E7E7
Highway men and outlaws  they all need to know......
  N.C.
So tell Kris and Willie Johnny's doing OK


Instrumental:
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm


Chorus:
FF          E7E7
Tell Kris and Willie  Johnny's doing OK......
     C majorC              A minorAm
Cause he crossed that muddy river on that September day
FF               E7E7
Highway men and outlaws they all need to know......
  N.C.
So tell Kris and Willie Johnny's doing OK


Outro:
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm  C majorC G+G
A minorAm