Chords with lyrics
Key: G+G
🎸 Intro:
| G*xxx | xxxx | xxxx | G+G | xxxx | xxxx |
| C majorC G+G | G+G | G+G | G+G
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G C majorC
I was born under an outlaw moon
G+G D MajorD
To a steel guitar crying the blues
G+G
I been living fast loving hard
C majorC
And I'm starting to show my age
G+G D MajorD G+G
I don't care if what I'm doing leads me to an early grave
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G
When I die don't you hang your head and cry
A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD
I'll be heading for that big ol' honky tonk up in the sky
C majorC G+G
Let that lonesome whistle moan mama tried
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Put my body in a boxcar and send me to the other side
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G C majorC
I been singing Waymore's Blues every Saturday night
G+G D MajorD
Then amazing grace on Sunday and I saw the light
G+G C majorC
I got songs about running around trains and the hell I raise
G+G D7D7 G+G
I got a Haggard heart but the ragged soul's o-k
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G
When I die don't you hang your head and cry
A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD
I'll be heading for that big ol' honky tonk up in the sky
C majorC G+G
Let that lonesome whistle moan mama tried
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Put my body in a boxcar and send me to the other side
🎸 Solo:
| C majorC | C majorC | G+G | G+G | A augmentedA | A augmentedA | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| C majorC | C majorC | G+G | G+G | C majorC | G+G | D MajorD | G+G | G+G
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G
When I die don't you hang your head and cry
A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD
I'll be heading for that big ol' honky tonk up in the sky
C majorC G+G
Let that lonesome whistle moan mama tried
C7C7 G+G D MajorD G+G
Put my body in a boxcar and send me to the other side
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD G+G
Put my body in a boxcar and send me to the other side
D MajorD G+G C7C7 D MajorD G+G
Put my body in a boxcar and send it to the Texas line
(*) is for one strum