When Willies Gone

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[Verse 1]

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He's always been there with me, every mile out on the road
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Me I did the drivin', Wille he sang on the radio
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Oh, you love him or you hate him but a hundred million records can't be wrong
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Whiskey River will never be the same, when Willie's gone

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[Chorus]

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The Red Headed Stranger, who lived the life that's written in his songs
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He's the last of the outlaws and even though his music will live on
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I wonder how the world is gonna be and what's country music gonna mean
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and who's gonna smoke all of the weed?
             A
When Willie's gone


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]

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A young man in Atlanta, standing in the pouring rain
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I'd travelled half way round the world, just to watch old Willie play
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I was feeling cold and lonesome when he sang "Always on my Mind"
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And I thought about you home and all alone with tears in my eyes

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[Chorus]

D                                                                  A
The Red Headed Stranger, who lived the life that's written in his songs
A         D                                                  F#m        D
He's the last of the outlaws and even though his music will live on
A                               E   A                              E
I wonder how the world is gonna be and what's country music gonna mean
A                                  E    N.C
and who's gonna smoke all of the weed?
             A
When Willie's gone

[Instrumental]

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[Chorus]
D                                                                  A
Oh,The Red Headed Stranger, who lived the life that's written in his songs
A         D                                                  F#m        D
He's the last of the outlaws and even though his music will live on
A                               E   A                              E
I wonder how the world is gonna be and what's country music gonna mean
A                                  E    N.C
and who's gonna smoke all of the weed?
             A
When Willie's gone