Tom: G
C
[Verse 1]
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Well it struck me how cold the rain was
C7 F
but I didn't look for cover at all
G
I just stood there face to face with my love
F G
watching her tear drops fall
C C7
And sad as it was, her blue eyes inspired me
C7 F
switched on a light in my mind
G
and when she was gone, I wrote down a song
F G
to claim the moment as mine
[Chorus]
F G C
But Willie got there first
F G C F
put heartache and heartbreak into reverse
G G
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like an alchemist turning his sorrow to gold
F G
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lyrics like maps for a soul
G F D/F# G
Eloquent truth and a common man's words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C
But Willie got there first
[Verse 2]
C C7
The phases and stages of life they've been changing
C7 F
and I was sure changing too
G
the rivers of whiskey and Bloody Mary mornings
F G
were causing my plans to fall through
C C7
But when I was down I met me an angel
C7 F
flying too close to the ground
G
and we rose up together and the victory moved me
F G
to make a musical sound
[Chorus]
F G C
But Willie got there first
F G C F
but falling in love to a beautiful verse
G G
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like the brush strokes of a renaissance master so bold
F G
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still lifes of cold black and gold
G F D/F# G
breath taking country side, landscapes of words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C
But Willie got there first
[Bridge]
G C
The rhymes are already written
G C
the rhythm laid down by the band
A
the melodys already been brought to life
D D7
by the piano players right hand
D7 C
Bobby play it pretty
C G
leave that harp solo in
A
and Mickey take us, home one more time then lets
D G
get on the road again
[Verse 3]
C C7
I'm crazy for feeling so lonely with my family
C7 F
and so many friends
G
I know how it is with life as with love
F G
when one ends another begins
C C7
to live well you must be tougher than leather
C7 F
and tender as a babe in a manger
G
lets lift up a glass of yesterdays wine
F G
and cheers to the red headed stranger
[Chorus]
F G C
Cause Willie got there first
F G C F
put God and the devil into the same verse
G G
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like a preacher man letting his Sermon unfold
F G
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a tune like a cure for a soul
G F D/F# G
the truth in a cowboys words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C F
But Willie got there first
Am G C
Yeah Willie got there first
