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Don Williams

Version
studio
published by
daspace
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 2]
Chords
	 
[Intro]
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[Verse]
G D C G
When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put
C D
me to bed
When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed
G D C
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson
G C D
above my head
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head
Em D
Then daddy came in to kiss his little
man
Then daddy came in to kiss his little man
Em D
With gin on his breath and a Bible in
his hand
With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand
C D
He talked about honor and things I
should know
He talked about honor and things I should know
C D
Then he'd stagger a little as he went
out the door
Then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door
[Chorus]
G D
I can still hear the soft Southern
Em D C
winds in the live oak trees
Em Am D
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
G D Em
And those Williams boys they still
D C
mean a lot to me
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Em Am D
Hank and Tennessee
C D
I guess we're all gonna be what we're
Em D C
gonna be
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
D
So what do you do with good ole boys
G
like me
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
[Tab]
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[Verse]
G D C
Nothing makes a sound in the night
G C D
like the wind does,
Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does,
G D C
But you ain't afraid if you're washed
G C D
in the blood like I was.
But you ain't afraid if you're washed in the blood like I was.
Em
The smell of Cape Jasmine through the
D
window screen
The smell of Cape Jasmine through the window screen
Em
John R. and The Wolfman Kept me
D
company
John R. and The Wolfman Kept me company
C D
By the light of the radio by my bed,
By the light of the radio by my bed,
C D
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my
head.
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head.
[Chorus]
G D
I can still hear the soft Southern
Em D C
winds in the live oak trees
Em Am D
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
G D Em
And those Williams boys they still
D C
mean a lot to me
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Em Am D
Hank and Tennessee
C D
I guess we're all gonna be what we're
Em D C
gonna be
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
D
So what do you do with good ole boys
G
like me
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
[Tab]
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[Verse]
G D C G
When I was in school I ran with a kid
C D
down the street,
When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street,
G D C
And I watched him burn himself up on
G C D
bourbon and speed,
And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed,
Em D
But I was smarter than that, and I
could choose.
But I was smarter than that, and I could choose.
Em
Learned to talk like the man on the
D
six o'clock news.
Learned to talk like the man on the six o'clock news.
C D
When I was eighteen, lord, I hit the
road
When I was eighteen, lord, I hit the road
C D
But it really doesn't matter how far
I'd go
But it really doesn't matter how far I'd go
[Chorus]
G D
I can still hear the soft Southern
Em D C
winds in the live oak trees
Em Am D
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
G D Em
And those Williams boys they still
D C
mean a lot to me
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Em Am D
Hank and Tennessee
C D
I guess we're all gonna be what we're
Em D C
gonna be
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
D
So what do you do with good ole boys
Em D C
like me
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
D
Yeah So what do you do with good ole
G
boys like me
Yeah So what do you do with good ole boys like me
[Tab]
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