Gary Allan - What Would Willie Do guitar chord
Written by:
Bruce Robison
Tuned down 1/2 step. (Key of F#)
CHORDS
G 320033 G7 x03033
Cadd9 x32033 C/A7 X02033
Em 022000 D X00232
G G7
I was lost in trouble and strife,
Cadd9 C/A7
I heard a voice and it changed my life.
G D
Now it's a brand new day and I ain't afraid to say,
G G7
You're not alone when you're down and out
Cadd9 C/A7
and I think you know who I'm talking about.
G D
When I don't know how I'll get through, I ask myself,
Cadd9 D G
"What Would Willie Do?"
G G7
What would Willie do? Well he'd travel so far
Cadd9 C/A7
With nothing but a song and his old guitar
G
And a tour bus and some semi-trucks,
D
Thirty crewman and a little bit of luck.
G G7
Well he loves all the people, the ugly and the randy.
Cadd9 C/A7
If you don't believe me, take a look at the family
G
And they'll tell you that it's true.
D Cadd9 D G
When skies are gray, what would Willie do?
G G7 Cadd9
Well long ago he came unto us. His words were simple
C/A7 G
But they went right through us. And the whole world sang along,
D G
Then they didn't want to hear his songs. He was gone,
G7 Cadd9
And we thought we'd lost him but he grew his hair
C/A7 G
And he moved to Austin. And all of the people smiled.
D
They came to hear him sing from miles.
Cadd9 D
Like a miracle all those rednecks and hippies,
Em D Cadd9 G
From New York City down to Mississippi stood together
D
And raised a brew. When it's all gone wrong,
Cadd9 D G
What would Willie do?
G G7
You know, sometimes I wonder when I ain't gettin' nowhere,
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What would old Willie do when it all gets too much to bear?
G D
And I can see him on his lonely old tour bus and he's got
G
His problems just like any of us. And he just take a deep breath
G7 Cadd9
And then he'd let it all go, then he'd take another deep breath
C/A7 G
And let it all go, then he'd take another deep breath...
D G G7
And he'd hold it. Ah, and I bet he'd feel hungry in a way
Cadd9 C/A7
That seems strange. Yeah, hungry for all the things he just can't
G
change, like the time he passed out in his own bedroom and
D
His wife sewed him up in the sheets and beat him with a broom
G G7
And he forgave her. And you think that's rough, well then the IRS
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Came and took away all of his stuff. They took away his golf course and his
D
Recording studio, and he just went out and did another show.
Cadd9 D Cadd9
So when it's all coming down on you, you better ask yourself,
D G
"What would Willie do?"
G G7
What would Willie do, well he'd take a little time,
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And talk to old rooster as he'd drive on down the line.
G D
And there's millions down that road, and with a word he's
G G7
Gonna lighten their load. He loves all the people no matter
Cadd9 C/A7
Their races, hell he even had a hit country song with Julio Iglesias
G D Cadd9
And that ain't easy to do, so when it's all too much, what would
D Em Cadd9 D Em
Willie, when the game gets tough, what would Willie, when they call
Cadd9 D G
Your bluff, what would Willie do?
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