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Gary Allan - What Would Willie Do? (Chord)
Album: Alright Guy (2001)
Submitter: mammy (55) on 3/11/02 1 comment
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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,
Cadd9                            C/A7
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
          Cadd9             C/A7        G                         
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,
     Cadd9                       C/A7
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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Im just wondering....
I know that Bruce Robison plays this song too, and I was wondering
who wrote it. I kinda like Bruce's version better but thats just me.
-zacrobinson | 2/6/2003
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