A Beautiful Time
Recorded by Willie Nelson
Album: A Beautiful Time (2022)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / |(G/D) / / |(G) / / |(G/D) / / |

(Verse)
(G) Drinking a black coffee (C) in a little motel lobby
(G) Waiting on the band to come down (D)
(G) Then traveling across (C)Texas (C) in an old station wagon
I'm (G)dragging my (D)trailer a-(G)round (D)(Em)(D/F#)
(G) I do the driving, (C) they do the drinking
(G) That's how I keep us alive (D)
Now (G)we played a (C)good show
(C)Last night in (C#dim)Waco
We (G)still got an (D)eight hour (G)drive / / |(G)(D/F#)(Em)

(Chorus)
If (D)I ever get old I'll (C)still love the (G)road
(C) Still love the (G)way that it (D)winds
When the (G)last song's been (Bdim)played
I'll (C)look back and (C#dim)say
I (G)sure had a (D)beautiful (G)time
 
(Solo)
|(G) / / |(G) / / |(C) / / |(C) / / |(G) / / |(D) / / |(G) / / |(D)(Em)(D/F#)|
 
(Verse)
(G) Now we're packed up and rolling, (C) who cares where we're going
(G) The radio's playing sweet country (D)sounds
(G) Got the sun on my (G/B)skin, my (C)hair's in the wind (C#dim)
And (G)all of the (D) windows rolled (G)down (G)(D/F#)(Em)
 
(Chorus)
If I (D)ever get old I'll (C)still love the (G)road
(C) Still love the (G)way that it (D)winds (D)(Em)(D/F#)
When the (G)last song's been (G/B)played
I'll (C)look back and (C#dim)say
I (G)sure had a (D)beautiful (G)time
 
(Solo)
|(G) / / |(G) / / |(C) / / |(C) / / |
|(G) / / |(G) / / |(D) / / |(D)(Em)(D/F#)|
|(G) / / |(G) / / |(C) / / |(C) / / |
|(G) / / |(D) / / |(G) / / |(D)(Em)(D/F#)|

(Verse)
(G) They're having a party, (C) in the back seat well lordy
(G) Looks like they're all out of (D)beer
(G) They're laughing at (G/B)good jokes
(C) Rolling the (C#dim)good smoke
Well I know y'all will pass that one up (G)here (G/B)(Am)(G)

(Chorus)
If I (D/F#)ever get old I'll (Em)still love the road
I'll (C)still love the (G)way that it (D)winds (D)(Em)(D/F#)
When the (G)last song's been (G/B)played
(C)I'll look back and (C#dim)say
I (G)sure had a (D)beautiful (G)time (Am)(G/B)
(C) I (G)sure had a (D)beautiful (G)time
 
(Outro.)
|(G) / / |(G7) / / |(C) / / |(C) / / |
|(G) / / |(G) / / |(D) / / |(D) / / |
|(G) / / |(G7) / / |(C) / / |(C) / / |
|(G) / / |(D) / / |(G) / / |(G) / / |
|(G) / / |(G7) / / |(C) / / |(C) / / |
|(G) / / |(G) / / |(D) / / |(D) / / |
|(G) / / |(G7) / / |(C) / / |(C) / / |
|(G) / / |(D) / / |(G) / / |(G) - - - - -