ME AND THE DRUMMER
By: Willie Nelson
3/4 Waltz Time
Key Of  “ C “
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CHORDS:   C=  X32010    C7 = 032310    F= 133211    G= 320003 
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INTRO: (PLAY  INSTRUMENTALLY OVER FULL VERSE
 
VERSE ONE /  INSTRUMENTAL
C                          C7                     F
I’ve always been wild...or one always jumpin’ the gun
      G                                           C
even through all the pain....I had to stay on the run.
                         C7                    F
You only live once...has always been my life’s decree.
      G                                                  C
never given a choice...I had to march to that drummer in me.


VERSE ONE / VOCALS

C                          C7                    F
I’ve always been wild...or one always jumpin’ the gun.
      G                                           C
even through all the pain....I had to stay on the run.
                          C7                   F
You only live once...has always been my life’s decree.
      G                                                  C
never given a choice...I had to march to that drummer in me.


VERSE TWO / VOCALS

C 	  	             C7                     F
Even when I was young...the writing was there on the wall.
  G                                                  C
I feared if I danced to his tune...the fiddler would call.
 	                         C7                       F
and would’nt  you know...that’s just how it turned out to be.
       G 	  	  	  	  	  	  C
never given a choice...I had to march to that drummer in me.



CHORUS  / VOCALS

F                                          C
Me and the drummer seems like we’re always alone.
G                                                C    C7
Me and the drummer ...we dance a whole different song.
F                        	  	  	  C
With or without you...the feeling will always be strong.
C                     G                       C
With or without you...me and the drummer move on.


INSTRUMENTAL : PLAY FULL VERSE AND CHORUS
  (except last line of chorus use these chords)
G                                            C
With or without you...me and the drummer move on.


VERSE THREE / VOCALS

C                              C7                     F
The love’s of my life...ya’ll think I’m heartless and cold.
    G                                       C
But no way to know...I love them down in my soul
                          C7 	  	     F
God grant me one wish...I know just what it would be.
       G                                                 C
They’d all understand...and forgive that old drummer and me.

CHORUS / VOCALS

F                                          C
Me and the drummer seems like we’re always alone.
G                                                C   C7
Me and the drummer ...we dance a whole different song.
F                        	  	  	  C
With or without you...the feeling will always be strong.
C                     G                       C
With or without you...me and the drummer move on.

TAGG 
G                                             C
With or without you...me and the drummer move on.