{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2441735,"song":"Willie Jones","artist":"The Charlie Daniels Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2441735-willie-jones-chords-by-the-charlie-daniels-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2441735?type=chord","rating":4.73939,"votes":13,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   4x\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWillie Jones was a man I met when I lived in Baltimore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was a guard and he was doing time[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the three long years he stayed there I got to know him well[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWillie Jones he was a friend of mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n He used to say buddy you know where[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'm going when they let me out of here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And he talked about the south-land[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Though he'd drifted from its shores[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I never seen a man who loved it more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   2x\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe talked about the whippoorwills in the Alabama night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHoneysuckle vine and sugar cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwimming holes and fishing poles and early morning frost[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd sleeping under a tin roof when it rained[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe talked about a country road and a cabin in the pines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd a girl with wavy long chestnut brown hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe talked about the beauty of his Blue Ridge Mountain home[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd damn near made me think that I was there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Buddy you know where[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'm going when they let me out of here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n When a man ain't got no freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Time sure passes slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Willie Jones had 10 long years to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   4x\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's been almost a year now since that hot night in July[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Willie hit the guard and jumped the fence[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had my rifle ready but I couldn't let it fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI shot over his head and we ain't seen him since[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen last week the postman brought a letter to my door[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMarked No Return Address and No Reply[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt just said nobody north of Birmingham[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs going to see this boy again[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut if you're ever down our way won't you please drop by[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Buddy you know where[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'm going when they let me out of here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And he talked about the south-land[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Though he'd drifted from its shores[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I never seen a man who loved it more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   2x","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD C G D   4x\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD C G D   2x\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD C G D   4x\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD C G D   2x","chords":["D","C","G","Em","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}