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WILLIE SAYS
by Dana Lyons 
C-G-Am-F (with pinky playing G note on high E string on all four chords)
FWillie says, C  G  
Here's a Amstory that you  Fmay not comprehend  C  G  
But the  Amparking lot will  Fcrack and bloom  Cagain G  
There's a  Amworld beneath the  Fpavement, that will  Cnever end G  
The  Amseeds are lying  Fdormant, it will  Cnever end  G   Am  F  
And Willie says
If you listen you can hear the sound of birds
Here their song above the chaos, hear their words
Listen to their love song that will never end
The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end
If you listen you may hear
 EmAnd the old one  Amsits with me  Fabove the  Gcity
 EmWhile I watch the  Ammadness of the  Fworld below G  
 EmThen she laughs and  Amtells me that its  Ftemporary G  
 EmUnderneath the wild garden  Fwaits to  Ggrow
And Willie says
When you say you are afraid I understand
In a place where one can rarely smell the land
But the ocean breeze still blows here, that will never end
The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end
And Willie says
If you listen to this tree you'll hear its song
Its the music that my people pass along
Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end
The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end
If you listen you may hear
And Willie says
Here's a story that you may not comprehend
But the forest here will rise and bloom again
There's a world beneath the pavement, that will never end
The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end
Listen to their love song that will never end
Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end

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Willie Says

by Dana Lyons

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WILLIE SAYS

by Dana Lyons

C-G-Am-F (with pinky playing G note on high E string on all four chords)

C G

FWillie says,

Am F C G

Here's a story that you may not comprehend

Am F C G

But the parking lot will crack and bloom again

Am F C G

There's a world beneath the pavement, that will never end

Am F C G Am F

The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end

And Willie says

If you listen you can hear the sound of birds

Here their song above the chaos, hear their words

Listen to their love song that will never end

The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end

If you listen you may hear

Em Am F G

And the old one sits with me above the city

Em Am F G

While I watch the madness of the world below

Em Am F G

Then she laughs and tells me that its temporary

Em F G

Underneath the wild garden waits to grow

And Willie says

When you say you are afraid I understand

In a place where one can rarely smell the land

But the ocean breeze still blows here, that will never end

The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end

And Willie says

If you listen to this tree you'll hear its song

Its the music that my people pass along

Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end

The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end

If you listen you may hear

And Willie says

Here's a story that you may not comprehend

But the forest here will rise and bloom again

There's a world beneath the pavement, that will never end

The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end

Listen to their love song that will never end

Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end

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