Django Jimmie

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Django & Jimmie
Preformed by Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmy Melton & Jeff Prince
From the album "Django & Jimmie"
[INTRO]
D Em D Em
[VERSE 1]
D G A D
Well I'm a kid with a guitar trying to play Nuages when they ask.
G A# D
Where does your style come from?
D G D
I know what you mean, 'cause I learned to sing
G A D
Listening to Blue Yodel number 1.
Bm F#m G
We love Hank and Lefty, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubbs and Johnny Cash,
Em A
but if we had to pinpoint the start of who we are we'd go back.
[CHORUS]
G D A D
To Django and Jimmie, Paris and Mississippi.
G D A
A young singing brakeman, a jazz playing gypsy.
G D F# G
There might not have been a Merle or a Willie,
Em A D
if not for Django and Jimmie.
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Em D Em
[VERSE 2]
D G A D
Through the 20's and 30's Jimmie sang his way to the top,
G A# D
despite of those old TB blues.
D G D
Django was a star, he burned up a guitar
G A D
with just two good fingers to use.
Bm F#m G
You can't turn back time or put more sand in the glass,
Em A
but sometimes at night, I close my eyes and go back...
[CHORUS]
G D A D
To Django and Jimmie, Paris and Mississippi.
G D A
A young singing brakeman, a jazz playing gypsy.
G D F# G
There might not have been a Merle or a Willie,
Em A D
if not for Django and Jimmie.
G D F# G
There might not have been a Merle or a Willie,
Em A D
if not for Django and Jimmie.
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Em D Em

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Django & Jimmie 
Preformed by Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmy Melton & Jeff Prince
From the album "Django & Jimmie"
[INTRO] 
D Em D Em
[VERSE 1] 
[CHORUS]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
 Em D Em
[VERSE 2]
[CHORUS]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
 Em D Em

Django Jimmie Chords by Willie Nelson

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