Willard Chords by John Stewart

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_ _ Willard, [F#] he's a loner, _ _ _ living by the [G#m] railway, _
[B] _ _ living by the tracks beside [C#] his home. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ Willard, he's a loner, _
[F#] _ if you're [B] going his way, [F#] say hello, he ain't [B] got no one to call his [F#] own.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ Soldiers of glass, _ _ _ standing by the trash, _ _ _ Willard's colored bottles [C#] in a line.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ Soldiers of glass, _ _ it's funny you should ask, but [E] they're the only [B] friends he has to pass [F#] the time. _ _ _ _
They're [B] the only friends he [G#] has to pass [B] the time. _ _ _ _
[E] And his mama [B] knows that he was once a child. _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ Mama, she [F#] was the first one to hear us [B] cry.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] And my mama [B] knows that [G#] I was [B] once a _ child. _ _
[E] Could it be we're [F#] all just Willard [B] in disguise? _ _ _ _ _
[E] Could it be we're all [F#] just Willard in disguise? _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] I hear they're tearing down _ all the buildings in his town.
_ _ The house where Willard Jefferson [C#] has stayed, _ _ _ _
_ [B] they can't tear him down.
No, [G#m] he will [B] always be around, cause [E] he's as hard as all [F#] that old black river [B] clay. _ _ _ _ _
[E] Yet his mama knows [F#] that he was [B] once a _ child. _ _
_ [C#m] _ Mama, she [F#] was the first one to hear [B] us cry.
_ _ [B] _ _
[E] And my mama [F#] knows that I was [B] once a _ child. _ _
[C#m] Could it be we're [F#] all just Willard [B] in disguise? _ _ _ _ _
[E] Could it be we're all [F#] just Willard [B] in disguise? _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, Willard, he's a loner, _ _ living by the railway,
_ _ _ [G#m] Living by [B] the tracks [C#] beside his home. _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ Willard, he's a loner, [F#] _ _ if you're [B] going his way,
Say [C#] hello, he ain't got no one to call [B] his own. _
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