Chords for Rayland Baxter "Willie's Song"

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[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
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[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] to the world.
Well, he [Cm] was from Birmingham.
[Gm]
Had the [Bb] world in his hand.
[Eb] An office [Cm] job, a bank account
[Gm] and a pretty wife. _ _
A [Cm] Friday would come too [Gm] soon.
He would fly you [Bb] to the moon.
[Eb] This old lady never knew
what [Gm] he was talking about.
But [Ab] _ don't you fly [Bb] away, boy.
_ _ _ [Ab] No, don't you fly [Eb] away.
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[Ab] No, don't you fly away, [Bb] boy.
You know everything
will be [Eb] okay.
_ [Cm] _
_ [Gm] _ Yeah, you know [Bb] everything
will be [Eb]
okay.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Monday and he's [Cm] back to work.
[Gm]
Shiny [Bb] shoes, a tie, and a [Eb] shirt.
Everybody [Cm] loved him
so [Gm] he had a beautiful smile.
_ A good [Cm] report, a pat on the back.
[Gm] Got his name on [Bb] the company plaque.
[Eb] But nobody [Cm] seemed to know
[Gm] that Willie could fly.
_ _ [Ab] Oh, but don't you fly [Bb] away, boy.
_ _ No, [Ab]
don't you fly away.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] No, don't you fly away, [Bb] boy.
You know everything
will be [Eb] okay.
_ [Cm] _
_ [Gm] _ Yeah, you know [Bb] everything
will be [Eb]
okay.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
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[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Willie [Cm] was a noble man
[Gm] when he lived [Bb] in Birmingham.
[Eb]
But he was losing [Cm] his mind
in a [Gm] world of his own.
_ _ [Eb] Willie left on a [Cm] rainy day.
[Gm]
Wings [Bb] spread and wind
in his face.
[Eb] But nobody [Cm] knew
that [Gm] Willie could fly.
_ _ Oh, [Ab] but don't you fly _ [Bb] away, boy. _
_ [Ab] No, don't you fly [Eb] away.
_ _ [Bb] _ No, [Ab] don't you fly [Bb] away, boy.
You know everything
will be [Eb]
okay.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ Yeah, you know everything
will be [Eb] okay.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
Oh, [Bb] won't you stay,
Willie, [Eb] stay.
_ [Cm] _
_ _ [Gm] Yeah, you know [Bb] everything
will be [Eb]
okay.
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank [N] you. _ _ _ _ _