Chords for Tony Joe White - "Willie And Laura Mae Jones" [Live from Austin, TX]

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_ _ _ _ [F#] I'm gonna reach back and get one I had a lot of people wanting to do this tune.
It's pretty old, but I still like to do [E] it.
_ It's called Willie and Laura Mae Jones. _ _ _ _
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Willie and Laura Mae Jones, well, it was a long time back.
_ [A] They lived right down the road from [E] us in a shack just like our shack. _ _ _ _
_ They worked in the fields together, _ _ learned to count on each other.
_ When you live off the [C] land, you don't have time [A] to think about another [E] man's problem.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] The cotton was high [D] and the corn was a-growing [E] fine.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] But that was another [D] place and another [E] time.
_ _ _ _ _ We'd sit out on the front porch in the evening when the sun went down.
_ [A] Willie would play and Laura would [E] sing and the children would dance around.
_ _ _ I'd bring over my guitar.
_ [A] We'd play into [E] the night.
And every now and [C] then, old Willie would [D] grin and say,
Boy, you play [E] alright.
_ _ You make me feel good.
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And I remember the hip-hip-a-loo Saturday _ rode around. _ _
[A] We'd always stop by Willie's house and [E] say,
Do y'all need anything for the town?
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He'd say, No, but why don't y'all [A]
stop on your way [E] back home? _ _
And I'd get [Bm] Laura Mae [E] to cook up some corn thorns.
_ And you know the good.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Lord, the cotton was high [D] and the corn was [E] so fine.
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But that was another [D] _ place and [E] another time.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ The years went past alone _ and took by without giving.
_ _ [A] We all knew we had to move if it was going to make a living.
_ _ So we all moved on.
_ [A] We went our [E] separate ways and it sure was hard [C] to say goodbye [D] to Willie and [E] Laura Mae _ _ _ Jones. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The years went past my door.
_ I heard from them [Em] no _ more.
[A] And tell us all Willie, downtown never [E] did. _ _ _ _ _
I said, y'all stop by tonight.
_ [A] We can sit [E] down and eat a bite.
[A] I'd love to see your children and Laura [E] Mae. _ _ _ _
_ [C] But he shook his head [D] real slow.
_ _ [C] Spoke with his [D] eyes so kind.
_ [C] _ This is another [D] _
place and [E] another time. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] The cotton was [D] high and the corn was a [E]-growing fine.
Y'all, _ _
_ _ [C] _ that was [D] another place and another [E] time. _ _ _ _
_ [C] Ooh, the cotton was [D] high and the corn [E] was so fine. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ That was another [D] place and [Em] another time.
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_ _ _ _ Thank y'all. _
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