Chords for Travis Tritt Pays Tribute To Waylon Jennings With Medley (Acoustic)

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_ _ _ _ One of my biggest heroes was a guy by the name of Waylon Jennings.
_ I loved everything about him before I ever met him.
I loved his singing voice, I loved his songwriting, I loved his guitar picking.
_ _ [A] One of the things I loved the most about him was he was one of those guys that was going
to do things one way and one way only, and that was his way. _ _
_ _ Without even realizing it, he [E] opened up a lot of doors for people like me.
Because when I first came to Nashville, all I wanted to do was _ do my music my own way as well. _ _ _ _ _
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Waylon was such a good friend. _
He gave me a lot of encouragement when _ a _ _ lot of people were calling me all kinds of names
_ because I just wanted to do things my own way.
_ _ _ _ [Em] He told me the first time I ever met him, he said,
You know what?
_ [E] Everything they're saying about you is exactly what they said about me,
Willie Nelson, _ _ Johnny Cash, _ _ _ Hank Jr.,
a whole lot of other people.
_ He said, Don't worry. _ _
He said, Those people that are saying all those things about you _ on those radio stations
or in those magazines or _ wherever, he said,
Those people, _ they don't pay a dime for their music, _ _ _ _ so they don't count.
He said, The only people that you should be worried about are the people that go out
and work hard 40 and 50 and 60 hours a week, and they're willing to spend some of that hard-earned money
to buy your music when you put out a new product and occasionally pay for a concert ticket to come see you live.
_ _ _ _ That just took a whole lot of weight off of me right off the bat. _
_ _ _ _ Because I loved him so much and I know for a fact that he loved me, I'd like to do my own little tribute. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ The [E] old Hank made it here, [A] we're all sure that he [E] will, but I don't think Hank done it [A] this way.
_ [E] Lord, I don't think Hank done it [A] this way.
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[E] seen this [A] world with a five-piece band [E]
staring at the [A] backside of me.
_ [E] Now tell me one more time [A] just so I'll understand, [E] are you sure Hank done it [A] this way?
_ [E] Did old Hank really do [A] it this way?
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_ _ Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder [A] to hold. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] They'd rather [E] give you a [Bm] song than diamonds [Em] or gold. _
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Longstop Harold Douglas [E] and old faded _ [A]
Levi's, each night begins a new day. _
And if [B] you don't [E] understand him and he [B] don't die young, _ he'll probably just [E] ride away. _ _ _ _ _ _
Llamas, don't let your babies grow up to [A] be cowboys. _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Don't let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks.
Make them be doctors and [Em] lawyers and such.
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_ _ _ _ Llamas, don't let your babies grow up to [A] be cowboys. _ _
_ _ _ [B] Cause they'll never [E] stay home, they're [B] always alone.
Even with [E] someone they love, _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ just a good old boy, _ _ they remain in [A] no harm.
_ _ _ _ [E] It beats all you never saw, [B] men in trouble with the law, since the day [E] they was born.
_ _ _ _ Straightening the curve, _ _ _ flattening [A] the hill, _ _ _ _ [E] someday the mountain [B] might get them, [E] Lord it will. _ _
_ _ Making their [B] _ [E] way, [B]
the only way they know how, [E] _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] yeah [B] but [E] that's just a little [B] bit more than a [E] long hard drive. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Making their [B]
way, [E] _ [B] the only way they know how, [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] yeah but [B] that's [E] just a little [B] bit more than the [Em] long hard drive. _
_ Just a good old boy, _ _ wouldn't change [A] if they could, _ _ _ _ yeah [E] they're fighting the system [B] like the modern [E] day Robin Hood.
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[E] _ _ I love you Waylon Jennings, I miss you Hoss.
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