Chords for Waylon Jennings "Outlaw Bit" The story behind the song.
Tempo:
80.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Am
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] In [Em] 1976 Waylon and RCA put together the first platinum-selling album in the history of country music
Wanted the outlaws with Waylon Jesse Coulter Willie and Tom Paul Glazer on the cover the rebellious spirit of the outlaw movement
Descended full force on the country music Waylon Jennings days of touring for little or no money were [A] over
[B] [E]
[F#]
[B] But
Money and fame [Bm] were not the only changes in Waylon Jennings life.
He traded in his pills for a new [A] drug of choice
Cocaine [F#m] yeah, [A] yeah, he come in one day with a [Am] big old grin on his [D] face.
What are you [A] up to?
[Am] He says how much is this a [F#m] pound?
[A] You don't want how [F#m] much is [Am] this about 30,000?
[Em] I had gotten so bad into [Am] drugs
Up to $1,500 [A] a day and I'm staying up time [Am] six to seven days
[A] Waylon Jennings cocaine [Am] habit became well known in
1977 the Drug Enforcement Agency paid a late-night call
They were following a package that had been sent to Waylon from New York
One of the people working in my office
evidently was trying to curry favor with Waylon and
From what I understand that unsolicited
Sent Waylon a package with some cocaine in it within a few minutes after it [F#] was delivered to Waylon in the studio where he was recording
DEA agents barged in with a warrant for Waylon Jennings arrest
They confronted Richie Albright who was producing [N] the session and demanded to [F] know where the [F#] package was Richie extended
standing at the
At the console he hits the talkback button and I can hear everything they're [E] saying out there
[F#m] But they can't see me I look down make sure I was on the button he was just too cool
They're saying we follow the package in here, where is it it has [D] cocaine in it, you know, and where's mr
Jennings and I reached over and I got the cocaine through it over [Bm] that way and right behind the baseboard as Waylon and Richie
Pretended to continue with [Em] the recording [F#m] session Richie retrieved the package from under the baseboard and sneaked into the bathroom
[F] The sound of flushing was heard by all [G] when I came out there was an agent standing right there, man
He was just red-faced.
He was really really upset a DEA guy said well, it's it worth it
Okay, [D] and I said whatever was here in here no more
[D] [G] He says I'll bet it ain't
That's what [Em] that came [G] down.
I got the wet baggie award in Rollingstone
I remember that [A] a little bit later on although [Em] the charges were ultimately [D] dismissed for lack of evidence
[N] Waylon's arrest became front-page news all [G] across America Waylon turned the whole incident into another hit song
[D] In [Em] 1976 Waylon and RCA put together the first platinum-selling album in the history of country music
Wanted the outlaws with Waylon Jesse Coulter Willie and Tom Paul Glazer on the cover the rebellious spirit of the outlaw movement
Descended full force on the country music Waylon Jennings days of touring for little or no money were [A] over
[B] [E]
[F#]
[B] But
Money and fame [Bm] were not the only changes in Waylon Jennings life.
He traded in his pills for a new [A] drug of choice
Cocaine [F#m] yeah, [A] yeah, he come in one day with a [Am] big old grin on his [D] face.
What are you [A] up to?
[Am] He says how much is this a [F#m] pound?
[A] You don't want how [F#m] much is [Am] this about 30,000?
[Em] I had gotten so bad into [Am] drugs
Up to $1,500 [A] a day and I'm staying up time [Am] six to seven days
[A] Waylon Jennings cocaine [Am] habit became well known in
1977 the Drug Enforcement Agency paid a late-night call
They were following a package that had been sent to Waylon from New York
One of the people working in my office
evidently was trying to curry favor with Waylon and
From what I understand that unsolicited
Sent Waylon a package with some cocaine in it within a few minutes after it [F#] was delivered to Waylon in the studio where he was recording
DEA agents barged in with a warrant for Waylon Jennings arrest
They confronted Richie Albright who was producing [N] the session and demanded to [F] know where the [F#] package was Richie extended
standing at the
At the console he hits the talkback button and I can hear everything they're [E] saying out there
[F#m] But they can't see me I look down make sure I was on the button he was just too cool
They're saying we follow the package in here, where is it it has [D] cocaine in it, you know, and where's mr
Jennings and I reached over and I got the cocaine through it over [Bm] that way and right behind the baseboard as Waylon and Richie
Pretended to continue with [Em] the recording [F#m] session Richie retrieved the package from under the baseboard and sneaked into the bathroom
[F] The sound of flushing was heard by all [G] when I came out there was an agent standing right there, man
He was just red-faced.
He was really really upset a DEA guy said well, it's it worth it
Okay, [D] and I said whatever was here in here no more
[D] [G] He says I'll bet it ain't
That's what [Em] that came [G] down.
I got the wet baggie award in Rollingstone
I remember that [A] a little bit later on although [Em] the charges were ultimately [D] dismissed for lack of evidence
[N] Waylon's arrest became front-page news all [G] across America Waylon turned the whole incident into another hit song
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] In [Em] 1976 Waylon and RCA put together the first platinum-selling album in the history of country music
Wanted the outlaws with Waylon Jesse Coulter Willie and Tom Paul Glazer on the cover the rebellious spirit of the outlaw movement
Descended full force on the country music Waylon Jennings days of touring for little or no money were [A] over
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] But
Money and fame [Bm] were not the only changes in Waylon Jennings life.
He traded in his pills for a new [A] drug of choice
Cocaine [F#m] yeah, [A] yeah, he come in one day with a [Am] big old grin on his [D] face.
What are you [A] up to?
[Am] He says how much is this a [F#m] pound?
[A] You don't want how [F#m] much is [Am] this about 30,000?
[Em] I had gotten so bad into [Am] drugs
Up to $1,500 [A] a day and I'm staying up time [Am] six to seven days
[A] Waylon Jennings cocaine [Am] habit became well known in
1977 the Drug Enforcement Agency paid a late-night call
They were following a package that had been sent to Waylon from New York
One of the people working in my office
evidently was trying to curry favor with Waylon and
From what I understand that unsolicited
Sent Waylon a package with some cocaine in it within a few minutes after it [F#] was delivered to Waylon in the studio where he was recording
DEA agents barged in with a warrant for Waylon Jennings arrest
They confronted Richie Albright who was producing [N] the session and demanded to [F] know where the [F#] package was Richie extended
standing at the
At the console he hits the talkback button and I can hear everything they're [E] saying out there
[F#m] But they can't see me I look down make sure I was on the button he was just too cool
_ _ They're saying we follow the package in here, where is it it has [D] cocaine in it, you know, and where's mr
Jennings and I reached over and I got the cocaine through it over [Bm] that way and right behind the baseboard as Waylon and Richie
Pretended to continue with [Em] the recording [F#m] session Richie retrieved the package from under the baseboard and sneaked into the bathroom
[F] The sound of flushing was heard by all [G] when I came out there was an agent standing right there, man
He was just red-faced.
He was really really upset a DEA guy said well, it's it worth it
Okay, [D] and I said whatever was here in here no more
[D] [G] He says I'll bet it ain't
That's what [Em] that came [G] down.
I got the wet baggie award in Rollingstone
I remember that [A] a little bit later on although [Em] the charges were ultimately [D] dismissed for lack of evidence
[N] Waylon's arrest became front-page news all [G] across America Waylon turned the whole incident into another hit song _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] In [Em] 1976 Waylon and RCA put together the first platinum-selling album in the history of country music
Wanted the outlaws with Waylon Jesse Coulter Willie and Tom Paul Glazer on the cover the rebellious spirit of the outlaw movement
Descended full force on the country music Waylon Jennings days of touring for little or no money were [A] over
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] But
Money and fame [Bm] were not the only changes in Waylon Jennings life.
He traded in his pills for a new [A] drug of choice
Cocaine [F#m] yeah, [A] yeah, he come in one day with a [Am] big old grin on his [D] face.
What are you [A] up to?
[Am] He says how much is this a [F#m] pound?
[A] You don't want how [F#m] much is [Am] this about 30,000?
[Em] I had gotten so bad into [Am] drugs
Up to $1,500 [A] a day and I'm staying up time [Am] six to seven days
[A] Waylon Jennings cocaine [Am] habit became well known in
1977 the Drug Enforcement Agency paid a late-night call
They were following a package that had been sent to Waylon from New York
One of the people working in my office
evidently was trying to curry favor with Waylon and
From what I understand that unsolicited
Sent Waylon a package with some cocaine in it within a few minutes after it [F#] was delivered to Waylon in the studio where he was recording
DEA agents barged in with a warrant for Waylon Jennings arrest
They confronted Richie Albright who was producing [N] the session and demanded to [F] know where the [F#] package was Richie extended
standing at the
At the console he hits the talkback button and I can hear everything they're [E] saying out there
[F#m] But they can't see me I look down make sure I was on the button he was just too cool
_ _ They're saying we follow the package in here, where is it it has [D] cocaine in it, you know, and where's mr
Jennings and I reached over and I got the cocaine through it over [Bm] that way and right behind the baseboard as Waylon and Richie
Pretended to continue with [Em] the recording [F#m] session Richie retrieved the package from under the baseboard and sneaked into the bathroom
[F] The sound of flushing was heard by all [G] when I came out there was an agent standing right there, man
He was just red-faced.
He was really really upset a DEA guy said well, it's it worth it
Okay, [D] and I said whatever was here in here no more
[D] [G] He says I'll bet it ain't
That's what [Em] that came [G] down.
I got the wet baggie award in Rollingstone
I remember that [A] a little bit later on although [Em] the charges were ultimately [D] dismissed for lack of evidence
[N] Waylon's arrest became front-page news all [G] across America Waylon turned the whole incident into another hit song _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _