Tono: D
Introducción:
D
verse 1
D A D
Everyone suspected ole Willie's time was near
G D A
'Cause lately he'd been talkin' 'bout the Lord & leavin' here
D A D
He said if I fight the devil when I die I know I'll lose
G D A D
To sing my soul to Heaven 'for the devil gets the news
(verse 3)
D A D
Well, everybody cried when poor ole Willie died
G D A
And his old flat top gui- tar was that all Willie left be- hind
D A D
They took it to the graveyard when they laid him down to rest
G D A D
Someone tuned it up and answered Willie's last re- quest
D G D A
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round
D G
They be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate
D A D
Be- fore his body touched the ground
D G
They sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound?
D A
I come to the garden a- lone
D G
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar
D A D
on Wine Street sang ole Willie home
verse 3
D A D
There's an ole flat top guitar on the wall behind the bar
G D A
And somewhere there's a twinkle in a far distant star
D A D
Now that ole Satan raised some Hell when he finally got the news
G D A D
That the only soul that Willie left was on a pair of his worn out shoes
D G D A
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round
D G
They be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate
D A D
Be- fore his body touched the ground
D G
They sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound?
D A
I come to the garden a- lone
D G
The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar
D A D D7 G
on Wine Street sang ole Willie home
D A D
We be- lieve they sang ole Willie home