Category Archives: Waylon Jennings

You Dont Mess Around

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Chords and lyrics for You Dont Mess Around by Waylon Jennings

 
I blew i
E 
n from Texas
 
And the rest don’t give  
A 
damn
 
When you take  
A 
look at me
 
My game is t
A 
he winner take all
 
I live on  
E 
the 
 
edges
 
So i’m subject to  
A 
fall
 
 
B 
 
I ain’t never been  
A 
loser
 
 
A 
 
I’m like runnin’ in  
A 
ringer
 
You don’t mess around with me
E 
 
I’ve got
E 
money in my pocket
 
If i look like  
A 
poor 
 
boy
 
I got  
A 
woman on my right arm
 
I know it’
A 
s not the right thing to do
 
But i could
E 
never 
 
change
 
 
B 
 
So if you are  
A 
lady
 
 
A 
 
I’m  
A 
living lovin’ legend
 
You don’t mess around with me
E 
 
She’s got
E 
honey drippin’ off her lips
 
A 
walkin’ 
 
aphrodisiac
 
Prancin’ like  
A 
thoroughbred
 
It don’t ma
B 
tter how good lookin’
 
There’s just one f
A 
oregone 
 
conclusion
 
You don’t mess around with me
E 

You Can Have Her

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Chords and lyrics for You Can Have Her by Waylon Jennings

 
You  
D 
can 
 
have
A 
her,i don’t want he
D 
r
 
She didn’t love me  
A 
anyway
E 
 
She only wanted s
A 
omeone to play with
D 
 
All i wanted w
A 
as 
 
lo
E 
ve to stay
A 
 
The girl i l
A 
ove,up and left m
D 
e
 
She ran away
A 
with my best friend
E 
 
Comes home at night,fo
A 
r just one hour
D 
 
When daylight comes sh
A 
e’s 
 
 
E 
gone 
 
again
A 
 
When you
A 
‘re stuck with the wrong wo
D 
man
 
There ain’t much tha
A 
t you can do
E 
 
 
A 
 
D 
 
Just dig  
A 
hole and crawl right in it
 
Then pull the ground rig
A 
ht 
 
 
E 
in over you
A 
 
Life with
A 
out love is might em
D 
pty
 
But confessi
A 
on is good for  
E 
your 
 
soul
 
I’d rather h
A 
ave love for just one hour
D 
 
Then hav
A 
e the world and
E 
all it’s gold
A 

You Asked Me To

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Chords and lyrics for You Asked Me To by Waylon Jennings

 
Long ago and far away
D 
 
In my old common labor shoes
A 
 
 
E 
 
I turned the world all which  
A 
way
 
Just because you asked me
A 
to
 
Like unt
A 
o no other feel
D 
 
Simple love is simple true
A 
 
There’s no end to what i’d do
E 
 
Just because you asked me
A 
to
 
/  
D 
 
Let the world call me  
A 
fool
 
Buf if things are right with me and you
A 
 
That’s all that matters and i’ll do
E 
 
Anything you ask me to
A 
 
Knowing how much i love you
D 
 
And after all that i’ve been through
A 
 
I’d turn and walk away from you
E 
 
Just because you asked me to
A 

Wrong

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Chords and lyrics for Wrong by Waylon Jennings

 
 
E 
 
A 
 
E 
 
It was  
A 
picture perfect wedding
 
We had the whole world at our feet
A 
 
Everyone thought we were heading
E 
 
Down some lovers easy street
A 
 
 
D 
 
We’d have  
A 
house out in the country
 
 
A 
A 
picket fence the whole nine yards
 
They said our love would last forever
E 
 
Wrong
A 
 
I should have known it all along
D 
 
When the future loo
E 
ks to bright
 
Wrong
A 
 
I  
E 
was 
 
all
A 
but 
 
devastated
E 
 
When she told me we were through
A 
 
 
E 
 
In  
A 
while the heartache faded
 
And i found somebody new
A 
 
I swore that this time would be different
D 
 
I had it all figured out
A 
 
I wouldn’t make the same mystak
E 
es
 
Wrong
A 
 
Everything was going str
D 
ong
 
The s
E 
ky was always blue
 
Wrong
A 
 
Wrong
A 

Write Your Own Songs

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Chords and lyrics for Write Your Own Songs by Waylon Jennings

 
You cal
C/G 
l us heathens with zero r
F 
espect for the law
C/G 
 
We are only songwriters just writing our songs and that’s all
G 
 
We write wh
C/G 
at we live and we live w
F 
hat we write is that wrong
C/G 
 
Why don’t
G 
you write your own songs
C/G 
 
And
C/G 
don’t listen to mine,t
G 
hey might run you crazy
C/G 
 
 
G 
 
They might make you dwell on your feelings  
A 
moment too long
 
We’re making you r
F 
ich and you’re already l
C/G 
azy
 
So just lay on your ass and get r
G 
icher or write your own s
C/G 
ongs
 
Mr. Pur
C/G 
ified Country don’t you know wh
F 
at the whole things about
C/G 
 
Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out
G 
 
The world’s  
C/G 
getting smaller and every
F 
one in it belongs
C/G 
 
Why don’t
G 
you just write your own songs
C/G 
 
So just lay on your ass and get richer o
G 
r write your own songs
C/G 

Working Without A Net

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Chords and lyrics for Working Without A Net by Waylon Jennings

 
 
A 
 
Well the road can be  
A 
circus,a death defying act
 
But the clowns don’t come around no more since the
E 
monkeys off my back
 
I stand her
A 
e on the stage,as the house lights fade to black
 
 
E 
 
A 
 
Your love helps me forget,i’m working without  
A 
net
 
Up on the
A 
high 
 
wir
D 
e,i hear the crowd be
A 
gin to call
 
Some want
D 
you to fly,some want
E 
to see you fall
 
Now and then
A 
i stumble,but i ain’t fallen yet
 
 
E 
 
A 
 
Your love helps me forget,i’m working without  
A 
net
 
I used to
A 
depend on some things i did not need
 
I leaned on some crutches that kept m
E 
e off my feet
 
 
E 
 
A 
 
Your love helps me forget,i’m working without  
A 
net

Workin Cheap

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Chords and lyrics for Workin Cheap by Waylon Jennings

 
Every si
B 
nce the day i was big enough to put my pants on
A 
by 
 
myself
 
You could find me  
D 
somewhere with the radio turned on
A 
 
Then one nigh
B 
t i gave my heart to an old beat
A 
up 
 
guitar
 
It never
D 
left my arms till i w
E 
as almost grown
A 
 
 
B 
 
A 
 
I had to try my hand as  
A 
workin man,tried to be my daddy’s son
 
But my mind was
D 
packed and gone and headed south
A 
 
Momma sai
B 
d i’ll pray for you,then s
A 
he said goodbye
 
To the only one
D 
out of seven th
E 
at didn’t work out
A 
 
Now i’m way down
D 
hear in dixie playing honky ton
A 
k 
 
music
 
 
E 
 
A 
 
Keepin’ some joint  
A 
jumpin’ every night of the week
 
 
D 
 
A 
 
Lord knows it’s hard to keep  
A 
dance hall women happy
 
 
D 
 
E 
 
A 
 
When you’re drinkin’  
A 
little too much and you’re workin’ cheap
 
 
B 
 
A 
 
Well i ain’t done  
A 
thing i can brag about to anyone back home
 
 
D 
 
A 
 
Just another night club singer with  
A 
real good band
 
 
B 
 
A 
 
If  
A 
jealous woman don’t kill me,and momma keeps on praying
 
Someday i mi
D 
ght be more tha
E 
n what i am
A 
 
 
D 
 
E 
 
A 
 
When you’re drinkin’  
A 
little too much and you’re workin’ cheap

Willie The Wandering Gypsy

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Chords and lyrics for Willie The Wandering Gypsy by Waylon Jennings

 
Three fi
A 
ngers 
 
whiskey,pleasures
D 
the 
 
drinkers
 
And moving d
A 
oes more than the same things for me
E 
 
Willie h
A 
e tells me that doers an
D 
d 
 
thinkers
 
Say moving i
A 
s the closest thing to being
E 
free
A 
 
Well he’
A 
s rosined his reggins,laid back
D 
his 
 
wages
 
He’s dead set  
A 
on riding in the big rodeo
E 
 
My woman’s  
A 
tired with an overdue  
D 
baby
A 
 
Willie keeps yelling hey gypsy le
E 
t’s 
 
go
A 
 
 
E 
 
D 
 
A 
 
Willie you’re wild as  
A 
Texas blue northern
 
Ready rol
E 
led from the same makins a
D 
s 
 
me
A 
 
I reckon we’re gonna ramble till hell fre
D 
ezes 
 
over
A 
 
Willie the wandering gypsy an
E 
d 
 
me
A 
 
Ladies w
A 
e surely will take off
D 
your 
 
favors
 
And we’ll su
A 
rely warn you there never will be
E 
 
 
A 
 
D 
 
A 
A 
single soul living that could put brand or handle
 
On Willie the wandering gypsy an
E 
d 
 
me
A 
 
Dance on
A 
the mountain,shout in  
D 
the 
 
canyons
 
 
A 
 
E 
 
Swarm in  
A 
loose heard like  
A 
wild 
 
buffalo
 
Jamming o
A 
ur heads full of figures  
D 
and 
 
angles
A 
 
And telling us stuff that we already
E 
know
A 

Will The Wolf Survive

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Chords and lyrics for Will The Wolf Survive by Waylon Jennings

 
Through  
B 
the chill of winter
 
Running across  
A 
frozen 
 
lake
 
 
A 
 
E 
 
With  
A 
family to provide for
 
But one thing he  
A 
must keep ali
B 
ve
 
Will the wolf survive?
E 
A 
 
Will the wolf survive?
E 
 
Drifting  
B 
by the roadside
 
Climbs  
A 
strong and aging face
 
He’s got two stro
A 
ng legs to guide him
E 
 
Two strong arm
A 
s keep him aliv
B 
e
 
Will the wolf survive?
E 
 
Standing  
E 
in the pouring r
A 
ain
E 
 
 
A 
 
E 
 
All alone in  
A 
world that’s changed
 
Running s
A 
cared now forced to  
D 
hide
A 
 
 
E 
 
A 
 
E 
 
In  
A 
land where he once stood with pride
 
But he’ll find his
B 
way by the morning  
A 
light
 
Sounds a
B 
cross the nation
 
It’s the truth tha
A 
t they all look for
E 
 
Something
A 
they must keep aliv
B 
e
 
Will the wolf survive?
E 
A 
 
Will the wolf survive?
E 
A 
 
Will the wolf survive?
B 

Wild Ones

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Chords and lyrics for Wild Ones by Waylon Jennings

 
Stra
B 
ight out of n
E 
owhere
 
 
B 
 
And  
A 
little bit out of our minds
 
We were courting  
E 
disaster
 
With one foot over the line
B 
 
It was one for th
E 
e 
 
show
 
And two for ol’ shorty and me
B 
 
We were the wild
E 
ones
 
 
D 
 
E 
 
B 
 
We had this town up  
A 
tree
 
We were the wild
E 
ones
 
The ones they couldn’t control
B 
 
We were survivo
E 
rs
 
Good hear
D 
ts – body and
E 
soul
B 
 
We were the winn
E 
ers
 
‘Cause we didn’t know we could fail
B 
 
We were the wild
E 
ones
 
And we had  
D 
the world by  
E 
the 
 
tail
B 
 
 
E 
 
She was  
A 
lady
 
 
B 
 
When  
A 
lady wasn’t easy to be
 
Hangin’ in lim
E 
bo
 
She started hangin’ with me
B 
 
We were the mu
E 
sic
 
 
B 
 
‘Cause we had  
A 
song we could sing
 
We were the wild
E 
ones
 
 
D 
 
E 
 
B 
 
And we had the world on  
A 
string
 
We were t
E 
he wild ones
 
And we had  
D 
the world by  
E 
the 
 
tail
B