Willie Jones chords by The Charlie Daniels Band

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D C G D  2x

Verse 1:
 D                  G
Willie Jones was a man I met when I lived in Baltimore
Em               A
I was a guard and he was doing time
     D              G
In the three long years he stayed there I got to know him well
 Em       A        D
Willie Jones he was a friend of mine

Chorus:
        C
 He used to say buddy you know where
           G
 I'm going when they let me out of here
E           A
 Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
     D
 And he talked about the south-land
        G
 Though he'd drifted from its shores
Em        A        D
 I never seen a man who loved it more

D C G D  2x

Verse 2:
  D                  G
He talked about the whippoorwills in the Alabama night
 Em             A
Honeysuckle vine and sugar cane
 D                  G
Swimming holes and fishing poles and early morning frost
    Em       A        D
And sleeping under a tin roof when it rained
  D                 G
He talked about a country road and a cabin in the pines
    Em              A
And a girl with wavy long chestnut brown hair
  D                G
He talked about the beauty of his Blue Ridge Mountain home
   Em         A        D
And darn near made me think that I was there

Chorus:
C
 Buddy you know where
           G
 I'm going when they let me out of here
E           A
 Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
     D
 And he talked about the south-land
        G
 Though he'd drifted from its shores
Em        A        D
 I never seen a man who loved it mor

D C G D  4x

Verse 3:
   D                 G
It's been almost a years now since that hot night in July
Em                  A
 Willie hit the guard and jumped the fence
  D            G
I had my rifle ready but I couldn't let it fly
  Em          A         D
I shot over his head and we ain't seen him since
 D                  G
Then last week the postman brought a letter to my door
    Em             A
Marked No Return Address and No Reply
       D
It just said nobody north of Birmingham
       G
Is going to see this boy again
        Em      A           D
But if you're ever down our way won't you please drop by

Chorus:
C
 Buddy you know where
           G
 I'm going when they let me out of here
E           A
 Alabama could be heaven if the Lord was there
     D
 And he talked about the south-land
        G
 Though he'd drifted from its shores
Em        A        D
 I never seen a man who loved it more

D C G D  2x