First Time I Saw Waylon
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The First Time I Saw Waylon
By Roger Alan Wade
From the Stoned Traveler album
G C G
I shoplifted an 8-track tape from J.C. Penny's when I was young
D
One called "The Silver Tongued Devil" by the great Kristofferson
G C G
I caught Bob Dylan on that Johnny Cash TV show
D G
Turned me on to Willie Nelson, Lord, with nowheres left to go
G C
'Til that first time I saw Waylon
G D
At Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga Tennessee
G C
Oh that first time I saw Waylon
G D G
Elvis and the Beatles didn't mean a damn thing to me
C
Oh my uncle saw that look in my eye
G
Said that boy will never work another day in his life
C G
That Telecaster chicken-pickin' rhythm just sent me sailin'
G C
Oh that first time I saw Waylon
G D
Singin' them Billy Joe Shaver songs
G C
Lord that first time I saw Waylon
G D G
They turned around and I was gone
C C7 G D G C C7 G D G
G C
Lord that first time I saw Waylon
G D
That stringy hair and barely hangin' on
G C
Lord that first time I saw Waylon
G D G
Then I turned around and he was gone
C G C
Long gone
G C G
Long gone
I think he uses
Capo on the 3rd fret here, but you can try set it the way you like
it.Match it with your voice.
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