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I just use a simple PIMIAIMI finger picking pattern for entire song.
I think this sounds really close. Let me know what y'all think. Thanks!
CHORDS (relative to the capo)
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I was lost in trouble and strife,
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I heard a voice and it changed my life.
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Now it's a brand new day and I ain't afraid to say,
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You're not alone when you're down and out
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And I think you know who I'm talking about.
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When I don't know how I'll get through, I ask myself,
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"What Would Willie Do?"
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What would Willie do? Well he'd travel so far
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With nothing but a song and his old guitar
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And a tour bus and some semi-trucks,
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Thirty crewman and a little bit of luck.
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Well he loves all the people, the ugly and the randy.
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If you don't believe me, take a look at the family
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And they'll tell you that it's true.
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When skies are gray, what would Willie do?
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Well long ago, well he came unto us.
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His words were simple but they went right through us.
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And the whole world sang along,
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But then they didn't want to hear his songs.
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He was gone, And we thought we'd lost him
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But he grew his hair and he moved to Austin.
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And all of the people smiled.
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They came to hear him sing from miles.
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Like a miracle, all those rednecks and hippies,
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From New York City down to Mississippi
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Stood together and raised a brew.
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When it's all gone wrong, What would Willie do?
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You know, sometimes I wonder when I ain't gettin' nowhere,
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What would old Willie do when it all gets too much to
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bear? And I can see him on his lonely old tour bus. He's
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got his problems just like any of us. Well he'd just take
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a deep breath and then he'd let it all go. And he'd take
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another deep breath and let it all go. Then he'd take
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another deep breath...and he'd hold it. Ahhh, and I bet
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he'd feel hungry in a way that seems strange. Yeah, hungry
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for all the things he just can't change. Like the time he
passed out in his own bedroom and his wife sewed him up in
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the sheets and beat him with a broom and he forgave her.
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And you think that's rough, well then the IRS came and
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they took away all of his stuff. They took away his golf
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course and his recording studio, and well he just went out
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and did another show.
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So when it's all coming down on you, better ask yourself,
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"What would Willie do?"
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What would Willie do, well he'd take a little time,
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And talk to old rooster as he'd drive on down the line.
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And there's millions down that road,
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With a word he's gonna lighten their load.
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He loves all the people no matter their races,
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Hell he even had a hit country song with Julio Iglesias
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And that ain't easy to do, so when it's all too much,
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What would Willie...when the game gets tough,
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What would Willie....when they call your bluff,
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What would Willie do?
