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written by Willie Nelson

performed by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.


Capo on the 2nd fret.

Verse 1 (W. Nelson):
        C/G (3x555x@1)                      F (133211@1)                  C/G (3x555x@1)You call us heathens with zero respect for the law
                                                                  G (320003@1)We are only songwriters just writing our songs and that's all
            C/G (3x555x@1)                     F (133211@1)                         C/G (3x555x@1)We write what we live and we live what we write is that wrong

	If you think it is Mr. Music Executive
          G (320003@1)                         C/G (3x555x@1)Why don't you write your own songs


Chorus (W. Nelson):
    C/G (3x555x@1)                    G (320003@1)                      C/G (3x555x@1)And don't listen to mine,they might run you crazy
                                                                 G (320003@1)They might make you dwell on your feelings amoment (x02210@1)too long
	                  F (133211@1)                     C/G (3x555x@1)We're making you rich and you're already lazy
	                                 G (320003@1)                      C/G (3x555x@1)So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own songs


Verse 2 (W. Jennings):
        C/G (3x555x@1)                            F (133211@1)                       C/G (3x555x@1)Mr. Purified Country don't you know what the whole things about
                                                                G (320003@1)Is your head up your ass so far that you can't pull it out
             C/G (3x555x@1)                      F (133211@1)               C/G (3x555x@1)The world's getting smaller and everyone in it belongs

	And if you can't see that Mr. Purified Country
          G (320003@1)                              C/G (3x555x@1)Why don't you just write your own songs


Chorus.
                                         G (320003@1)                      C/G (3x555x@1)So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own songs

Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr