Merle Haggard – No Show Jones (Guitar)

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spotify:track:7mbIZ1EJ5rEJO21KFzNPit Worked out on request for fmihlon Please: rate (stars left unter sheet) or/and add favorite (heart right above) When you are looking for chords of another nice song you could send me a Personal Message. LEGEND: * "stop" (1 beat) [Intro] C | D | G | G || [Verse 1]
G          C              G        G
Waylon and Willie are the outlaws,

D            D           G      G
Roger is the king of the road,

G        C                   G                            G
Everyone knows Hag's been in prison ("I didn't know that")

A                    A                       D                  D*
Dolly's got two good reasons that she's well known ("no comment").
[Chorus]
                     C                              C
They call me no show Jones ("they call him now show Jones"),

                G                     G
I'm seldom ever on ("he's seldom ever on").

                       C                          D
The stage a singin' my songs my whereabouts are unknown

                      G                             G
("We call him no show Jones"), they call me no show Jones.
[Interlude] C | D | G | G || [Verse 2]
G              C            G                        G
Loretta is the coal miner's daughter ("mighty pretty Merle")

    D                      D             G                 G
and Johnny wears black and stands there alone("whew that's lonesome")

G                   C            G       G
Everyone knows that Kenny is the gambler   ("what's Tammy?"),

      A                  A                 D            D*
Lord, Tammy is the first lady of a country song!
[Chorus]
                  C                          C
I'm still no show Jones ("he's still no show Jones"),

                G                G
I'm seldom ever on ("seldom ever on").

                       C                          D
The stage a singin' my songs my whereabouts are unknown

                      G                             G
("We call him no show Jones"), they call me no show Jones.
[Interlude]
C C
    "I'm going to straighten up one of these days Merle"

G                                G       C       D      G      G
  "We got you right here anyway."
[End-Chorus]
                     C                              C
They call me no show Jones ("they call him now show Jones")

                G                   G
I'm seldom ever on ("on what?").

                       C                          D
The stage a singin' my songs my whereabouts are unknown

                      G          G
("We call him no show Jones"), they call me no show Jones.
[Outro] (Fading Out)
                       C      C
"they call him no show Jones"   "hey where's he at?"

G G                                D                  G
    "somebody... close that door!"   "George is gone."

G                           G
"somebody check the control room." "I'll be damned."