Willie Nelson – Django Jimmie (Guitar)

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Preformed by Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard Written by Jimmy Melton & Jeff Prince From the album "Django & Jimmie" [INTRO] D Em D Em [VERSE 1]
            D                          G    A                D
Well I'm a kid with a guitar trying to play Nuages when they ask. 

G               A#         D
Where does your style come from? 

D                            G            D
I know what you mean, 'cause I learned to sing

G                 A            D
Listening to Blue Yodel number 1. 

   Bm                       F#m                            G
We love Hank and Lefty, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubbs and Johnny Cash,

       Em                                                 A
but if we had to pinpoint the start of who we are we'd go back. 
[CHORUS]
   G          D       A         D
To Django and Jimmie, Paris and Mississippi. 

  G             D           A
A young singing brakeman, a jazz playing gypsy. 

      G              D      F#         G
There might not have been a Merle or a Willie,

   Em      A          D     
if not for Django and Jimmie. 
[INSTRUMENTAL] Em D Em [VERSE 2]
            D             G      A                   D
Through the 20's and 30's Jimmie sang his way to the top, 

G                A#     D
despite of those old TB blues. 

D                  G              D
Django was a star, he burned up a guitar 

G                   A         D
with just two good fingers to use. 

          Bm                F#m                  G
You can't turn back time or put more sand in the glass,

    Em                                         A
but sometimes at night, I close my eyes and go back...
[CHORUS]
   G          D       A         D
To Django and Jimmie, Paris and Mississippi. 

  G             D           A
A young singing brakeman, a jazz playing gypsy. 

      G              D      F#         G
There might not have been a Merle or a Willie,

   Em      A          D     
if not for Django and Jimmie. 

      G              D      F#         G
There might not have been a Merle or a Willie,

   Em      A          D     
if not for Django and Jimmie. 
[INSTRUMENTAL] Em D Em