Willie Nelson – The Fly Boy And The Kid (Guitar)

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THE FLY BOY & THE KID As recorded by Willie Nelson (From the 2025 Album OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD) [Intro] C G C F C G C [Verse 1]
        C               G
May the wind be at your back

        C
And the world sit at your feet

        F              C
May you waltz across Wyoming

       F                     G
With a rose clutched in your teeth

        C               G
May the answers to your questions

          C
Fall like raindrops right on cue

            F              C
And may you set up shop in heaven

           F     G            C
Before the Devil knows you're due
[Chorus]
G              C
Ohh, here's to love

          F
Here's to life

        C               F
All the fair and tender ladies

                            G
And the plain dirt-farmer's wife

                C
Yeah, here's to you

          F
Here's to me

         C                F
Some ol' mad dog mountain flyboy

        F        G     C
And the kid from Tennessee
[Guitar Solo] C G C F C G C [Verse 2]
         C                     G
May your nights be filled with laughter

         C
And your days with honest work

        F                C
May you wake up smelling roses

            F               G
When you're facedown in the dirt

       C                G
If you had the sense to come in

         C
When the storm clouds start to grow

         F              C
Then you wouldn't be my right hand

        F           G      C
And the best friend that I know
[Chorus]
G              C
Ohh, here's to life

              F
And here's to love

          C                  F
When your heart beats like a lion

                          G
And your shoes fit like a glove

                C
Yeah, here's to you

              F
And here's to me

         C                F
Some ol' mad dog mountain flyboy

        F        G     C
And the kid from Tennessee
[Guitar & Harmonica Solos] C G C F C F G C G C F C G C [Verse 3]
        C              G
May you always stay in touch

         C
With the things that keep you young

            F            C
When you're staring at injustice

        F               G
May you never bite your tongue

        C                   G
May the bear tracks in your future

         C
Find you downwind in a glade

          F                 C
Where the grass as green as absinthe

         F     G         C
Comes in forty different shades
[Chorus]
G              C
Ohh, here's to love

              F
And here's to life

        C               F
All the fair and tender ladies

                         G
And the old fishmonger's wife

                C
Yeah, here's to you

          F
Here's to me

         C                F
Some ol' mad dog mountain flyboy

        F        G     C
And the kid from Tennessee

G                  C               F
  Yeah, set 'em up, the drinks are free

         C                F
It's the mad dog mountain flyboy

        F        G     C
And the kid from Tennessee
[Outro] C G C F C G C