performed by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1: (Waylon)
D
He's a sad song singer
G
He plays a gut-stringer
A
With vagabond fingers
D
That follow his mind
To far away places
G
He reaches for traces
A
And touches the faces
D
He's long left behind
Verse 2: (Waylon)
D
He'll keep you from knowing
G
Where he's been or going
A
You'll see the distance
D
Right there in his eyes
Just short of stealing
G
He'll take your feelings
A
Pull at your heart strings
D
Until they come untied
Chorus: (Waylon & Willie)
GD
Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome
AD
Her memory turns over and over again
GD
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
AD
He's trying to outrun the wind
Verse 3: (Willie)
D
I've laughed with the sunshine
G
Cried with the rains
A
I've had some bad nights
D
With the best of the blues
I go on pretending
G
With long haired women
A
But i still get crazy
D
When i think of you
Chorus.
GD
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
AD
He's trying to outrun the wind
Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr