Willie Nelson
"He Won't Ever Be Gone"
From the album "God's Problem Child" (2017)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Got the news this morning
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Knew it'd be a tough day
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Some are so much larger than life
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You can't believe they could pass away
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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When it comes to country music he's the world
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And it wouldn't be all it is without Merle
[Chorus]
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He won't ever be gone
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His songs live on
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A fugitive and a branded man
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Mama tried to understand
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Left us a lifetime of songs
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And he won't ever be gone
[Verse 2]
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We were friends right from the start
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We shared some high times
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I would sing some songs he wrote
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He would sing a few of mine
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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The music made us brothers till the end
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And not a day goes by that I don't miss him
[Chorus 2]
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He won't ever be gone
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His songs live on
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Ramblin' fever and the way I am
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Blue collar blues for the working man
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We'll be singing him back home from now on
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He won't ever be gone
[Solo]
Bm | A | G | G |
Bm | A | G | G |
[Chorus 3]
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He won't ever be gone
A
His songs live on
Em
A fugitive and a branded man
G
Mama tried to understand
Em A
Left us a lifetime of songs
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And he won't ever be gone
Em A
We'll be singing him back home from now on
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He won't ever be gone
