Hang around, Willie Boy,

Bb C

Don't you raise the sails anymore.



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bass riff:

|F|E|D|C|



--Play this from the 8th fret

on the A string and then down

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F(bass riff) Dm DmC GB

It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea

Bb DmA G

And I'm pushin' age seventy three;

Eb EbD C

Now there's only one place that was meant for me:



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guitar finger picking:

|C|D|E| --and then quick the F chord below

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F Dm7 DmC Bb

Oh, to be home again,

F C

Down in old Virginny,

F Dm F Bb

With my very best friend,

F

They call him Ragtime Willie.

Dm DmC Bb

We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years,

F Dm DmC Bb

We're gonna put away all of our tears,

Dm G7 C7

That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere.



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second verse end:

Mandolin finger picking:

|D|C|F|C|D|C|A|G|F|



third verse end:

Mandolin finger picking:

|D|C|F|C|D|C|A|A|C|A|G|F|



The entire song ends up with:

Mandolin finger picking:

|D|F|D|F|G|D|

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Slow down, Willie Boy,

Your heart's gonna give right out on you

It's true, and I believe I know what we should do.

Turn the stern and point to shore,

The seven seas won't carry us no more.



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