The First Time I Saw Waylon

A# D# A# D# A# A# D# A# I shoplifted an 8-track tape from J.C Penny's when I was young F One called "The Silver Tongued Devil" by the great Kristofferson A# D# A# I caught Bob Dylan on that Johnny Cash TV show F A# Turned me on to Willie Nelson, Lord, with nowheres left to go A# D# 'Til that first time I saw Waylon A# F At Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga Tennessee A# D# Oh that first time I saw Waylon A# F A# Elvis and the Beatles didn't mean a damn thing to me D# Oh my uncle saw that look in my eye A# Said that boy will never work another day in his life D# A# That Telecaster chicken-pickin' rhythm just sent me sailin' A# D# Oh that first time I saw Waylon A# F Singin' them Billy Joe Shaver songs A# D# Lord that first time I saw Waylon A# F A# They turned around and I was gone D# D#7 A# F A# D# D#7 A# F A# A# D# Lord that first time I saw Waylon A# F That stringy hair and barely hangin' on A# D# Lord that first time I saw Waylon A# F A# Then I turned around and he was gone D# A# D# Long gone A# D# A# Long gone