What Would Willie Do

	  		What Would Willie Do??  written by Bruce Robison 
 
Album: Alright Guy 
 
 
 
I was (D) lost in trouble and strife.  I heard a (G) 
voice and it changed my life. (D) Now it?s a brand new 
day and I (A) ain?t afraid to say.  You?re not (D) 
alone when you?re down & out and I (G) think you know 
who I?m talking about.  When I don?t know how I?ll get 
through I (A) ask myself (G) what would (A) Willie (D) 
do?  
 
(D) What would Willie do, well he?d travel so far with 
(G) nothing but a song and his old guitar.  And a (D) 
tour bus and some semi-trucks, thirty (A) crew men and 
a little bit of luck.  Well he loves (A) all the 
people, the ugly and the randy (G) if you don?t 
believe me take a look at the family and they?ll (D) 
tell you that it?s true.  When skies are gray (G) what 
would (A) Willie (D) do? 
 
(D) Well long ago he came unto us, (G) his words were 
simple but they went right through us and the (D) 
whole world sang along but then they (A) didn?t want 
to hear his songs.  He was (D) gone and we thought 
we?d lost him but he (G) grew his hair and he moved to 
Austin, and (D) all of the people smiled, they came to 
hear him sing from miles.  Like a (G) miracle all 
those (A) rednecks & hippies from (D) New York city 
down to (G) Mississippi stood (D) together and raised 
a brew.  When it?s (A) all gone wrong (G) what would 
(A) Willie do? 
 
(D) You know sometimes I wonder when I ain?t getting 
nowhere just (G) what would old Willie do when it all 
gets too much to bear.  (D) I can see him on his 
lonely old tour bus (A) he?s got problems just like 
any of us.  Well he?d just take a (D) deep breath and 
then he?d let it all go, (G) then he?d take another 
deep breath and let it all go, and (D) he?d take 
another deep breath and he?d (A) hold it.  Aaah and 
I?d bet he?d feel (D) hungry in a way that seems 
strange, yeah (G) hungry for all the things that he 
just can?t change.  (D) Like the time he passed out in 
his own bedroom and his wife sewed him up the sheets 
(A) and beat him with a broom and he forgave her.  (D) 
And you think that?s rough well then the IRS came and 
they (G) took away all of his stuff.  They took his 
golf course, his recording (D) studio and he just went 
out and did another (A) show. 
 
So when it?s (G) all coming down on (A) you better (G) 
ask yourself (G) what would (A) Willie (D) do?  (D) 
What would Willie do well he?d take a little time and 
(G) talk to old Rooster as he?d drive on down the line 
and there?s (D) millions down that road and with a (A) 
word he?s gonna lighten their load.  He loves (D) all 
the people no matter their races, hell he (G) even had 
a hit country song with Julio Iglesias and (D) that 
ain?t easy to do.  So when it?s (A) all too much (G) 
what would Willie. . .when the (D) game gets tough 
what would (A) Willie. . .when they (D) call your 
bluff (G) what would (A) Willie (D) do?