Tavern Choir

	  		
 
 

Intro D 

verse 1 
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Everyone suspected ole Willie's time was near 
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'Cause lately he'd been talkin' 'bout the Lord & leavin' here 
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He said if I fight the devil when I die I know I'll lose 
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To sing my soul to Heaven 'for the devil gets the news 

(verse 3) 
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Well, everybody cried when poor ole Willie died 
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And his old flat top gui- tar was that all Willie left be- hind 
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They took it to the graveyard when they laid him down to rest 
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Someone tuned it up and answered Willie's last re- quest 

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The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round 
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They be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate 
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Be- fore his body touched the ground 
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They sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound? 
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I come to the garden a- lone 
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The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar 
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on Wine Street sang ole Willie home 


verse 3 
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There's an ole flat top guitar on the wall behind the bar 
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And somewhere there's a twinkle in a far distant star 
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Now that ole Satan raised some Hell when he finally got the news 
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That the only soul that Willie left was on a pair of his worn out shoes 

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The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round 
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They be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate 
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Be- fore his body touched the ground 
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They sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound? 
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I come to the garden a- lone 
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The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar 
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on Wine Street sang ole Willie home 

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We be- lieve they sang ole Willie home