Oct152020

Waylon Jennings – Sad Songs And Waltzes Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsE A B

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[Intro]
E   A B

[Verse]
        E
Your're looking at a man living 
in the wrong time
A
My minds lost in my lonesome 
past
  B
I wrote myself  a sad song 
about troubles and a worried
 mind
      E                   
And a do no good woman my 
                         A  B
first love and my last

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[Verse]
  E
I sang it on the radio and 
rodeo's and road shows
A
I wanted all the world to hear
        B
But the world keeps keeping 
time
And half times and go go's
    E                    
And sad songs and waltzes 
                               A  B
just ain't selling this year

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[Verse]
     E
Well look at me and you can 
see i've seen my better days
       A
But i'm hoping for better 
times to come
B
Who'd ever thought that love 
could drive good man to 
his grave
     E                         
Well do no good woman you damn 
                   A   B   E
near got her done

How to play Sad Songs And Waltzes: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Sad Songs And Waltzes by Waylon Jennings on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Sad Songs And Waltzes by Waylon Jennings is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 3 chords: E, A and B.

Most of the song cycles through E – A – B – E (I – IV – V – I in E major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.