Intro
| C  C/G | C  C/G | 
 
Verse 1
C         C/G       C         C/G 
I've been sheltered all of my days 
    C          Cmaj7  Fmaj7 
But you opened up the door 
        C         Em/B     Am      Fmaj7 
I was a young man stepping into my life 
 
Pre-Chorus
C        C7     F 
Stepping out of school 
           D7/F#     G 
Across the graveyard gates 
      E7/G# Am    Am/G 
An educated fool 
 
Chorus
F                 C 
Oh Willie I could read and write 
         G7    C        C7        F 
But your eyes, read the winds and tides 
          C 
Willie my sage my friend 
  G7                Am 
I gained a thousand tales 
 
Post-Chorus
   Em 
Of Life 
   Fmaj7 
Of mice 
    G 
And men 
 
Verse 2
C      C/G      C          C/G 
Fumble fingered rolling my own 
C             Cmaj7     Fmaj7 
I learned the graveyard ways 
  C        Em/B     Am        Fmaj7 
A friend a stranger it didn't change us 
 
Pre-Chorus
C         C7    F 
We took a heavy spade 
             D7/F#   G 
And laid the soul to rest 
           E7/G#     Am   Am/G 
And kept a graveyard face 
 
Chorus
F             C 
Oh Willie you always said 
  G7             C        C7       F 
A needless tear, falls on nature's head 
            C 
Willie your helping hand 
G7                 C 
Helped to make the man 
 
Harmonica solo
|  C  |  C  | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | 
|  C  |  C  | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | 
 
Chorus
F             C 
Oh Willie the circles turned 
G7             C7              F 
Old and young, go in different ways 
            C 
Willie your words and ways 
     G7                  Am 
Will cross the graveyard gates 
 
Coda
 Em 
A - way 
    Fmaj7 
A - way 
    F/G  G 
A - way 
 
Instrumental
|  Am  |  Em  | Fmaj7 |  F/G G  | 
|  Am  |  Em  | Fmaj7 |  F/G G  | 
|  Am  |  Em  | Fmaj7 |  F/G G  | 
|  Am  |  Em  | Fmaj7 |  F/G G  | 
 
Outro
| C | C | C | C |