Tell Kris And Willie Cifras

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I just did a show in Tulsa,  I was headin' back home
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I was going back to Texas
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I'd been away too long
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Those honky-tonks and one night stands and picking with a five piece band
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Don't take the place of that woman
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That promised me her hand
 
 
[Verse 2]
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When I crossed that old red river near the welcome to Texas sign
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I heard a tire blow and then the wheel began to whine
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I stepped out of that bluebird   with not a soul in sight
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Just a cry from that whippoorwill     piercing that moonlit night
 
 
 
[Verse 3]
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  Then out of nowhere  he stepped into sight
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A black bearded stranger  in the Texas moonlight
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A chill ran down my spine as a ghost band began to play
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And in that old familiar half time beat I thought I heard him say
 
 
[Chorus]
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Tell Kris and Willie   Johnny's doing OK...
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Cause he crossed that muddy river on that September day
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Highway men and outlaws   they all need to know...
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So tell Kris and Willie Johnny's doing OK
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Then he started to walk away but stopped and turned around again,
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his eyes lit up and he began to smile then he shot me a grin
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Last time I saw old Johnny he had June there by the hand,
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he was singing, laughing, dancing and praying in the promised land
 
 
[Chorus]
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Tell Kris and Willie   Johnny's doing OK...
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Cause he crossed that muddy river on that September day
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Highway men and outlaws   they all need to know...
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So tell Kris and Willie Johnny's doing OK
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
F                    E7
Tell Kris and Willie   Johnny's doing OK...
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Cause he crossed that muddy river on that September day
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Highway men and outlaws  they all need to know...
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So tell Kris and Willie Johnny's doing OK
 
 
[Outro]
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