INTRO: D (Waylon Jennings:) D You'd have thought a king had died D The way those people cried G D Instead of one more broken entertainer (Kris Kristofferson:) It struck those in his trade He could have had it made If he'd only been a little saner (Waylon Jennings:) A They traveled far to see him (Kris Kristofferson:) D G Oh, the humble and the high (Waylon Jennings:) D Bm F#m They said goodbye as if he were a friend Chorus: (All:) A Now somewhere he is smiling D G On those who idolized him D Bm F#m But would they even recognize him A D If he came back again? (Willie Nelson:) He was born of modest means But had outrageous dreams They never let him rest Till he fulfilled them (Johnny Cash:) While he rode that train of song His devils tagged along The whiskey and the pills Just couldn't kill him (Willie Nelson:) He didn't mean to be a rebel (Johnny Cash:) Ah, the real ones never do (Willie Nelson:) They're born apart from ordinary men Chorus... (Waylon Jennings:) A It's an old familiar story (Kris Kristofferson:) D G But it's a damn shame none-the-less (Willie Nelson:) D They don't forgive his kind (Johnny Cash:) D A Till they lay them down to rest Chorus...