B I donʼt look the way the average cowboy singer looks E Iʼll admit iʼve taken things i never should of took F# You can read a different story in a lot of different books E But even then you wonʼt really know F# B How it was a long time ago B Women have been my trouble since i found out they werenʼt men E In spite of that i stopped and took a wife now and then F# They built their fences high but they couldnʼt hold me in E I was born with a fire down below F# B And i learned to fly a long time ago B Donʼt ask me about the years i spent out in the rain E About the ones i spent in love or the ones i spent insane F# Donʼt ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane E I think you already know F# B I told you that a long time ago C# Me and olʼ Willie,lordy weʼve been sold and bought F# I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought G# We ainʼt the only outlaws just the only ones they caught F# They tried to run us off but Willieʼs slow G# C# I quit running a long time ago