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