A# I donʼt look the way the average cowboy singer looks D# Iʼll admit iʼve taken things i never should of took F You can read a different story in a lot of different books D# But even then you wonʼt really know F 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 F They built their fences high but they couldnʼt hold me in D# I was born with a fire down below F 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 F Donʼt ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane D# I think you already know F A# 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