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