Biography:
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on 16 March 1942; died 23 October 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's
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Other songs:
- Mr. Bojangles
- Pissing In The Wind
- Backsliders Wine
- Broken Toys
- Charlie Dunn
- Couldnt Do Nothin Right
- Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits
- Dear John Letter
- Dear John Letter Lounge
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Dont It Make You Wanna Dance
- Dust On My Boots
- Fading Lady
- Feel Like Hank Williams Tonite
- Flowers In The Snow
- Gettin By
- Getting By
- Gonzo Compadres
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Gringo In Belize
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Hairy Ass Hillbilly
- Heart Of A Saturday Night
- Hill Country Rain
- I Feel Like Hank Williams
- I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
- Its A Good Night For Singing
- Ive Got Boats To Build
- Jaded Lover
- La Freeway
- Leavin Texas
- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Love Changes Everything
- Mannys Hat Song
- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
- Mr Bojangles On One Page
- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- One Too Many Mornings
- Pickup Truck Song
- Please Let Me Be
- Pot Cant Call The Kettle Black
- Public Domain
- Railroad Lady
- Redneck Mother
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Rockin Chair
- Rodeo Wind
- Sailing
- Sangria Wine
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Some Go Home
- Song For The Life
- Stereo Chickens
- Stoney
- Takin It As It Comes
- That Old Beat Up Guitar
- The Dutchman
- The First Showboat
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
- Viva Luchenbach
- What I Like About Texas
- Woman In Texas
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Woman In Texas
Written & recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker
Album: Live At Gruene Hall
[Intro]
A x 8 bars
A Bm
I found a woman in Texas who liked what she saw in me
E F F#m E
Yeah, I found a lady who figures that maybe, there might be a chance for me
D F#m/C#
Who lady who is showing me the things true love can do
Bm E A
She's a woman I love her, I put none above her, she's right for me
D C#m Bm E
And none of the others could ever dis- cover
A F#m
What lifts me when I'm feeling blue
Bm E A
She knows my moods, her love is true blue and she loves me too
A Bm
Yea, I found a woman in Texas, makes all that I do worthwhile
E F F#m E
I found a lady, a little bit crazy, e- nough to just make me smile
D F#m/C#
Who lady who is into little things I like to do
Bm E A
She can roll with the punches, she follows her hunches, she bets 'em too
D C#m Bm E
She's off to the races, loves tropical places
A F#m
And little bits of snow are cool
Bm E A
She loves foreign cars and small smoky bars and she loves me too
A Bm
And I found a woman in Texas, who's strong when she comes to me
E F F#m E
Yea, I found a lady who's never too lazy to give me little things I need
D F#m/C#
Who lady who can get her hands little dirty too
Bm E A
She can rock me and roll me, then love me, console me, she can cuss me too
D C#m Bm E
Her friends know she's honest, she's loyal and modest
A F#m
She knows the proper things to do
Bm E A
She's nobody's fool, she plays by the rules, ah, she loves me too, she's a lady
[Instrumental]
F#m F E D#m D E
F#m F E D#m D Bm E D C#m Bm
A Bm
Yea, I found a woman in Texas, who's now such a part of my life
E F F#m E
Yea, I found a lady, who carried our babies and pointed the way for our lives
D F#m/C#
Who lady who gets me to do the things that I should do
Bm E A
She's the love of my life, she's a friend, she's my wife, she's the song I sing
D C#m Bm E
You may not buy it, but you can't de- ny it
A F#m
That my life's changed in front of you
Bm E A
The women I've found has turned me a- round and she loves me too
A
I found a woman in Texas, a Texas lady that won my heart
[Outro]
C#m Bm A G# F#m E C#m D E A
Written & recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker
Album: Live At Gruene Hall
[Intro]
A x 8 bars
A Bm
I found a woman in Texas who liked what she saw in me
E F F#m E
Yeah, I found a lady who figures that maybe, there might be a chance for me
D F#m/C#
Who lady who is showing me the things true love can do
Bm E A
She's a woman I love her, I put none above her, she's right for me
D C#m Bm E
And none of the others could ever dis- cover
A F#m
What lifts me when I'm feeling blue
Bm E A
She knows my moods, her love is true blue and she loves me too
A Bm
Yea, I found a woman in Texas, makes all that I do worthwhile
E F F#m E
I found a lady, a little bit crazy, e- nough to just make me smile
D F#m/C#
Who lady who is into little things I like to do
Bm E A
She can roll with the punches, she follows her hunches, she bets 'em too
D C#m Bm E
She's off to the races, loves tropical places
A F#m
And little bits of snow are cool
Bm E A
She loves foreign cars and small smoky bars and she loves me too
A Bm
And I found a woman in Texas, who's strong when she comes to me
E F F#m E
Yea, I found a lady who's never too lazy to give me little things I need
D F#m/C#
Who lady who can get her hands little dirty too
Bm E A
She can rock me and roll me, then love me, console me, she can cuss me too
D C#m Bm E
Her friends know she's honest, she's loyal and modest
A F#m
She knows the proper things to do
Bm E A
She's nobody's fool, she plays by the rules, ah, she loves me too, she's a lady
[Instrumental]
F#m F E D#m D E
F#m F E D#m D Bm E D C#m Bm
A Bm
Yea, I found a woman in Texas, who's now such a part of my life
E F F#m E
Yea, I found a lady, who carried our babies and pointed the way for our lives
D F#m/C#
Who lady who gets me to do the things that I should do
Bm E A
She's the love of my life, she's a friend, she's my wife, she's the song I sing
D C#m Bm E
You may not buy it, but you can't de- ny it
A F#m
That my life's changed in front of you
Bm E A
The women I've found has turned me a- round and she loves me too
A
I found a woman in Texas, a Texas lady that won my heart
[Outro]
C#m Bm A G# F#m E C#m D E A
Jesca Hoop
Jésed
Jesper Kyd
Jess Chambers
Jess Dickinson