If He Came Back Again

[D]

(Waylon Jennings:)
[D]You'd have thought a king had died
[D]The way those people cried
[G]Instead of one more broken [D]entertainer

(Kris Kristofferson:)
It struck those in his trade
He could have had it made
If he'd only been a little saner

(Waylon Jennings:)
[A]They traveled far to see him
(Kris Kristofferson:)
[D]Oh, the humble and the h[G]igh
(Waylon Jennings:)
[D]They said goodbye as [Bm]if he were a fr[F#m]iend

(All:)
[A]Now somewhere he is smiling
[D]On those who idolized [G]him
[D]But would they even r[Bm]ecognize[F#m] him
[A]If he came back a[D]gain?

(Willie Nelson:)
He was born of modest means
But had outrageous dreams
They never let him rest
Till he fulfilled them

(Johnny Cash:)
While he rode that train of song
His devils tagged along
The whiskey and the pills
Just couldn't kill him

(Willie Nelson:)
He didn't mean to be a rebel
(Johnny Cash:)
Ah, the real ones never do
(Willie Nelson:)
They're born apart from ordinary men

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(Waylon Jennings:)
[A]It's an old familiar story
(Kris Kristofferson:)
[D]But it's a damn shame none-the-[G]less
(Willie Nelson:)
[D]They don't forgive his kind
(Johnny Cash:)
[D]Till they lay them down to r[A]est

Chorus...