{"id":25177,"date":"2025-07-13T23:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T23:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=25177"},"modified":"2025-12-13T22:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T22:16:32","slug":"write-your-own-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/write-your-own-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Write your Own Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key of D\u00a0 – Key of C below – Willie Nelson, 1982<\/span><\/span>
\n[D]<\/b><\/span> You call us heathens with [G]<\/b><\/span> zero respect for the [D]<\/b><\/span> law.<\/span>
\nWe are [D]<\/b><\/span> only songwriters just writing our songs and that’s [A]<\/b><\/span> all.<\/span>
\nWe [D]<\/b><\/span> write what we live and we [G]<\/b><\/span> live what we write. Is that [D]<\/b><\/span> wrong?<\/span>
\nIf [D]<\/b><\/span> you think it is, Mr. Music Executive,<\/span>
\nWhy don’t you [A]<\/b><\/span> write your own [<\/b>D]<\/b><\/span> songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

And don’t [G]<\/b><\/span> listen to [A] <\/b><\/span>mine, they might run you [D]<\/b><\/span> crazy<\/span>
\nThey [D]<\/b><\/span> might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too [A]<\/b><\/span> long<\/span>
\nWe’re making you [G]<\/b><\/span> rich and you’re already [D]<\/b><\/span> lazy<\/span>
\nSo just [D]<\/b><\/span> lay on your ass (bottom?)\u00a0 and get [A]<\/b><\/span> richer or write your own [D]<\/b><\/span> songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. [D]<\/b><\/span> Purified Country, don’t you [G]<\/b><\/span> know what the whole thing\u2019s [D] <\/b><\/span>about?<\/span>
\nIs your [D]<\/b><\/span> head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it [A]<\/b><\/span> out?<\/span>
\nThe [D]<\/b><\/span> world’s getting smaller and [G]<\/b><\/span> everyone in it [D]<\/b><\/span> belongs<\/span>
\nIf [D]<\/b><\/span> you can’t see that, Mr. Purified Country,<\/span>
\nWhy [A]<\/b><\/span> don’t you just write your own [D]<\/b><\/span> songs<\/span>
\n{ CHORUS }<\/span><\/p>\n

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******************* WRITE YOUR OWN SONGS ********************\r\n \r\nwritten by Willie Nelson \r\nperformed by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.\r\n \r\nVerse 1 (W. Nelson):\r\nYou [C] call us heathens with [F] zero respect for the [C] law\r\nWe are only songwriters just writing our songs and that's [G] all\r\nWe write [C] what we live \r\nand we live [F] what we write is that [C] wrong\r\nIf you [C] think it is Mr. Music Executive\r\nWhy [G] don't you write your own [C] songs\r\n \r\n \r\nChorus (W. Nelson):\r\n[C] And don't listen to mine, [G] they might run you [C] crazy\r\nThey might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too [G] long\r\nWe're making you [F] rich and you're already [C] lazy\r\nSo just lay on your ass and get [G] richer or write your own [C] songs\r\n \r\n \r\nVerse 2 (W. Jennings):\r\nMr. [C] Purified Country don't you know [F] what the whole things [C] about\r\nIs your head up your ass so far that you can't pull it [G] out\r\nThe [C] world's getting smaller and every-[F]-one in it [C] belongs\r\nAnd if you [C] can't see that Mr. Purified Country\r\nWhy [G] don't you just write your own [C] songs\r\n \r\n \r\nChorus.\r\nSo just lay on your ass and get [G] <\/strong>richer or write your own [C] songs\r\n \r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Key of D\u00a0 – Key of C below – Willie Nelson, 1982 [D] You call us heathens with [G] zero respect for the [D] law. We are [D] only songwriters just writing our songs and that’s [A] all. We [D] write what we live and we [G] live what we … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWrite your Own Songs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117,115,153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-willie-nelson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27649,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25177\/revisions\/27649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}