Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home As performed by: John Hartford Morning Bugle Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of C VG note...only the chorus is sung on the clip that I have from Morning Bugle. I added lyrics from Allen's Archive per below and added chords based on the chorus done by John Hartford. VG note:Following from: Allen`s archive of early and old country music. (Played by Jerry Garcia with Marshall Leicester and Robert Hunter at the Carlos Bookstall in July 1961. It often circulates on tapes as "No One To Stand By Me." Other titles include "Way Down Town." Thanks to Matt Schofield for the lyrics.) 03/27/2011 Note from moderator: I've changed the lyrics to match those sung by John on the Morning Bugle album. There are scores of variations of this song but those should be reserved for other fora. C F C Late last night when my Willie come home G7 and I heard this mighty rapping on the door C F C Slipping and a sliding with his new shoes on G7 C Willie don't you rap no more Chorus C F C Oh me, oh my G7 What's going to become of me C F C I's downtown, just a fooling around G7 C Mama don't you cry for me I know just what you promised me Not more than three weeks ago You promised that you'd marry me Standing there on your mama's kitchen floor (chorus) Now if I'd listened to what my mama said I wouldn't be sitting here tonight Picking and a singing on this old banjo Mama don't you cry for me (chorus) (chorus) Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home As performed by: John Hartford Morning Bugle Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of C VG note...only the chorus is sung on the clip that I have from Morning Bugle. I added lyrics from Allen's Archive per below and added chords based on the chorus done by John Hartford. VG note:Following from: Allen`s archive of early and old country music.
(Played by Jerry Garcia with Marshall Leicester and Robert Hunter at the Carlos Bookstall in July 1961. It often circulates on tapes as "No One To Stand By Me." Other titles include "Way Down Town." Thanks to Matt Schofield for the lyrics.) 03/27/2011 Note from moderator: I've changed the lyrics to match those sung by John on the Morning Bugle album. There are scores of variations of this song but those should be reserved for other fora. C F C Late last night when my Willie come home G7 and I heard this mighty rapping on the door C F C Slipping and a sliding with his new shoes on G7 C Willie don't you rap no more Chorus C F C Oh me, oh my G7 What's going to become of me C F C I's downtown, just a fooling around G7 C Mama don't you cry for me I know just what you promised me Not more than three weeks ago You promised that you'd marry me Standing there on your mama's kitchen floor (chorus) Now if I'd listened to what my mama said I wouldn't be sitting here tonight Picking and a singing on this old banjo Mama don't you cry for me (chorus) (chorus)
John Hartford Chords & Tabs List
- All In My Love For You Chords
- Annual Waltz Chords
- Back In The Goodle Days Chords
- Big Blue Balloon Chords
- Blame It On Joann Chords
- Boys From North Carolina Chords
- Bring Your Clothes Back Home Chords
- Cattletsburg Chords
- Chicken Oh Chicken Chords
- Corncob Blues Chords
- Cross-eyed Child Chords
- Cuckoo's Nest Chords
- Delta Queen Waltz Chords
- Dig A Hole Chords
- Dixie Truckers Home Chords
- Doing My Time Chords
- Don't Ever Take Your Eyes Off the Game, Babe Chords
- Don't Leave Your Records In The Sun Chords
- Down On The Levee Chords
- Fräulein Chords
- Front Porch Chords
- Gather Round The Tv Chords
- General Jackson Chords
- Girl With Her Hair Hanged Down Chords
- Girl With The Long Brown Hair Chords
- Goin' Back To Dixie Chords
- Going Backto Old Kentucky Chords
- Goodbye Waltz Chords
- Got No Place To Gp Chords
- Gum Tree Canoe Chords
- Here I Am In Love Again Chords
- High Dad In The Morning Chords
- How Come You're Being So Good To Me Chords
- Howard Hughes Blues Chords
- I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long Chords
- I Know You Don't Love Me No More Chords
- I Wish We Had Our Time Again Chords
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight Chords
- I'm Still Here Chords
- I've Heard That Tearstained Monologue You Do... Chords
- If I Should Wander Back Tonight Chords
- Immanuel Cant Chords
- In Plain View Of The Town Chords
- In Tall Buildings Chords
- Jack's In The Sack Chords
- Keep On Truckin' Chords
- Lady Jane Chords
- Late Last Night When My Willie Come Home Chords
- Learning To Smile All Over Again Chords
- Lefthanded Woman Chords
- Let Him Go On Mama Chords
- Like Unto A Mockingbird Chords
- Little Boy Chords
- Little Old Lonesome Circle Chords
- Long Hot Summer Days Chords
- Lost Indian Chords
- Love Grown Cold Chords
- Medicine Chest Chords
- Men All Want To Be Hobos Chords
- Miss Ferris Chords
- Mississippi Queen Chords
- Morning Bugle Chords
- My Tears Don't Show Chords
- Natchez Whistle Chords
- Natural To Be Gone Chords
- No End Of Love Chords
- No Expectations Chords
- Nobody Eats At Linebaughs Anymore Chords
- Nobody Knows What You Do Chords
- Oh When My Body Stops Chords
- Old Electric Washing Machine Chords
- Old Time River Man Chords
- On Christmas Eve Chords
- Over The Mountain Chords
- Owl Feather Chords
- Queen Of Rock & Roll Chords
- Right In The Middle Falling For You Chords
- Secesch (shiloh) Chords
- Sexual Harassment Chords
- Shoot That Turkey Buzzard Chords
- Short Life Of Trouble Chords
- Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chords
- Six O'Clock Train and a Girl With Green Eyes Chords
- Slumberin' On The Cumberland Chords
- Somewhere My Love Chords
- Steam Powered Aereoplane Chords
- Steamboat Whistle Blues Chords
- Take Me Back To My Mississippi Home Chords
- The Annual Waltz Chords
- The Burning Of The Grand Republic Chords
- The False Hearted Tenor Waltz Chords
- The First Girl I Loved Chords
- The Girl I Left Behind Me Chords
- The Golden Globe Award Chords
- Them Way Long Ago Times Chords
- There'll Never Be Another You Chords
- Trying to Do Something to Get Your Attention Chords
- Two Hits And The Joint Turned Brown Chords
- Untangle Your Mind Chords
- Waltz Of The Golden Rule Chords
- Waltz Of The Mississippi Chords
- Watching The River Go By Chords
- Way Down The River Road Chords
- We Did Our Best Chords
- When Guiding Star Came To Tell Cit Chords
- When The Dinner Bell Rings Chords
- Where Is Your Heart Tonight? Chords
- Where The Old Red River Flows Chords
- Who's That? Chords
- Will You Be Lonesome Too? Chords
- Wonder Woman Chords
- You Don't Have To Do That Chords
- You Don't Notice Me Ignoring You Chords