Django Jimmie Chords
Django Jimmie by Willie Nelson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em, G, A, A#, Bm, F#m and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Em D Em
verse 1
D G A D
Well I'm a kid with a guitar trying to play Nuages when they ask.
G A# D
Where does your style come from?
D G D
I know what you mean, 'cause I learned to sing
G A D
Listening to Blue Yodel number 1.
Bm F#m G
We love Hank and Lefty, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubbs and Johnny Cash,
Em A
but if we had to pinpoint the start of who we are we'd go back.
G D A D
To Django and Jimmie, Paris and Mississippi.
G D A
A young singing brakeman, a jazz playing gypsy.
G D F# G
There might not have been a Merle or a Willie,
Em A D
if not for Django and Jimmie.
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