Waylon Jennings Best Songs
On The Acoustic
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Bob Wills Is Still The King
Cylde
Come With Me
Friends In California
Good Hearted Woman
Good Ole Boys
I'm A Ramblin Man
I've Always Been Crazy
Just To Satisfy You
Lonesome Onry And Mean
Looking For A Feeling
Luckenbach Texas
Mama's Don't Let Your Babies
Pretend I Never Happened
Rainy Day Woman
Rose In Paradise
Sweet Dream Woman
The Wurlitzer Prize
Walk On Out Of My Mind
Waymores Blues
Whistlers And Jugglers
Wild Ones
Women Do Know How To Carry On
Wrong
Bob Wills Is Still The King - Learn To Play On Guitar
Bob Wills Is Still The King was a B-side to the single Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way from the Dreaming my Dreams album of 1975.
The song got lots of airplay so it was chalked up as a two sided hit.
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Clyde - Learn To Play On Guitar
Clyde hails from the 1980 album Music Man.
This was written by J J Cale and also recorded by Dr Hook. Waylon had a #7 hit in the US and a #1 in Canada with this song. Download the free Waylon Jennings Clyde lyrics below.
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Only a two chord song with a C and D played with a drop D tuning and just a few riffs. Play a steady up and down shuffle for a rhythm pattern.
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Come With Me - Learn To Play On Guitar
Come With Me was a #1 hit in Canada and the US for Waylon when it was released as a single from his 1979 album What Goes Around Comes Around.
This was Waylon's 8th #1 hit as a solo artist.
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Friends In California - Learn To Play On Guitar
Friends In California is from an album called Goin Down Rockin The Last Recordings from 2012, which came out 10 years after Waylon's death.
This track was a song Waylon recorded years earlier but never was released as a single.
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Good Hearted Woman - Learn To Play On Guitar
Good Hearted Woman is a single from the 1971 album of the same name. The song was co-written between Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
The single peaked at #1 in Canada and #3 in the US. The inspiration came from an ad about Tina Turner referencing Ike Turner with the phrase "good hearted woman loving two-timing men".
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Good Ole Boys - Learn To Play On Guitar
Good Ole Boys is from the 1080 album Music Man and became the theme song for the TV show The Dukes Of Hazzard.
The song reached #1 on the US country chart.
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I'm A Ramblin Man - Learn To Play On Guitar
I'm a Ramblin' Man became one of Waylon Jennings' signature outlaw country hits when it was released in 1974.
Featured on the album The Ramblin’ Man, the song shot to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, further solidifying Jennings' rebellious persona and his place at the forefront of the Outlaw Country movement.
Although originally written and recorded by Ray Pennington in 1967, Waylon’s version added grit, attitude, and a modern southern swagger that made it his own.
The track’s uptempo rhythm and traveling-man theme resonated with fans of the era and remains a staple of 1970s country music.
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I've Always Been Crazy - Learn To Play On Guitar
I've Always Been Crazy is a track from Waylon's "Live In Austin Tx" album from 2006.
This song was never released as a single.
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I play this with a capo 2nd to keep the original key and with a root down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. Some lead with the chords G, C, D and D7.
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Just To Satisfy You
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Just To Satisfy You hails from the 1982 album Black On Black.
Three singles came from this album but this song ranked the highest at #1 in Canada and #2 in the US.
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Lonesome Orny & Mean - Learn To Play On Guitar
Lonesome Onry & Mean is the name of a 1972 album put out by Waylon Jennings, and although the song and album title are the same, this song was never released as a single.
The two singles that were released hit #6 and #7.
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In this one I play a drop D tuning with some lead and the chords D, G and C. Play a root down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.
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Looking For A Feeling - Learn To Play On Guitar
Looking For A Feeling is a song written by Waylon Jennings for his colaboration album from 1979 called Waylon & Willie.
The song was never released as a single.
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Luckenbach Texas
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Luckenbach Texas by Waylon Jennings was released as a single in 1977 from Waylon's album "Ol' Waylon".
The song was a #1 in both Canada and the US.
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Played in standard tuning with a few riffs and a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. The chords here are G, C, D, D7, G7, Am and a G6.
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Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
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Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys was a duet song from Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson from their 1978 album Waylon & Willie. Ed Bruce and his wife Patsy wrote the song a few years earlier and was recorded by Ed and also by Chris Ledoux before Waylon and Willie's 1978 version which went to #1 on the country charts.
Chords And Strumming
I use a drop D tuning here with a down down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. There is no lead break in the original but I've put one in this version. The chords needed are D, G, A7, E, A and B7.
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Pretend I Never Happened - Learn To Play On Guitar
Pretend I Never Happened one of two singles from 1972 album Lonesome Onry And Mean.
This track reached #6 in the US and #2 in Canada.
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This one I play with a root down root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in standard tuning with the chords A, G, D and E.
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Rainy Day Woman - Learn To Play On Guitar
Rainy Day Woman is from the 1975 album "The Ramblin Man".
The song peaked at #2 in the US and #18 in Canada.
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This is a two chord song played with a D and A using a down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in standard tuning and a capo 2nd fret. Some lead work in this one.
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Rose In Paradise - Learn To Play On Guitar
Rose In Paradise became a #1 hit for Waylon back in 1987 and was his 12th #1 hit song.
The track is found on the album Hangin Tough.
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This song has only a few riffs with the three chords D, C and G. I use a root down root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in standard tuning.
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Sweet Dream Woman - Learn To Play On Guitar
Sweet Dream Woman was a single from the 1971 album Good Hearted Woman.
The song did very well reaching #3 in Canada and #7 in the US. The single was released in 1972.
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The Wurlitzer Prize - Learn To Play On Guitar
The Wurlitzer Prize was a collaboration recording with Willie Nelson and can be found on the album "Waylon & Willie".
This track was a hit, reaching #1 in both Canada and US.
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You can play this song in standard tuning with the chords G, Am, D, B7, A7, C and Cm with some lead work. The rhythm pattern is a root down up root up down up and repeat.
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Walk On Out Of My Mind - Learn To Play On Guitar
Walk On Out Of My Mind goes all the way back to 1967 from the album Only The Greatest.
Waylon took this song to #5 in both the US and Canada.
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Another one in standard tuning and some lead work with the chords A, A7, D, G and E. Use a root down root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.
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Waymore's Blues - Learn To Play On Guitar
Waymore's Blues was a B-side to the single Dreaming My Dreams With You.
Both songs are from Waylon's 1975 album Dreaming My Dreams.
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Whistlers And Jugglers - Learn To Play On Guitar
Whistlers And Jugglers is a track from the 1978 album I've Always Been Crazy.
This song was never a single release.
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Wild Ones - Learn To Play On Guitar
Wild Ones is a track from the 1975 album Waymore's Blues II.
The track was never released as a single.
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Played in standard tuning with some lead work, use the chords G, C, D, A#, Am with a root down root up down up rhythm pattern.
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Women Do Know How To Carry On - Learn To Play On Guitar
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Wrong - Learn To Play On Guitar
Wrong was Waylon's last top 10 single when it was released from the 1990 album The Eagle.
This one reached #5 in the US.
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