Waylon Jennings Best Songs
On The Acoustic

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rainy Day Woman is from the 1975 album "The Ramblin Man".

The song peaked at #2 in the US and #18 in Canada.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Whistlers And Jugglers is a track from the 1978 album I've Always Been Crazy.

This song was never a single release.

Wild Ones is a track from the 1975 album Waymore's Blues II.

The track was never released as a single.

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.

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.