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Crazy Arms

Artist Name
Willie Nelson
Crazy Arms (BMI #255714)
Written by Ralph E. Mooney and Charles P. Seals
Published by MCA Champion Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Songs Tree
Recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, Patsy Cline, Ray Price,...any others?

(Jerry Lee did it pretty fast, with his piano style dominant)
(Patsy did it kinda bluesy)
(Ray did it with the "Ray Price Shuffle" beat)

     D              D7           G          D
Now, blue ain't the word for the way that I feel,
                        D7               A         A7 
There's a storm brewin' in this heart of mine.
D             D7             G              D   
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real.
       D              A                    D       G    D         
You're someone else's love now, you're not mine!

Chorus:
Crazy arms that seek to hold somebody new,
But my burnin' heart keeps sayin' you're not mine!
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed,
And that's why I'm lonely all the time.

Break

Please take these treasured dreams I had for you and me,
And take all the love I thought was mine,
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real,
And that's why I'm lonely all the time!

Repeat Chorus