George! George! George! George!
Please put your hands together for George Jones!
I've loved this man's singing for more than half my life,
and I'm gonna enjoy myself.
White lightning
George, this is Tammy Wynette.
God Almighty.
We're making the future of country music over at Epic.
How long are you practiced in being famous?
We live in a fast world.
Fast is the only speed I know.
You're flirting with me, George Jones.
And you're pointing your finger at me, Tammy Wynette.
George Jones says you don't need me.
But you're the one who'd be nowhere without me.
I believe you have to live a song to make it good.
You love me, right?
Yes. Then let's go!
There's a picture that I carry
One we made
Some time ago
These girls, one after another.
Yeah, and this one tried to leave her husband.
Mm. Four months pregnant too.
I see... It's such a shame.
Just a girl
I used to know
Just a girl
I used to spend some time with
Got a right pretty singing voice, there, hon.
Gonna make you forget everything
that's troubling you.
Make things like they were before.
Does that sound good? 'Course it does.
I don't talk about the nights
I cried without her
I say she's just...
I'ma need you to bite down on this.
All right, take a deep breath.
This will be over before you know it.
Mama?
When do we get to go home?
We're not going back there, baby.
I liked that house.
Yeah, it was a good house.
But there wasn't any love in it.
Hello.
Good morning.
Don't you still love me?
'Course I still love you.
Well, then, why don't you kiss me?
Hmm?
Well, then, why don't you kiss me?
Hmm?
Mm. Mm.
You didn't come back last night.
I know.
Don was waiting for me when I got home.
He had four squad cars for backup.
Oh, no. Yeah.
Stealing a man's wife is illegal in Tennessee.
But no Tammy, no crime.
Hmm?
Is this crazy?
Yes, indeedy.
You ever been to Mexico? Uhuh.
Oh, it's a fantastic country.
Tomorrow, you and me are heading down there.
And in the morning, we'll get you a divorce,
and in the afternoon, a new husband.
Mexico can do that?
Mexico can do anything.
Who am I marrying?
Oh, shoot. I forgot that part.
Mm, you did.
Which one? Um...
That one?
Yeah, that's the most ladylike, right?
Okay.
Miss Tammy Wynette? Mmhmm?
Will you make me an honest man?
You make me an honest woman?
You bet.
Look.
Oh, good morning. Morning.
Well, uh, mind if I order for the table, ladies?
We'll get five orders of double stacks,
five sides of sausage links, not patties...
Can I have some hot chocolate?
No. Of course.
No. No.
Your mama said no,
but let the record show I would have said yes.
You are Tammy Wynette.
How very dare you?
You recognized her before you recognized me.
Oh, I recognized both of you at the same time, Mr. Jones.
Okay. Fair enough.
So are y'all here on a... A breakfast date?
I can keep a secret. I can.
I am devoted.
Thank you, hon.
And don't you worry, hon.
I won't tell a soul.
Town's gonna know about us soon enough,
so we need to manage everything just so.
Just so. Hey.
You have a scandal, it just boosts your legend.
But for me, it's not the same. Hey, honey.
Honey, honey.
Nobody's gonna toss you out, right?
You're with me now.
Do you think it's safe to go to your place tonight?
My girls need a proper bed, and...
So does their mama.
My mattress is a deluxe.
Mm, I have no doubt.
How y'all doing tonight, huh?
That's good.
I'm feeling pretty happy myself, thanks for asking.
Yeah, George.
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Yeah, George!
I'll lay around the shack
Till the mail train comes back
Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
Whoo! Yeah!
I ain't gonna work on the railroad
You ain't gonna work at all, if you can help it.
I ain't gonna work on the farm
I'll lay around the shack
Tammy, your boots are so sparkly.
Oh, yeah, he took me out to get me a whole new wardrobe.
You have to tell me.
What's it like making love to George Jones?
Sheila!
Your husband? Right here.
Sorry, Richey. I know it's personal and all.
My curiosity just ran away with itself.
Yeah, no. You're embarrassing me.
We actually...
We haven't even done it yet.
Nice of him to buy you boots first.
Now I know y'all have heard a lot of chit-chat
about this next woman who's gonna join me on stage,
on the radio and whatnot, right, Peanutt?
Yup. That's what I heard.
Yes, it is quite the scandal.
Heard it on the radio
that I stole her from behind Don Chapel's back.
Well, I'm here to tell you there's nothing to worry about.
It ain't true.
I did it right in front of his face!
And he ain't giving her back.
Mama was a beauty operator
I'm gonna get a beer. All right.
Sister can sew and can mend
My daddy owns an interest in an old sorghum mill
Just watching all that money rollin' in
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
I'll lay around that shack
Till the mail train comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
Look at how they look at them.
George and Tammy are
every man who ever loved a woman
and every woman who ever loved a man.
Isn't that just poetry?
Not poetry.
Commerce.
And poetry too, I suppose.
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
I'll lay around that shack
Till the mail train comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
There you go.
There you, go, baby.
All right.
Hey, kid!
Oh, hey, Pappy.
Kid, let's us three go for a drink.
Mm, thanks so much, Pappy, but George and I,
we have some stuff we gotta do at home.
Yeah, fun stuff.
This is a momentous and happy turn of events.
You gotta let me celebrate you. I insist.
Well, uh,
can we celebrate when we get back from Mexico?
The fans love seeing you in love.
Makes them happy.
We gotta get you over to Musicor, Tam.
Get you singing some real country finally.
Record some duets. Seize this moment of love.
Pappy, you know she's with Billy Sherrill.
Come on, now.
I thought she was with you.
You won't be thinking about making a move
to another label,
'cause the Emancipation Proclamation
made no provision for hillbilly singers.
Mm-hmm.
That's right. Have a good night, Pappy.
Sorry. Yeah.
I'll see you soon, Pappy.
Drive safe. All right.
It can be like this.
Hey.
Oh, wow.
Well, well, well.
Look at you.
You want to watch this with me?
Mm.
You see?
I'll die. I swear to God, I'll die.
He'll knock him dead in that thing.
Hey, where's the photographer?
I've got to get some pictures of him in that thing.
Hey, Joe! Hey, Joe!
Maish!
You been to Spain?
Hmm? The-
Oh, no, I was just in a Don Quixote period
when I was redecorating.
Well, it's pe... it's beautiful.
Thank you. I'm gonna get rid of all of it.
No, you... Mmhmm.
You don't have to get rid of it, silly.
I'm gonna build you a whole new house.
You don't need to build me a whole new house.
Come on, put on the Indian hair!
The Indian hair! We'll take
some funny pictures.
I don't want to be no clown!
That's Anthony Quinn right there.
What are you trying to pull?
Mm-hmm. I love him. Yeah.
He's a boxer.
Once upon a time, he was the best at what he did.
Went from fighting Cassius Clay
to being ridiculous.
A sideshow.
Cut up in... so many pieces,
the man hisself's just...
He just... he just gone.
Hey.
It's just a movie, baby.
It's a true story.
They're gonna take it from us.
Take what, George?
Our fire.
No.
George, this love I have for you is so big.
It scares me.
I can leave right now if you want me to.
I'll just say we were being silly, and...
we'll take it all back.
But any later than right now...
it's gonna be forever.
I love you.
Soft music
Yeah, there you go.
All right.
Hi.
All right.
Oh, I loved you before I loved you.
Oh, George.
Glenn. Call me Glenn.
Glenn? Glenn.
Hey, y'all! You're so lucky, Tammy.
Oh, I'm thankful every day.
George Jones is the lucky one.
Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Jones.
You stand by me
I'll stand by you, my darlin'
We'll face the world together
It's eternity whenever
If you stand by me
What?
It's working too hard.
Hmm? It's a love song.
You're putting conditions on it,
and there shouldn't be any.
I met you two years ago.
In that time, you've charted six times,
won a CMA, and married George Jones.
That's right. You know,
those things don't just happen
to skinny girls from Alabama
who happen to have a catch in their throat.
All right, Billy.
Sorry.
If I told you your next single was gonna be
"Three Blind Mice," you say, "What key?"
Yes, sir.
What? Good, you're both here.
Is George around?
You two are not legally married.
Tennessee doesn't recognize Mexican divorces.
Liar.
Brother Paul here's a lawyer.
He wouldn't lie to you.
Oh, yeah? Well, who are you?
Name's George Richey.
But everybody calls me Richey.
And I've been your musical director
over at "Hee Haw" 11 times.
All right.
So I'm still married to Don?
No, honey, I'm... I'm your husband now.
The marriage isn't valid. I'll fix it.
No, baby, it's not valid.
You need a legal-minded brain on this, Jones.
Fixing stuff is my specialty. Oh, yeah?
Well, I got a brain, okay?
I got a real good brain. I know you do.
But let's let Billy handle this.
Jones, this is the kind of care
Epic shows for our talent.
When you're in our family, we look out for you.
Yeah, I see what you're doing.
Your love story's got this whole town hooked.
Everybody's talking: DJs, fans, newspapers,
every single promoter.
I mean, hell, that song you recorded at Don's
is at number two.
By my count, that's the first time
you've charted in going on five years.
We gotta get the two of you in a booth,
lay down some duets.
Do you have the slightest idea
what it's gonna cost me to get out of that contract?
Say nothing of loyalty.
Loyalty's a rare thing these days.
She left her husband for you, Jones.
The least you could do
is leave your pappy for her.
Today, I sat alone
At the window
And I watched
Our little girl outside at play
With the little boy next door
Like so many times before
But something didn't seem
Quite right today
When Tammy first got to Nashville...
So I went outside...
she knocked on every producer's door in town.
What they were doing
Holes in her sweater
and three little girls in a rusty station wagon.
Hmm. Planted herself
outside my door till I came out.
I wasn't much in the mood to hear another girl sing,
let alone one named Virginia Pugh.
Mm.
I guess I was kind of curt,
'cause she started to cry.
Said I was her last chance.
And she told me the producer before me
wouldn't even agree to hear her till she slept with him.
Hmm.
She wouldn't do it.
It can't be fun
That man made her feel worthless, Jones.
Mm.
Yeah, I know what the men in Nashville get up to.
I been a culprit myself a time or ten.
The way it's done
But I'm gonna protect her.
I'ma build her a new life, and no one's gonna touch her.
She's my queen.
Yeah. That's admirable.
Mm, I appreciate it.
Nashville ain't a safe place to be a woman.
Way figure it.
Not too hospitable for the male sex neither.
I want you to think long and hard
about how Pappy has treated you,
how he's propped you up like a drunk fool
and taken your money.
You gotta ask yourself,
are either of you really safe there?
And if that's the way it's done
I don't want to play house
It makes my mommy cry
'Cause when she played house
My daddy said goodbye
Hmm?
You hear that?
What?
Nothing.
Just silence.
Isn't that beautiful?
Mm.
Slow country music
All right.
What else can we do?
All right.
You gonna count it, huh?
Pappy, we're ready to go.
Three, four.
Beneath still waters
There's a strong undertow
The surface won't tell you
What the deep water knows
Darlin', I'm saying
I know something's wrong
Beneath still waters
Your love is gone
Where'd you get the new wheels?
He buy that for you?
Even a fool can see
That you'll soon be leaving me
What do you want?
I got a new song I want to pitch to George.
Ugh.
All about a cheatin' wife
who passed around nudie pictures of herself.
You think something like that'd be a hit?
No.
Don, I gave you a house, this godforsaken car.
I gave you everything
that was sitting in the bank account.
I got nothing left to give you.
You got you.
Donna and I tried to play some of our bookings,
but nobody wants our act without you.
No.
I can't.
George sees those pictures, he'll leave you.
Then if the world sees,
I can't even imagine what that would do
to your career.
The state might even declare you
an unfit parent...
again.
But each...
You've had your shortcomings, but...
I've never known you to be a bad man.
And I never knew you to be a lying whore.
But fair is fair.
You can keep those, by the way.
Those is just copies.
Now get out of my car.
You've got a little scar back here.
I never noticed it before.
Mm.
There's stuff about me, if you knew,
you'd stop loving me.
Never.
Mm-hmm. Mmmm.
Let's get away from here.
Make a fresh start and go someplace
where I can be Glenn and you can be Virginia.
Yeah.
Except we're George and Tammy now.
Mm.
This is how you want it?
Yeah.
It's a much better deal for me than it is for you.
I don't see why that would hurt your heart.
You're making a mistake.
I'll see you around.
See you around.
Don't tell George nothing.
Mm-mm.
He'll kill Don.
Then you'll be not married to a jailbird
and not divorced from a dead guy.
Yeah, and I'll be alone.
Well, what are we talking about here, honey?
A couple of nudies?
Even I have those.
But you're not Tammy Wynette.
I'm sorry.
No, sugar, it's all right.
Well, I wanted to go back for them, but...
you know, George told me just to forget everything.
I can have Richey talk to his brother, Paul.
Oh, yeah? You didn't hear it from me,
but he can be real intimidating.
It's a comfort.
Shh, shh.
What's going on in here? Hey, baby.
Well, is it done?
I'm all yours.
And we don't believe you
Our first time.
Take me
Take me to your darkest room
Close every window
And bolt every door
The very first moment
I heard your voice
I'd be in darkness no more
Take me
To your most barren desert
A thousand miles
From the nearest sea
The very moment
I saw your smile
It would be like heaven to me
There's not any mountain
Too rugged to climb
No desert
Too barren to cross
Darlin'
If you would just show a sign
Of love
I could bear any loss
Take me to Siberia
And the coldest weather
Of the wintertime
And it would be
Just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine
Yes, it would be
Just like spring in California
As long as I knew
You were mine
Take me
Honey, I'm worried about Don.
He's holding up the divorce.
Well, let the lawyer handle it.
Right? Yeah, but he's angry,
and I'm afraid of what he might do.
I was thinking that if we recorded
a few of his songs for our album,
then maybe he'd let go of some of his bitterness.
No.
Here, you come with me.
We give him a couple of hits,
that's real money in his pocket.
Yeah. Imagine the publicity.
George and Tammy singin' a love song
written by Tammy's ex.
I mean, could it be any more country?
He's a man of no consequence, babe.
All right. What?
Wait for it.
Come on. What?
All right.
Slow down, babe.
Oh, George.
There she is.
Welcome home, sugar.
No.
You bought this? Yeah.
Yeah, a fresh start.
Well, you did this without talking to me?
That town's gonna kill us.
We need somewhere to get away.
I-I just wanted to surprise you.
Only reason you wanted to surprise me
is 'cause you didn't want to know
what I'd have to say about it.
You gotta love this. You got to.
Baby, I got lots of have-tos.
Moving to a rundown heap in the middle of nowhere
isn't one of them.
Hey!
I can make this as nice
as any mansion in Belle Meade for you.
I finally got where I want to be.
I'm not moving.
We'll talk about this at home.
We are home.
Honey, this place is all I got left.
What?
I-I gave up the other house.
I gave it to Pappy
so I could come over to Epic and sing with you.
The house, what's left of my publishing...
I gave up everything.
Hell, I gave up Pappy, too, to be with you.
I'm sorry, baby.
We're broke.
We're free. No.
We're broke. Hey.
The only thing easier than losing money is making it.
Old Possum's at it again.
What's so funny over there?
What are you laughing about? It's all right, honey.
What's he laughing about? Honey, it's all right.
Just calm down. It's fun.
Big roll coming from George Jones.
What the hell is that?
What am I supposed to do with that?
There's no justice in that, my friend.
Now, don't you get aggravated.
Look at that there.
Are you kidding me? No.
Goodbye, George. Don't get aggravated.
Are you kidding me? Baby, just calm down.
Come on, it's my turn.
No. What are you doing?
Oh, no, baby.
Oh, yeah! Oh, no!
I'm sorry, I had to do it. No way. That's...
That's fucking ridiculous. Oh! whoa!
Jesus fucking Christ, man.
It's just a stupid game. George...
Stupid! Whoa, whoa.
That's a stupid game. Hey, come on, man.
What the fuck's your problem?
God damn.
Asshole.
Well, not really.
You boys all right? Yeah, we're fine.
Ah, hold him, Riddle.
I got him.
Okay.
You boys have a good night.
You know, he might wake up.
No, George ain't gonna wake up.
See you tomorrow. All right.
Come on, baby.
I told you, violence is no good.
Then why does he use it?
So full of anger. So full of anger.
That boy was hungry.
Calm down.
Are you responsible to everybody?
You can't be the conscience of the whole world.
You're a clever man and an able man.
You might even be an important man...
Have money and property, be respected.
Well, you told me that's what you wanted.
Now do you want it or don't you?
That boy was hungry.
Where you going, Hiawatha?
I'm not going anywhere, George.
You're leaving.
Mm-mm. Yeah.
No, I'm not leaving.
You're out the door.
I'm at the balcony, baby.
You know, you don't have to come with me.
You can run away.
Oh, well, I'll shut the door.
Fine.
I'm not runnin'.
Tammy Wynette, I set thee free.
Sound like a preacher.
Drunk as one too.
I don't...
Shit.
If you're not gonna go...
What are you doing?
I'm gonna... Honey.
I'm gonna... Come on, baby.
Go.
I'm gonna go.
Why don't you just get back in bed, okay?
No.
God damn it! George.
Son of a bitch!
George. Nobody'll tell me nothing.
All right?
Nobody tells me nothing.
Look at you. You can't go out like this.
Get away from me!
God damn it!
Get the fuck off me!
Get...
Get back here, Virginia Pugh.
Baby, you okay?
Whoever this is should know better
than to bother me in my bunker.
You have a collect call from...
Come get me.
Do you accept the charges?
Yeah, yeah.
Wynette, where are you?
I've been trying to reach you all day.
We're in West Concord, I think.
Hey, you all right?
Yeah.
Well, listen, I got some good news for you.
Paul Richey came by.
It turns out you didn't wait long enough
after your divorce from Euple was final to marry Don.
You were supposed to wait a year.
You only waited ten months, you minx.
You were never married to Don Chapel.
Looks like God is blessing your Mexican marriage,
Mrs. Jones.
Where you been?
Ah, shit.
Slept on my damn hand funny.
Think I might have broke it.
You playing dumb,
or you just really don't recall?
Last night, I saw the devil.
That what you did? Yeah.
All right.
You know, you didn't have to come back.
It made me too sad...
thinking about you in here hurtin'.
I'm sorry.
I love you. It won't happen again.
You know, the last time I tried to leave a man...
my mama took my kids.
She put me in a hospital,
and they shocked me so bad, I...
forgot my own name.
I was four months pregnant with Tina,
so she came early 'cause of it and almost died.
But what got me out was you.
I followed your voice from my mama's record player...
to the radio in my car.
I followed your voice all the way to Nashville.
George Jones saved me.
Well, do you love George Jones or Glenn?
I'm just a man.
I see that.
But if you stay with me,
I'll... I'll quit drinking.
I will.
Your love can do that.
What you thinkin' of, hmm?
Tell me.
Gentle twangy music
If you'll stand by me
I'll stand by you, my darlin'
We'll face the world together
It's eternity
Wh...
Everything all right in there?
Sorry, Billy, that was unprofessional of me.
Let's take it from the top.
Can I talk to you? Yeah?
Everybody take five.
He'll have good times
And you'll have bad times
When he does things that you don't understand
Can we switch the order of this
so it goes... You'll have bad times
Comes first? 'Cause it's her story.
Even though he's hard
To understand
And if you love him
Oh, be proud of
Why does she forgive him, though?
'Cause that's what you do.
Yeah, but why?
Hey, now, George, what are you...
Sometimes it's hard
To be a woman
Giving all your love
To just one man
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doing things that you don't
Understand
But if you love him, you'll
Even though he's hard
To understand
And if you love him
Oh, be proud of him
'Cause after all
He's just a man
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving
All the love you can
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love
You can
Stand by
Your man
Go on, bring them back in.