{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1733200,"song":"Gone To Texas","artist":"Red Steagall","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11370589-gone-to-texas-chords-by-red-steagall/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1733200?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy granddad was the right man to tame this savage wild land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThen the carpetbaggers came and stole our very heart and soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe land we fought and died for the home my momma cried for [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe couldn’t pay the taxes so they took all we owned[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat Yankee tax collector was a dodging diving actor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAs he outrun the buckshot in a high low he was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m sure they’ll send another but they really need’nt bother[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause when they come a-calling there’ll be nobody home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause we’re off to tame a new land where I can be my own man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhere them carpet bagging scallywags will leave a boy alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ll start all over brand new my daddy taught me how to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we’ll build a cattle kingdom and we’ll call Texas home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere’ll be no old folks grieving cause they don’t know we’re leaving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhite crosses still remind us of the sacrifice they made[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they stood their ground and fought ’em[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the Union soldiers brought ‘em[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith death and fire and ashes that’s the price the old folks paid[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ve loaded up our wagon with all that we can pack in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA team of fine bred horses and we’re finally on our way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo where leafy live oak branches shelters heart and soul and family[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ll stake a claim on Texas we’ll clear the land and stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause we’re off to tame a new land where I can be my own man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhere them carpet bagging scallywags will leave a boy alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’ll start all over brand new my daddy taught me how to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we’ll build a cattle kingdom and we’ll call Texas home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes we’ll start all over brand new my daddy taught me how to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we’ll build a cattle kingdom and we’ll call Texas home[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","D7","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}