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Texas Me

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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INTRO: D  
Fiddle intro:
e|----------------------/5-/5------------------/5-/5-------------------|
B|-------------------3--/7-/7---------------3--/7-/7----3-------3------|
G|--------2----2--4---------------2----2--4------------2h4—2---2h4-2---|
D|--4--5---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
I Dleft my home in Texas
Heading for the Frisco ABay
Kinda had a hard time
Through changes    A/Ball     A/C#the      wDay
Now I'm up in  Saucelito
Only D7where I wanna Gbe
And I wonder what Ahappened to the Dman inside
The Areal old    A/BTexaA/C#s      Dme
Verse 2:
It’s Draining in Port Arthur
Snowing in Fort Worth ATown
Standing in front, a farmers pool hall
And San Antone   A/Bis   A/C#my home Dtown
Now I'm up in the Venice Beach
And the D7fall comes rolling Gin
And I wonder what Ahappened to the Dman inside
My  Areal old    A/BTexaA/C#s      Dfriend
Interlude (same as fiddle  intro):
D
Verse 3:
DStanding outside of Houston
Not a dime, do I Aown
I used to go back, to those beautiful woods
Back there in   A/BSan   A/C#AntDone
Now I'm up in San Francisco
Wonderin’ D7where I ought to Gbe
And I wonder what Ahappened to the Dman inside
The Areal old    A/BTexaA/C#s      Dme
Outro 
D(Fiddle Intro)
A
A    A/G    A/F#    A/E    D

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Texas Me

by Doug Sahm

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A/B

A/C#

A/G

A/F#

A/E

INTRO:

Fiddle intro:

e|----------------------/5-/5------------------/5-/5-------------------|

B|-------------------3--/7-/7---------------3--/7-/7----3-------3------|

G|--------2----2--4---------------2----2--4------------2h4—2---2h4-2---|

D|--4--5---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

I left my home in Texas

Heading for the Frisco Bay

Kinda had a hard time

A/B A/C# D

Through changes all the way

Now I'm up in Saucelito

D7 G

Only where I wanna be

A D

And I wonder what happened to the man inside

A A/B A/C# D

The real old Texas me

Verse 2:

It’s raining in Port Arthur

Snowing in Fort Worth Town

Standing in front, a farmers pool hall

A/B A/C# D

And San Antone is my home town

Now I'm up in the Venice Beach

D7 G

And the fall comes rolling in

A D

And I wonder what happened to the man inside

A A/B A/C# D

My real old Texas friend

Interlude (same as fiddle intro):

Verse 3:

Standing outside of Houston

Not a dime, do I own

I used to go back, to those beautiful woods

A/B A/C# D

Back there in San Antone

Now I'm up in San Francisco

D7 G

Wonderin’ where I ought to be

A D

And I wonder what happened to the man inside

A A/B A/C# D

The real old Texas me

Outro

(Fiddle Intro)

A A/G A/F# A/E D

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