Texas
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Step 1 / 206Position: 15
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
Warm winds Ablowing
Heating Gblue sky
And a Dmaj7road that goes forevFerG
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VERSE 2
ABeen thinking 'bout it lately
Been Glooking all around me
Been Dmaj7talking to my neighbor
F GIt's all gone cArazy
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CHORUS
Well my wAife returns from taking
She's got Gbeads of perspiration
She says that Dmaj7mess it don't get no better
SomeoFne's gonna get killed out there
And I Gturn to her and say ATexas
I said GTexas
They've got Dmaj7big long road out there
F G
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VERSE 3
Warm winds Ablowing
Heating Gblue sky
Dmaj7And a road that goes foreFver
GI'm going to ATexas
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02:03
SLIDE
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e|---s---17~~~|---s---17-~~|---s------s------|-------------|---s-----------s-----s------------|---------s------|
B|-15\17------|-15\17------|-17\15--13\14----|---s---------|-12\14-15-16-16\17-12\14----------|-------12\14----|
G|------------|------------|--------------14-|-12\14--12~~~|-------------------------14--12~~~|-12-14-------14-|
D|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
A|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
E|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
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BRIDGE
AWe got to get out of here
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|---s---|
D|-5-\-7-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
Fe|G-----|
B|-----|
G|--s--|
D|-5\7-|
A|-----|
E|-----|
02:41
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-12\14----12\14----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
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RIFF 1 no slide - Play this with chorus below
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7--5-7----s--5------p---------|
A|--------3-5\7---5-3-5-3--------|
E|------------------------5--3-5-|
CHORUS
Well I Agot a little brother
e|-slide continues-|
B|---s-------------|
G|-12\14-----------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Several meters high
e|----------|
B|---s------|
G|-12\14-14-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Yea his Embuilt just like a quarterback
And he Aswears he'll testify
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-12\14----12\14----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
He Dsays he's been to Texas
And that's the only place to be
e|---s-------------------s------|
B|-12\14-15-16-16\17---12\14----|
G|---------------------------14-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Big Fstakes, big girls, no trouble here
GThat's the place for me
e|---s---17----17--17-17-~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-15\17----17---------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
I'm going to ATexas, yea yeaaaa
s
e|-15\17-~~~~--15-|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
F
GOh I'm going to ATexas, Yeaa yea
e|---s---12---s-------------|
B|-12\14----12\14-----------|
G|----------------14-~~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Fe|---s---17-|
B|-15\17----|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
GI'm going to ATexas
e|---s---------s-------------=|
B|-15\17-15--12\14----------s-|
G|-----------------14----14-\-|
D|-----------------------14-\-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
D
Watch me Awalking
D
Watch me Awalking
D
Watch me Awalking
03:47 s s s s
e|-12-14-17~~~-17~~~~~~-|-17-----13\15-~~~~-15\17/-14--14-14\------s-------s----s-|---s------|----------|
B|----------------------|----17-------------------------------15-15\18---18\20--\-|-12\14----|---s------|
G|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------14-|-12\14-12-|
D|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
A|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
E|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
04:15 s
e|---s---12---s-----------|---s---------|---s------17-----17--17-|----17-17-17\20-|
B|-12\14----14\12---------|-15\17-------|-15\17--------17--------|-17-------------|
G|----------------14-~~~~-|-------17-14-|-------17---------------|----------------|
D|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
A|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
e|-17~~-17----17----17----17----s----------|------------------s------s------|---------------------s------------|
B|---------17----17----17----17-\-15-------|---s---14-15-16-16\17--12\14----|---s---17---s---17-17\20-17-16-15-|
G|-----------------------------------14-14-|-12\14-----------------------14-|-17\18----17\18-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
fade out..........................................................................
s s s s
e|-12\17--17-17--17-17~~~-|-17----13\15--15-15-~~~-|-15\17-14---14-14\-|------s---------s----------------------|
B|------------------------|----17------------------|-------------------|-15-15\18--15-18\----s---17---s----s---|
G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------15\17----17\--12\14-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
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Texas
by Chris Rea
Chords in this song · guitar
A
G
Dmaj7
F
Em
D
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
A
Warm winds blowing
G
Heating blue sky
Dmaj7 F G
And a road that goes forever
---------------------------
VERSE 2
A
Been thinking 'bout it lately
G
Been looking all around me
Dmaj7
Been talking to my neighbor
F G A
It's all gone crazy
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CHORUS
A
Well my wife returns from taking
G
She's got beads of perspiration
Dmaj7
She says that mess it don't get no better
F
Someone's gonna get killed out there
G A
And I turn to her and say Texas
G
I said Texas
Dmaj7
They've got big long road out there
F G
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VERSE 3
A
Warm winds blowing
G
Heating blue sky
Dmaj7 F
And a road that goes forever
G A
I'm going to Texas
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02:03
SLIDE
******
e|---s---17~~~|---s---17-~~|---s------s------|-------------|---s-----------s-----s------------|---------s------|
B|-15\17------|-15\17------|-17\15--13\14----|---s---------|-12\14-15-16-16\17-12\14----------|-------12\14----|
G|------------|------------|--------------14-|-12\14--12~~~|-------------------------14--12~~~|-12-14-------14-|
D|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
A|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
E|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
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BRIDGE
A
We got to get out of here
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|---s---|
D|-5-\-7-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
F G
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|--s--|
D|-5\7-|
A|-----|
E|-----|
02:41
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-12\14----12\14----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
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RIFF 1 no slide - Play this with chorus below
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7--5-7----s--5------p---------|
A|--------3-5\7---5-3-5-3--------|
E|------------------------5--3-5-|
CHORUS
A
Well I got a little brother
e|-slide continues-|
B|---s-------------|
G|-12\14-----------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Several meters high
e|----------|
B|---s------|
G|-12\14-14-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Em
Yea his built just like a quarterback
A
And he swears he'll testify
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-12\14----12\14----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
D
He says he's been to Texas
And that's the only place to be
e|---s-------------------s------|
B|-12\14-15-16-16\17---12\14----|
G|---------------------------14-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
F
Big stakes, big girls, no trouble here
G
That's the place for me
e|---s---17----17--17-17-~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-15\17----17---------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
A
I'm going to Texas, yea yeaaaa
s
e|-15\17-~~~~--15-|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
F
G A
Oh I'm going to Texas, Yeaa yea
e|---s---12---s-------------|
B|-12\14----12\14-----------|
G|----------------14-~~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
F
e|---s---17-|
B|-15\17----|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
G A
I'm going to Texas
e|---s---------s-------------=|
B|-15\17-15--12\14----------s-|
G|-----------------14----14-\-|
D|-----------------------14-\-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
03:47 s s s s
e|-12-14-17~~~-17~~~~~~-|-17-----13\15-~~~~-15\17/-14--14-14\------s-------s----s-|---s------|----------|
B|----------------------|----17-------------------------------15-15\18---18\20--\-|-12\14----|---s------|
G|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------14-|-12\14-12-|
D|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
A|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
E|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
04:15 s
e|---s---12---s-----------|---s---------|---s------17-----17--17-|----17-17-17\20-|
B|-12\14----14\12---------|-15\17-------|-15\17--------17--------|-17-------------|
G|----------------14-~~~~-|-------17-14-|-------17---------------|----------------|
D|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
A|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
e|-17~~-17----17----17----17----s----------|------------------s------s------|---------------------s------------|
B|---------17----17----17----17-\-15-------|---s---14-15-16-16\17--12\14----|---s---17---s---17-17\20-17-16-15-|
G|-----------------------------------14-14-|-12\14-----------------------14-|-17\18----17\18-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
fade out..........................................................................
s s s s
e|-12\17--17-17--17-17~~~-|-17----13\15--15-15-~~~-|-15\17-14---14-14\-|------s---------s----------------------|
B|------------------------|----17------------------|-------------------|-15-15\18--15-18\----s---17---s----s---|
G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------15\17----17\--12\14-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
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