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Tornado Time In Texas

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[Verse]
BmWell the sky was blacker than a funeral suit
BmHotter than a depot stove
BmHide in the cellar
BmHere comes Amarillo
GBlowing up thF#e roBmad
[Verse]
BmYou got your hail stones big as hen eggs boys
BmClouds just as green can be
BmOl mother nature's raisin hell
GShe parked the pickup F#in a tBmree
[Chorus]
TornadDo time in TeAxas
Take the Apaint right off Dof your barn
TorDnado time in ATexas
BloAw the tattoo off F#your arm
[Verse]
 BmNow when pigs fly, no I mean really fly
BmYou can bet that it's blowin hard
BmUncle Clarence was sittin in the out-house
GNow he's sitting iF#n the yBmard
[Verse]
 BmAnd Granny's got the barn cat under her arm
BmShe's got a dish pan over her head
BmDaddy's countin kids, four, five, six
GYou better bring a loF#af of bBmread
[Chorus]
 TornaDdo time in TAexas
 Take the Apaint right off Dof your barn
  TornDado time in ATexas
  BAlow the tattoo ofF#f your arm
[Verse]
BmHidin in the cellar with cannin jars
BmSounds like a train up top
BmHold your breath, peek outside
GTo see what we ainF#'t gotBm  
[Verse]
BmWell it'll take your wheat, take your corn
BmEven take the cotton balls
BmSuck the Red river just dry as a bone
GAnd dump it on WitF#chita FBmalls
[Chorus]
TornadDo time in TeAxas
Take the Apaint right off Dof your barn
TornadDo time in TeAxas
BloAw the tattoo off F#your arm
GBlow the tattoo off yF#our armBm...

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Tornado Time In Texas

by Guy Clark

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Verse]

Well the sky was blacker than a funeral suit

Hotter than a depot stove

Hide in the cellar

Here comes Amarillo

G F# Bm

Blowing up the road

[Verse]

You got your hail stones big as hen eggs boys

Clouds just as green can be

Ol mother nature's raisin hell

G F# Bm

She parked the pickup in a tree

[Chorus]

D A

Tornado time in Texas

A D

Take the paint right off of your barn

D A

Tornado time in Texas

A F#

Blow the tattoo off your arm

[Verse]

Now when pigs fly, no I mean really fly

You can bet that it's blowin hard

Uncle Clarence was sittin in the out-house

G F# Bm

Now he's sitting in the yard

[Verse]

And Granny's got the barn cat under her arm

She's got a dish pan over her head

Daddy's countin kids, four, five, six

G F# Bm

You better bring a loaf of bread

[Chorus]

D A

Tornado time in Texas

A D

Take the paint right off of your barn

D A

Tornado time in Texas

A F#

Blow the tattoo off your arm

[Verse]

Hidin in the cellar with cannin jars

Sounds like a train up top

Hold your breath, peek outside

G F# Bm

To see what we ain't got

[Verse]

Well it'll take your wheat, take your corn

Even take the cotton balls

Suck the Red river just dry as a bone

G F# Bm

And dump it on Witchita Falls

[Chorus]

D A

Tornado time in Texas

A D

Take the paint right off of your barn

D A

Tornado time in Texas

A F#

Blow the tattoo off your arm

G F# Bm

Blow the tattoo off your arm...

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