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[Intro]
Gm7  Gm6  Gm7  Gm6
[Verse]
Gm7Me and my friends Gm6went to Dixieland,
Gm7drove a Gm6big RVEbmaj7  
      Cm7       Dm7  A7With a cabinet Adimfull of mushrooms
D7b9And a cooler full of Gm7beerD7#9  
[Verse]
Gm7It was spring time in the Gm6mountains
Gm7When we headed Gm6out of Ebmaj7town
      Cm7       Dm7TA7he peaks were white, tAdimhe sky was blue
D7b9And the sun was beatiGm7n' downD7#9  
[Verse]
Gm7We were rollin' down the hGm6ighway
Gm7Just havin' a Gm6little Ebmaj7fun
      Cm7        Dm7  A7You sure can drink a lAdimot of beer
D7b9Underneath that Texas Gm7sunD7#9  
[Verse]
Gm7So I pulled into a liquor Gm6store
Gm7And that's where the trGm6ouble all beganEbmaj7  
      Cm7       Dm7  A7'cause I ran inAdimto their awning
D7b9And we had a run-in wGm7ith The ManD7#9  
[Chorus]
Cm7Get me out of this sD7malltime Texas town
G7'cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail G#dimwhen the sun goes down
Am7You can't bust me if D7you don't kG7now what you foundD7b9  
[Verse]
Gm7I tried to talk to the Gm6girl inside
Gm7I even offGm6ered her some Ebmaj7cash
      Cm7       Dm7  A7But she wouldn't listen, Adimshe just called the cops
D7b9'cause her gutter Gm7had been smashedD7#9  
[Verse]
Gm7And the next thing I knew wGm6hen I walked outside
Gm7There were Gm6police all Ebmaj7around
      Cm7        Dm7  A7Askin' who was drivin' the vehicle, cAdiman I see your license
D7b9Whatcha doin' in oGm7ur townD7#9  
[Chorus]
Cm7Get me out of this sD7malltime Texas town
G7'cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail G#dimwhen the sun goes down
Am7You can't bust me if D7you don't knG7ow what you foundD7b9  
[Verse]
Gm7We were sittin' on the Gm6steps of the liquor store
Gm7Just tryin' nGm6ot to look too sEbmaj7cared
      Cm7        Dm7  A7They were searchin' the RV and I Adimwas thinkin'
D7b9Sometimes life jusGm7t isn't fairD7#9  
[Verse]
Gm7Well, they opened up Gm6that cabinet
Gm7And they found Gm6our little Ebmaj7stash
      Cm7        Dm7  A7But they didn't know what it was Adimand let us go
D7b9Minus eighty bucks Gm7in cashD7#9  
[Chorus]
Cm7Get me out of this sD7malltime Texas town
G7'cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail G#dimwhen the sun goes down
Am7You can't bust me if D7you don't knoG7w what you foundD7b9  
[Chorus 2]
Cm7Get me out of this sD7malltime Texas town
G7I'll be runnin' as soon as my feet hit G#dimthe ground
Am7You can't bust me if D7you don't knoG7w what you foundD7b9  

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Texas

by The String Cheese Incident

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gm7

Gm6

Ebmaj7

Cm7

Dm7

Adim

D7b9

D7#9

G#dim

Am7

[Intro]

Gm7 Gm6 Gm7 Gm6

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

Me and my friends went to Dixieland,

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

drove a big RV

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

With a cabinet full of mushrooms

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

And a cooler full of beer

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

It was spring time in the mountains

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

When we headed out of town

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

The peaks were white, the sky was blue

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

And the sun was beatin' down

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

We were rollin' down the highway

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

Just havin' a little fun

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

You sure can drink a lot of beer

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

Underneath that Texas sun

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

So I pulled into a liquor store

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

And that's where the trouble all began

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

'cause I ran into their awning

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

And we had a run-in with The Man

[Chorus]

Cm7 D7

Get me out of this smalltime Texas town

G7 G#dim

'cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail when the sun goes down

Am7 D7 G7 D7b9

You can't bust me if you don't know what you found

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

I tried to talk to the girl inside

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

I even offered her some cash

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

But she wouldn't listen, she just called the cops

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

'cause her gutter had been smashed

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

And the next thing I knew when I walked outside

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

There were police all around

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

Askin' who was drivin' the vehicle, can I see your license

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

Whatcha doin' in our town

[Chorus]

Cm7 D7

Get me out of this smalltime Texas town

G7 G#dim

'cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail when the sun goes down

Am7 D7 G7 D7b9

You can't bust me if you don't know what you found

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

We were sittin' on the steps of the liquor store

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

Just tryin' not to look too scared

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

They were searchin' the RV and I was thinkin'

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

Sometimes life just isn't fair

[Verse]

Gm7 Gm6

Well, they opened up that cabinet

Gm7 Gm6 Ebmaj7

And they found our little stash

Cm7 Dm7 A7 Adim

But they didn't know what it was and let us go

D7b9 Gm7 D7#9

Minus eighty bucks in cash

[Chorus]

Cm7 D7

Get me out of this smalltime Texas town

G7 G#dim

'cause I don't wanna be stuck in jail when the sun goes down

Am7 D7 G7 D7b9

You can't bust me if you don't know what you found

[Chorus 2]

Cm7 D7

Get me out of this smalltime Texas town

G7 G#dim

I'll be runnin' as soon as my feet hit the ground

Am7 D7 G7 D7b9

You can't bust me if you don't know what you found

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