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Fort Worth Blues

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[Intro]
D   D
A7  D
[Verse 1]
In DFort Worth the Dsus4neon's shinin' Dbright
Pretty A7lights, red and Dblue
They've Dshut down all the Dsus4honky tonks toDnight
Say a prayer or A7two if they only Dknew
I Dused to say the Dsus4highway was your Dhome
But we both A7know that ain't Dtrue
It's Djust the only Dsus4place a man can Dgo
When he don't A7know where he's travelin' Dto
GColorado's always clean and Dhealing
GTennessee, the spring is green and Dcool
But it Dnever really wDsus4as your kind of Dtown
So you went arA7ound with the Fort Worth DBlues
[Break]
D   D
A7  D
[Verse 2]
DSomewhere out aDsus4cross the great diDvide
Where the sky is A7wide and the clouds are Dfew
A Dman can see his Dsus4way clear to the Dlight
Just hold on A7tight, that's all you gotta Ddo
They Gsay in Texas the weather's always Dchangin'
GOne thing change will bring is somethin' Dnew
DHouston really Dsus4ain't too bad a Dtown
So you hung arA7ound with the Fort Worth DBlues
[Break]
D   D
A7  D
D   D
A7  D
[Verse 3]
There's a Dfull moon over Dsus4Galway Bay toDnight
Silver A7light on green and Dblue
And Devery place I Dsus4travel to I Dfind
Some kind of A7sign that you've been Dthrough
Now GAmsterdam is always good for Dgrieving
GLondon never fails to leave me bDlue
Oh, DParis really Dsus4ain't my kind of Dtown
So I walked arA7ound with the Fort Worth DBlues

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Fort Worth Blues

by Guy Clark

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Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

[Intro]

D D

A7 D

[Verse 1]

D Dsus4 D

In Fort Worth the neon's shinin' bright

A7 D

Pretty lights, red and blue

D Dsus4 D

They've shut down all the honky tonks tonight

A7 D

Say a prayer or two if they only knew

D Dsus4 D

I used to say the highway was your home

A7 D

But we both know that ain't true

D Dsus4 D

It's just the only place a man can go

A7 D

When he don't know where he's travelin' to

G D

Colorado's always clean and healing

G D

Tennessee, the spring is green and cool

D Dsus4 D

But it never really was your kind of town

A7 D

So you went around with the Fort Worth Blues

[Break]

D D

A7 D

[Verse 2]

D Dsus4 D

Somewhere out across the great divide

A7 D

Where the sky is wide and the clouds are few

D Dsus4 D

A man can see his way clear to the light

A7 D

Just hold on tight, that's all you gotta do

G D

They say in Texas the weather's always changin'

G D

One thing change will bring is somethin' new

D Dsus4 D

Houston really ain't too bad a town

A7 D

So you hung around with the Fort Worth Blues

[Break]

D D

A7 D

D D

A7 D

[Verse 3]

D Dsus4 D

There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight

A7 D

Silver light on green and blue

D Dsus4 D

And every place I travel to I find

A7 D

Some kind of sign that you've been through

G D

Now Amsterdam is always good for grieving

G D

London never fails to leave me blue

D Dsus4 D

Oh, Paris really ain't my kind of town

A7 D

So I walked around with the Fort Worth Blues

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