Texas Was You
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Capo 1st Fret
Intro: G D C x4
G C
Ohio was a riverbank;
G D C
10 speed layin' in the weeds;
G DC
Cannonball off an old rope swing;
G DC
Long long summer days.
G DC
Tennessee was a guitar;
G DC
First big dream of mine.
G D C
If I made it, yeah, that'd be just fine.
G
I just wanted to play.
D C
I just wanted to play, but,
(Chorus:)
Em-D-C G D C
Texa-s was green eyes crying goodbye
Em
Was a long drive
D C Em D C
A heartache I'm still trying to get through
No chord G-D-C
Texas was you
G D C
Carolina was a black car,
G DC
A big white number three.
G C
California was a yellow jeep
G DC
Cruisin' down Big Sur.
G D C
Georgia was a summer job.
G C
'Bama was a spring break.
G DC
I got memories all over the place,
G
But only one still hurts.
G C
Only one still hurts like-
(Chorus:)
Em-D-C G D C
Texa-s was green eyes crying goodbye
Em
Was a long drive
D C Em D C
A heartache I'm still trying to get through
No chord G-D-C
Texas was you
Em7 C
Texas
G D C
was my whole life waving goodbye.
D Em7
'Thought I'd die.
D C
'A heartache I'm
still trying to get through.
G C
Texas was you.
G C
It'll always be you.
G D C (till end)