Charlie Robinson - The girls from Texas Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ Well, I met a girl from Texas about a year ago.
I hadn't known her too long [G] when I had to let her go.
She [C] had a self-eraser, [F] was 10 inches or so.
[G] Every night you'd hear her knock [C] and I had to let her go.
She [F] said, baby, I'll give you the clothes on my back.
I can have everything [C] that I got in my shack.
But if you ever try to leave, they'll [F] take you out in a sack.
[G] Because me and my razor [C] will see to that.
Well, that's the way the [G] girls are from Texas. _ _
That's the way the girls [C] are from Texas. _ _
That's the way the girls [F] are from Texas.
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That's the way the girls [C] are from Texas. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well, I thought about my situation.
I decided not to tear it.
For my own self-preservation, [G] I decided we should marry.
[C] When the preacher started reading [F] about the old death,
there was a pause.
I [G] told him, skip it.
We had that [C] understanding right from the start.
She said, [F] baby, I'll give you the clothes on my back.
You can have everything [C] that I've got in my shack.
But if you ever try to leave, they'll
[F] take you out in a sack.
[G] Because me and my razor [C] will see to that.
Well, that's the way the girls [G] are from Texas.
_ _ That's the way the girls [C] are from Texas.
_ _ That's the way the girls are from Texas.
[F] _ _ [G] That's the way the girls [C] are from Texas. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well,
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we settled [C] down.
_ _ _ And I got me a little old [G] job, _ _ _ 65 [C] Fair Lane 4.
[G] _ _ And every Friday night, I'd stop in and cash my paycheck
_ out at the store.
_ _ _ They had a little girl that worked in there.
_ _ _ She must have been about 17.
_ _ _ [C] _ And she was the cutest thing I'd ever seen.
_ _ _ Well, it's the same old story.
_ I'm afraid it wasn't too long.
_ _ For we'd fallen deeply in love.
_ And I knew [F] it was wrong. _ _
And I said, baby, _ _ _ we've got to stop this thing right here,
_ [C] _ _ or my woman is going to [G] cut my throat. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ That's right.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ In tearful supplication, she looked up in my face.
_ And I could feel her heart was breaking.
_ She said, boy, you _ [C] should _ _ _ have told me you was married, baby.
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ And she pulled out a 45.
_ _ _ _ And [Gm] she let me have it _ [C] right smack between the eyes.
_ _ Because that's the way the girls [G] are from Texas.
_ _ That's the way the girls [C] are from Texas.
_ _ If she was guilty, I was [F] dead.
Now, what do you think that old judge [G] said?
Oh, that's just the [C] way the girls are from Texas.
Yes, it is.
That's the way the girls are [G] from Texas.
_ _ That's the way the girls are [C] from Texas.
_ _ That's the way the girls are [F] from Texas.
_ _ [G] That's the way the girls are [C] from Texas.
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