Texas Chords by Chris Rea

Tempo:
100.6 bpm
Chords used:

A

G

F

D

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chris Rea - "Texas" chords
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[A] [G]
[A]
[F] [G]
Warm [A] winds blowing, heat [G] and blue sky, [A]
and a road that [F] goes forever.
[G] [A]
I've been thinking about it lately, and watching some TV,
[G] Been looking all around me, and what has come to be.
[F#m] Been talking to my neighbor, and he agrees with me.
[F]
[G] It's all [A] gone crazy, well my wife returns from taking my little girl to school.
She [G] got beads of perspiration, as she tries to keep her cool.
[A] She says that message don't get [F#m] no better, there's gonna come a day,
[F] Someone's gonna get killed out there, [G] and I turn to her and say,
[A] Texas, she says what, [G] I said Texas, she says what, [A] they got big long roads out there.
[F]
[G] [A] Warm winds blowing, [Em] heat and blue sky, [A]
and a road that [F] goes forever.
[G] I'm [A] going to Texas.
[G]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] [Em]
[A]
[F] We gotta get out of [A] here.
[F] We gotta get out of [A] here.
[F] [Am] [F]
[G] [C] [A] Well I got a little brother, [D] several meters [A] high.
Yeah [Em] he's built just like a quarterback, and he swears he'll testify.
[Am] [A] He says he's been to Texas, and that's [D] the only place to [Am] be.
[F] Big stakes, big guns, no trouble [G] here, that's the place for me.
[A] I'm going to Texas.
Yeah, yeah.
[F]
[G] Oh I'm [A] going to Texas.
Yeah, [Am] yeah.
[F]
[G] I'm [A] going to Texas.
[Em] [D] [A] Watch me [A] walkin'.
[Em] [D] [A] Watch me walkin'.
[D] [Am] [A] Watch me [A] walkin'.
[Em] [D] Yeah!
[F#] [A]
[G]
[Em] [A] [D]
[F]
[G] [A]
[Em]
[G] [A] [D] [F#m]
[F#] [A] [G] [F]
[C] [A]
[Em] [D] [F#m]
[D] [F]
[G] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[C] [D] [F] [G]
[Em] [C] [A]
Key:  
A
1231
G
2131
F
134211111
D
1321
Em
121
A
1231
G
2131
F
134211111
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To start learning Chris Rea - (2019 Remaster, Deluxe Edition, [2019 Remaster]) Texas chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: A, F, G, A and G. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 50 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 101. Given the song's key of A Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Warm [A] winds blowing, _ _ _ heat [G] and blue sky, _ _ _ [A] _
and a road that _ [F] goes forever.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've been thinking about it lately, and watching some TV,
[G] Been looking all around me, and what has come to be.
[F#m] Been talking to my neighbor, and he agrees with me.
_ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ It's all [A] gone crazy, _ well _ _ my wife returns from taking my little girl to school.
She [G] got beads of perspiration, as she tries to keep her cool.
[A] She says that message don't get [F#m] no better, there's gonna come a day,
_ [F] Someone's gonna get killed out there, [G] and I turn to her and say,
[A] _ Texas, _ _ she says what, [G] I said Texas, _ she says what, [A] they got big long roads out there.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] Warm winds blowing, _ _ _ _ [Em] heat and blue sky, _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
and a road that [F] goes forever. _
_ [G] _ _ I'm [A] going to Texas. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] We gotta get out of [A] here. _
_ _ [F] We gotta get out of [A] here. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] [A] Well I got a little brother, [D] several meters [A] high.
Yeah [Em] he's built just like a quarterback, and he swears he'll testify.
[Am] [A] He says he's been to Texas, and that's [D] the only place to [Am] be.
[F] Big stakes, big guns, no trouble [G] here, that's the place for me.
[A] I'm going to Texas.
_ _ Yeah, yeah.
[F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Oh I'm [A] going to Texas.
_ Yeah, [Am] yeah.
[F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ I'm [A] going to Texas. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [A] Watch me _ [A] walkin'.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ [A] Watch me _ walkin'.
_ _ [D] _ [Am] [A] Watch me [A] walkin'.
_ [Em] _ [D] Yeah! _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [F#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _

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