Chords for Doug Sahm is our Texas Legend - Part 2
Tempo:
92.825 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [B]
[E] [A] This is Seth.
[A#] Steve.
Dave.
This is Jeremy.
[E] I'm Cody Canada and we are The Departed and this is Texas Music.
[D] Welcome back.
You know, listening to Doug's song was like a buffet of Texas music.
He could play blues, rock, [A] traditional, country, Tejano, whatever you wanted, any way you wanted it.
For [D] me, he kind of embodies Texas, what Texas is musically in a way.
He's a rocker, he's a [A] blues guy, he could play pedal steel guitar.
[G] There's pictures of Doug when he was a little kid.
He was like [D] six or seven years old in a cowboy suit playing pedal steel at his [G] dad's honky
[E] tonk in San Antonio.
[A] Doug Somme was considered to be a prodigy on steel guitar, mandolin, and fiddle.
[E] In 1964, Somme formed the Sir Douglas Quintet with his childhood friend, [B] Augie Meyer.
Their 1965 [A] hit single, She's About a [E] Mover, was a mix of Somme's burgeoning Tex-Mex sound
with the Beatles tune, She's a Woman.
Doug played bajo.
One time Doug said, man, we got to do something [Am] different.
I said, [B] why don't you buy a bajo and I'm going to get a accordion.
[Em] Let's see what we can do with that.
And that's what we did.
And we sat back and hibernated for a couple of months and [E] started doing that stuff.
Way back in the 70s, we were playing.
Doug had a big hit [B] in Sweden called Meet Me in Stockholm.
He was playing bajo [Em] and I was playing accordion on it.
We were covering a song of his called Crossroads and he [F#] got up on stage with us.
We knew he was going to be in town the next day.
It was in Locker in Belgium.
And we didn't know he was already there.
And we started singing the song and he got up and grabbed one of the mics and started
singing it with us.
And we were just like, oh, my God, this is our legendary hero.
[B] Walkin' on a little [F#]
bit, [C#] make you walkin' more, Lord.
[F#] In 1990, [B] Doug formed the Texas [F#] Tornadoes, a super group with, of course, Augie [G#m] Myers
as well as longtime [F#] pal Flaco Jimenez and Freddie Fender.
[A] Hey, baby, kept my soul.
Thought I was your [D] only vaudeville.
The Tornadoes went on to record four [A] albums, win a Grammy, and spread Doug's brand of
Tejano music [D] to a whole new generation of fans with their Tex [G]-Mex sound and their
Spanglish-covered lyrics.
[A] Doug would be my guy because he's [D] from San Antonio.
And he also had such a diverse palette of musical taste and [Am] broad [G] scope of things
that he was interested [A] in.
Since I'm basically from outside of San Antonio, he was kind of my hero musically.
And he was a great lyricist.
And if you [G#] listen to my records, you hear so much of an influence.
I love the way he could take the Tejano, the blues, country, and put it all [E] together.
And it was just so [A] seamless.
He spanned so many types of music [D] and really paved the way [E] for a lot of different styles.
[A] I like the Sir Douglas Quintet, and I liked the Texas Tornado [D] feel, and the [E] last real
blues band that he did, too, which he [A] did more kind of a blues soul [A] towards the end.
And I was a fan of that, too.
That's the thing.
[E] I think he was really impressive no matter what [A] style he did.
And he was still able to completely capture [E] it and make it his own.
[A] And I just [E] had the best times.
And I really miss him because he was such a phenomenal inspiration.
He's just like one of those guys to me.
When I think of Texas music, I think of Doug.
I'm leaving you [D] girl, [A] heading [E] down the road.
We'll have more Doug Somme music with a [A] performance from one of his bands,
the Texas Tornadoes, [A#] coming right [B] up.
[E] [N]
[E] [A] This is Seth.
[A#] Steve.
Dave.
This is Jeremy.
[E] I'm Cody Canada and we are The Departed and this is Texas Music.
[D] Welcome back.
You know, listening to Doug's song was like a buffet of Texas music.
He could play blues, rock, [A] traditional, country, Tejano, whatever you wanted, any way you wanted it.
For [D] me, he kind of embodies Texas, what Texas is musically in a way.
He's a rocker, he's a [A] blues guy, he could play pedal steel guitar.
[G] There's pictures of Doug when he was a little kid.
He was like [D] six or seven years old in a cowboy suit playing pedal steel at his [G] dad's honky
[E] tonk in San Antonio.
[A] Doug Somme was considered to be a prodigy on steel guitar, mandolin, and fiddle.
[E] In 1964, Somme formed the Sir Douglas Quintet with his childhood friend, [B] Augie Meyer.
Their 1965 [A] hit single, She's About a [E] Mover, was a mix of Somme's burgeoning Tex-Mex sound
with the Beatles tune, She's a Woman.
Doug played bajo.
One time Doug said, man, we got to do something [Am] different.
I said, [B] why don't you buy a bajo and I'm going to get a accordion.
[Em] Let's see what we can do with that.
And that's what we did.
And we sat back and hibernated for a couple of months and [E] started doing that stuff.
Way back in the 70s, we were playing.
Doug had a big hit [B] in Sweden called Meet Me in Stockholm.
He was playing bajo [Em] and I was playing accordion on it.
We were covering a song of his called Crossroads and he [F#] got up on stage with us.
We knew he was going to be in town the next day.
It was in Locker in Belgium.
And we didn't know he was already there.
And we started singing the song and he got up and grabbed one of the mics and started
singing it with us.
And we were just like, oh, my God, this is our legendary hero.
[B] Walkin' on a little [F#]
bit, [C#] make you walkin' more, Lord.
[F#] In 1990, [B] Doug formed the Texas [F#] Tornadoes, a super group with, of course, Augie [G#m] Myers
as well as longtime [F#] pal Flaco Jimenez and Freddie Fender.
[A] Hey, baby, kept my soul.
Thought I was your [D] only vaudeville.
The Tornadoes went on to record four [A] albums, win a Grammy, and spread Doug's brand of
Tejano music [D] to a whole new generation of fans with their Tex [G]-Mex sound and their
Spanglish-covered lyrics.
[A] Doug would be my guy because he's [D] from San Antonio.
And he also had such a diverse palette of musical taste and [Am] broad [G] scope of things
that he was interested [A] in.
Since I'm basically from outside of San Antonio, he was kind of my hero musically.
And he was a great lyricist.
And if you [G#] listen to my records, you hear so much of an influence.
I love the way he could take the Tejano, the blues, country, and put it all [E] together.
And it was just so [A] seamless.
He spanned so many types of music [D] and really paved the way [E] for a lot of different styles.
[A] I like the Sir Douglas Quintet, and I liked the Texas Tornado [D] feel, and the [E] last real
blues band that he did, too, which he [A] did more kind of a blues soul [A] towards the end.
And I was a fan of that, too.
That's the thing.
[E] I think he was really impressive no matter what [A] style he did.
And he was still able to completely capture [E] it and make it his own.
[A] And I just [E] had the best times.
And I really miss him because he was such a phenomenal inspiration.
He's just like one of those guys to me.
When I think of Texas music, I think of Doug.
I'm leaving you [D] girl, [A] heading [E] down the road.
We'll have more Doug Somme music with a [A] performance from one of his bands,
the Texas Tornadoes, [A#] coming right [B] up.
[E] [N]
Key:
A
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A
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D
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] This is Seth.
[A#] Steve.
Dave.
This is Jeremy.
[E] I'm Cody Canada and we are The Departed and this is Texas Music.
_ _ [D] Welcome back.
You know, listening to Doug's song was like a buffet of Texas music.
He could play blues, rock, [A] traditional, country, Tejano, whatever you wanted, any way you wanted it. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
For [D] _ me, he kind of embodies Texas, what Texas is musically in a way.
He's a rocker, he's a [A] blues guy, he could play pedal steel guitar.
[G] There's pictures of Doug when he was a little kid.
He was like [D] six or seven years old in a cowboy suit playing pedal steel at his [G] dad's honky
[E] tonk in San Antonio.
_ [A] Doug Somme was considered to be a prodigy on steel guitar, mandolin, and fiddle.
[E] In 1964, Somme formed the Sir Douglas Quintet with his childhood friend, [B] Augie Meyer.
Their 1965 [A] hit single, She's About a [E] Mover, was a mix of Somme's burgeoning Tex-Mex sound
with the Beatles tune, She's a Woman. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Doug played bajo.
One time Doug said, man, we got to do something [Am] different.
I said, [B] why don't you buy a bajo and I'm going to get a accordion.
[Em] Let's see what we can do with that.
And that's what we did.
And we sat back and hibernated for a couple of months and [E] started doing that stuff.
Way back in the 70s, we were playing.
Doug had a big hit [B] in Sweden called Meet Me in Stockholm.
He was playing bajo [Em] and I was playing accordion on it.
We were covering a song of his called Crossroads and he [F#] got up on stage with us.
We knew he was going to be in town the next day.
It was in Locker in Belgium.
And we didn't know he was already there.
And we started singing the song and he got up and grabbed one of the mics and started
singing it with us.
And we were just like, oh, my God, this is our legendary hero.
[B] Walkin' on a little _ [F#] _ _
bit, [C#] make you walkin' more, Lord.
[F#] In 1990, [B] Doug formed the Texas [F#] Tornadoes, a super group with, of course, Augie [G#m] Myers
as well as longtime [F#] pal Flaco Jimenez and Freddie Fender.
[A] Hey, baby, kept my soul.
_ _ Thought I was your [D] only vaudeville.
_ The Tornadoes went on to record four [A] albums, win a Grammy, and spread Doug's brand of
Tejano music [D] to a whole new generation of fans with their Tex [G]-Mex sound and their
Spanglish-covered lyrics.
_ _ [A] Doug would be my guy because he's [D] from San Antonio.
And he also had such a diverse palette of musical taste and [Am] broad [G] scope of things
that he was interested [A] in.
Since I'm basically from outside of San Antonio, he was kind of my hero musically.
And he was a great lyricist.
_ And if you [G#] listen to my records, you hear so much of an influence.
I love the way he could take the Tejano, the blues, country, and put it all [E] together.
And it was just so [A] seamless.
He spanned so many types of music [D] and really paved the way [E] for a lot of different styles.
[A] I like the Sir Douglas Quintet, and I liked the Texas Tornado [D] feel, and the [E] last real
blues band that he did, too, which he [A] did more kind of a blues soul [A] towards the end.
And I was a fan of that, too.
That's the thing.
[E] I think he was really impressive no matter what [A] style he did.
And he was still able to _ completely capture [E] it and make it his own.
[A] And I just [E] had the best times.
And I really miss him because he was such a phenomenal inspiration.
He's just like one of those guys to me.
When I think of Texas music, I think of Doug.
I'm leaving you [D] girl, _ [A] heading [E] down the road.
We'll have more Doug Somme music with a [A] performance from one of his bands,
the Texas Tornadoes, [A#] coming right [B] up.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [E] _ [A] This is Seth.
[A#] Steve.
Dave.
This is Jeremy.
[E] I'm Cody Canada and we are The Departed and this is Texas Music.
_ _ [D] Welcome back.
You know, listening to Doug's song was like a buffet of Texas music.
He could play blues, rock, [A] traditional, country, Tejano, whatever you wanted, any way you wanted it. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
For [D] _ me, he kind of embodies Texas, what Texas is musically in a way.
He's a rocker, he's a [A] blues guy, he could play pedal steel guitar.
[G] There's pictures of Doug when he was a little kid.
He was like [D] six or seven years old in a cowboy suit playing pedal steel at his [G] dad's honky
[E] tonk in San Antonio.
_ [A] Doug Somme was considered to be a prodigy on steel guitar, mandolin, and fiddle.
[E] In 1964, Somme formed the Sir Douglas Quintet with his childhood friend, [B] Augie Meyer.
Their 1965 [A] hit single, She's About a [E] Mover, was a mix of Somme's burgeoning Tex-Mex sound
with the Beatles tune, She's a Woman. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Doug played bajo.
One time Doug said, man, we got to do something [Am] different.
I said, [B] why don't you buy a bajo and I'm going to get a accordion.
[Em] Let's see what we can do with that.
And that's what we did.
And we sat back and hibernated for a couple of months and [E] started doing that stuff.
Way back in the 70s, we were playing.
Doug had a big hit [B] in Sweden called Meet Me in Stockholm.
He was playing bajo [Em] and I was playing accordion on it.
We were covering a song of his called Crossroads and he [F#] got up on stage with us.
We knew he was going to be in town the next day.
It was in Locker in Belgium.
And we didn't know he was already there.
And we started singing the song and he got up and grabbed one of the mics and started
singing it with us.
And we were just like, oh, my God, this is our legendary hero.
[B] Walkin' on a little _ [F#] _ _
bit, [C#] make you walkin' more, Lord.
[F#] In 1990, [B] Doug formed the Texas [F#] Tornadoes, a super group with, of course, Augie [G#m] Myers
as well as longtime [F#] pal Flaco Jimenez and Freddie Fender.
[A] Hey, baby, kept my soul.
_ _ Thought I was your [D] only vaudeville.
_ The Tornadoes went on to record four [A] albums, win a Grammy, and spread Doug's brand of
Tejano music [D] to a whole new generation of fans with their Tex [G]-Mex sound and their
Spanglish-covered lyrics.
_ _ [A] Doug would be my guy because he's [D] from San Antonio.
And he also had such a diverse palette of musical taste and [Am] broad [G] scope of things
that he was interested [A] in.
Since I'm basically from outside of San Antonio, he was kind of my hero musically.
And he was a great lyricist.
_ And if you [G#] listen to my records, you hear so much of an influence.
I love the way he could take the Tejano, the blues, country, and put it all [E] together.
And it was just so [A] seamless.
He spanned so many types of music [D] and really paved the way [E] for a lot of different styles.
[A] I like the Sir Douglas Quintet, and I liked the Texas Tornado [D] feel, and the [E] last real
blues band that he did, too, which he [A] did more kind of a blues soul [A] towards the end.
And I was a fan of that, too.
That's the thing.
[E] I think he was really impressive no matter what [A] style he did.
And he was still able to _ completely capture [E] it and make it his own.
[A] And I just [E] had the best times.
And I really miss him because he was such a phenomenal inspiration.
He's just like one of those guys to me.
When I think of Texas music, I think of Doug.
I'm leaving you [D] girl, _ [A] heading [E] down the road.
We'll have more Doug Somme music with a [A] performance from one of his bands,
the Texas Tornadoes, [A#] coming right [B] up.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _