Chords for Radney Foster - Texas in 1880
Tempo:
64.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] You know, there's always [Db] been something magic about Gibson guitars to me.
[C] when I looked at the people [G] that I wanted to emulate, it seemed like to
[D] it was Woody [E] Guthrie [Em] or Merle Haggard, Lefty
some kind of Gibson [A] guitar in their hands, you know.
long as I can remember.
full of everything that I owned [G] in Del Rio, Texas to seek my
fortune in the music business, much to my parents' chagrin.
and she said,
[C] when I looked at the people [G] that I wanted to emulate, it seemed like to
[D] it was Woody [E] Guthrie [Em] or Merle Haggard, Lefty
some kind of Gibson [A] guitar in their hands, you know.
long as I can remember.
full of everything that I owned [G] in Del Rio, Texas to seek my
fortune in the music business, much to my parents' chagrin.
and she said,
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ You know, there's always [Db] been something magic about Gibson guitars to me.
There's a [Eb] history and a tone.
I mean, you know, [C] when I looked at the people [G] that I wanted to emulate, it seemed like to
me they were always playing a [Em] Gibson, whether [D] it was Woody [E] Guthrie [Em] or Merle Haggard, Lefty
[C] Frizzell, they all seemed to have some kind of Gibson [A] guitar in their hands, you know.
[A] It's been [D] synonymous with country music for as long as I can remember.
_ [Em] _ _ _ I was loading my Volkswagen full of everything that I owned [G] in Del Rio, Texas to seek my
fame and fortune in the music business, much to my parents' chagrin.
_ [Abm] My mother's best friend [Eb] was a rancher's daughter just like my mom, and she said,
Redney, that music business is just like rodeoing.
It'll get in your blood and you can't get it [E] out.
[D] About halfway between Del Rio and San Antonio, I had to pull the car over and I got the first
verse to this song.
Everybody thinks it's just [Eb] a song about rodeo, but it's really a song about dreamers.
[Em] I can hear the wind whisper my name, [G] telling me it's time to head out again.
[D] My horses are trillered and the lights are [G] shut down, I'm long overdue for heading out [Em] of town.
Got a fever that they call the [G] rodeo, just enough wind to make the next [D] show.
Sometimes you make eight, sometimes you hit [G] dirt, go on, put another number to the back
of my shirt, and I'll ride that pony fast.
Like a cowboy from [C] the past, [G] be young and wild [C] and free.
[G] Like Texas in [C] 1880, _ [G] just like Texas in _ 1880.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] I'm from Phoenix and Tulsa to the [G] Astrodome, New York City down to San Antonio.
[D] These boys are riding for legendary fame, and our money's all gone, but we ride just the same.
[Em] Our hearts are getting broken, our heads are getting busted.
[G] We'll always believe in the things that we trust.
[D] There'll be those nights when glory comes around, [C] and we'll tip our hats and wave to
the crowd, [G] and then ride [D] that [C] pony fast.
_ [G] Like a [D] cowboy [C] from the past, [G] be [D] young and [C] wild and free.
_ [G] Like Texas [D] in _ [C] 1880, _ [G] just like Texas [D] in _ [G] 1880. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Someday when you're older, someone will see [Em] that buckle hanging there on your belt.
[C] I'll ask [G] you just how it felt to [D] ride that [C] pony fast.
_ [G] Like a [D] cowboy [C] from the [G] past, [G] be young [D] and wild [C] and free.
_ [G] Like Texas in [C] 1880, _ [G] just like Texas [D] in [G] 1880.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] Just like Texas, _ _ [C] _ _ [G] oh just like home.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ You know, there's always [Db] been something magic about Gibson guitars to me.
There's a [Eb] history and a tone.
I mean, you know, [C] when I looked at the people [G] that I wanted to emulate, it seemed like to
me they were always playing a [Em] Gibson, whether [D] it was Woody [E] Guthrie [Em] or Merle Haggard, Lefty
[C] Frizzell, they all seemed to have some kind of Gibson [A] guitar in their hands, you know.
[A] It's been [D] synonymous with country music for as long as I can remember.
_ [Em] _ _ _ I was loading my Volkswagen full of everything that I owned [G] in Del Rio, Texas to seek my
fame and fortune in the music business, much to my parents' chagrin.
_ [Abm] My mother's best friend [Eb] was a rancher's daughter just like my mom, and she said,
Redney, that music business is just like rodeoing.
It'll get in your blood and you can't get it [E] out.
[D] About halfway between Del Rio and San Antonio, I had to pull the car over and I got the first
verse to this song.
Everybody thinks it's just [Eb] a song about rodeo, but it's really a song about dreamers.
[Em] I can hear the wind whisper my name, [G] telling me it's time to head out again.
[D] My horses are trillered and the lights are [G] shut down, I'm long overdue for heading out [Em] of town.
Got a fever that they call the [G] rodeo, just enough wind to make the next [D] show.
Sometimes you make eight, sometimes you hit [G] dirt, go on, put another number to the back
of my shirt, and I'll ride that pony fast.
Like a cowboy from [C] the past, [G] be young and wild [C] and free.
[G] Like Texas in [C] 1880, _ [G] just like Texas in _ 1880.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] I'm from Phoenix and Tulsa to the [G] Astrodome, New York City down to San Antonio.
[D] These boys are riding for legendary fame, and our money's all gone, but we ride just the same.
[Em] Our hearts are getting broken, our heads are getting busted.
[G] We'll always believe in the things that we trust.
[D] There'll be those nights when glory comes around, [C] and we'll tip our hats and wave to
the crowd, [G] and then ride [D] that [C] pony fast.
_ [G] Like a [D] cowboy [C] from the past, [G] be [D] young and [C] wild and free.
_ [G] Like Texas [D] in _ [C] 1880, _ [G] just like Texas [D] in _ [G] 1880. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Someday when you're older, someone will see [Em] that buckle hanging there on your belt.
[C] I'll ask [G] you just how it felt to [D] ride that [C] pony fast.
_ [G] Like a [D] cowboy [C] from the [G] past, [G] be young [D] and wild [C] and free.
_ [G] Like Texas in [C] 1880, _ [G] just like Texas [D] in [G] 1880.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] Just like Texas, _ _ [C] _ _ [G] oh just like home.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _