Played as a Waltz
Chords for Verses and Chorus: G D C G
[Verse 1]
G D C G
Well the worlds greatest wonder from what I can tell
G D C G
Is how a cowgirl like you could ever look my way
G D C G
I was blinded by glory with a half written story
G D C
and song spillin out off of every page
[Chorus]
( G D C G )
G D C G
Sweet Amarillo, Tears on my pillow
G D C G
You never will know how much I cried
G D C G
Sweet Amarillo, like a wind in the willow
G D C G
Damn this old cowboy for my foolish pride
[Verse 2]
G D C G
So I drifted on down from the Iron Ore range
G D C G
Caught the wide Missouri where the cool waters flow
G D C G
When I got to Topeka, I looked up your name
G D C
but they said you rode off with the last rodeo
[Chorus]
( G D C G )
G D C G
Sweet Amarillo, Tears on my pillow
G D C G
You never will know how much I cried
G D C G
Sweet Amarillo, like a wind in the willow
G D C G
Damn this old cowboy for my foolish pride
[Bridge]
C
Well the thunders are rumblin
and the tumbleweeds tumblin
D
and the rodeo clowns are paintin their face
Am
I?m gunnin the throttle for Llano Estacado
C D
on a wild appaloosa I?m blowing your way
Instrumental Verse
[Verse 3]
G D C G
Down in old Amarillo theres a light in the window
G D C G
where a road weary shadow drifts into the arms
G D C G
of a long distance lover then they turn back the covers
G D C
and dance the Redova till the light of the dawn
[Chorus]
G D C G
Sweeeeeet Amarillo
G D C G
Sweeeeeet Amarillo
