Long Tall Texan:Murry Kellum.
#51 on BB Hot 100 on M.O.C. Records
in 1963.
INTRO:
C
Giddy up..Giddy up..
#1.
C
Well, I'm a long tall Texan..I ride a big white horse.
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse.)
F C
Yes, I'm a long tall Texan..I ride a big white horse.
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse.)
G7
Well, people look at me and say..hurrah, hurrah, is that
C
your horse?
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse, yeah.)
#2.
C
Well, I'm a long tall Texan..I wear a ten gallon hat.
(He rides from Texas with a ten gallon hat.)
F C
Yes, I'm a long tall Texan..I wear a ten gallon hat.
(He rides from Texas with a ten gallon hat.)
G7
Well, people look at me and say..hurrah, hurrah is that
C
your hat?
(He rides from Texas with a ten gallon hat, yeah.)
CHORUS:
C F
Well, I was walkin' down the street with my shinin' badge,
C
my spurs jinglin' down at my feet.
F D
I seen a man a comin', comin' with a gun..and I just can't
G7
be beat.
#3.
C
Well, I'm a long tall Texan..I enforce justice for the law.
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law.)
F C
Well, I'm a long tall Texan..I enforce justice for the law.
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law.)
G7 C
Well, people look at me and say..hurrah, hurrah, is you the law?
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law, yeah.)
OUTRO:
C
Wooo..ooo..ooo..ooo..whup(x2)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
