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Artist - Chris Rea
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Song - Texas
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Album - Road To Hell
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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A
Warm winds blowing
D
Heating blue sky
F#m F
And a road that goes forever
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VERSE 2
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A
Been thinking 'bout it lately
Been watching some TV
Em
Been looking all around me
A
At what has come to be
D
Been talking to my neighbor
And he agrees with me
F
G A
It's all gone crazy
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CHORUS
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A
Well my wife returns from taking
My little girl to school
A
She's got beads of perspiration
As she tries to keep her cool
D
She says that mess it don't get no better
There's gonna come a day
F
Someone's gonna get killed out there
G A
And I turn to her and say Texas
She says what?
Em
I said Texas
A
She says what?
D
They've got big long road out there
F G
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VERSE 3
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A
Warm winds blowing
Em
Heating blue sky
D F
And a road that goes forever
G A
I'm going to Texas
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02:03
SLIDE
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B|-15\17------|-15\17------|-17\15--13\14----|---s---------|-12\14-15-16-16\17-12\14----------|-------12\14----|
G|------------|------------|--------------14-|-12\14--12~~~|-------------------------14--12~~~|-12-14-------14-|
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BRIDGE
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A
We got to get out of here
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|---s---|
D|-5-\-7-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
We got to get out of here
F G
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|--s--|
D|-5\7-|
A|-----|
E|-----|
02:41
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-12\14----12\14----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
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RIFF 1 no slide - Play this with chorus below
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7--5-7----s--5------p---------|
A|--------3-5\7---5-3-5-3--------|
E|------------------------5--3-5-|
CHORUS
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A
Well I got a little brother
e|-slide continues-|
B|---s-------------|
G|-12\14-----------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Several meters high
e|----------|
B|---s------|
G|-12\14-14-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Em
Yea his built just like a quarterback
A
And he swears he'll testify
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-12\14----12\14----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
D
He says he's been to Texas
And that's the only place to be
e|---s-------------------s------|
B|-12\14-15-16-16\17---12\14----|
G|---------------------------14-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
F
Big stakes, big girls, no trouble here
G
That's the place for me
e|---s---17----17--17-17-~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-15\17----17---------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
A
I'm going to Texas, yea yeaaaa
s
e|-15\17-~~~~--15-|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
F
G A
Oh I'm going to Texas, Yeaa yea
e|---s---12---s-------------|
B|-12\14----12\14-----------|
G|----------------14-~~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
F
e|---s---17-|
B|-15\17----|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
G A
I'm going to Texas
e|---s---------s-------------=|
B|-15\17-15--12\14----------s-|
G|-----------------14----14-\-|
D|-----------------------14-\-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
Yea yeaaaaa
03:47 s s s s
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G|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------14-|-12\14-12-|
D|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
A|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
E|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
04:15 s
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B|-12\14----14\12---------|-15\17-------|-15\17--------17--------|-17-------------|
G|----------------14-~~~~-|-------17-14-|-------17---------------|----------------|
D|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
A|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
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B|---------17----17----17----17-\-15-------|---s---14-15-16-16\17--12\14----|---s---17---s---17-17\20-17-16-15-|
G|-----------------------------------14-14-|-12\14-----------------------14-|-17\18----17\18-------------------|
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fade out..........................................................................
s s s s
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G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------15\17----17\--12\14-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
ENJOY.......
