Beautiful Texas chords by Hank Thompson

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Verse 1
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Well,  (D major) looks like it's showtime for us,
so let's follow the
marching band
back around to the soundstage.
It's the State Fair of Texas,
lots to see and lots to do.
Don't forget the big livestock show,
and the horse show,
and the auto show.
Don't forget the ice cafes,
two shows daily.
and don't forget Circus Lake.
See, the International Great Fair,
it's all part of the biggest and
best fair in all the land,
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 (D major) the State Fair of Texas.  (E flat major) 
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Well, we're  (D major) mighty glad to have  (G major) you folks
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 (E flat major) gathered back around the soundstage
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 (D major) for another one of our shows here at the big State
Fair of Texas.
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 (A flat major)  (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 2
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 (D major) 
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Well,  (D major) as most of you folks know,
I was born and raised here in Texas,
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and this  (B major) song I've been singing  (E major) all my life.
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It was  (D major) written by our former
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gov (D major) ernor and senator,
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W.  (A major) Leo Daniel,
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the song,  (D major) Beautiful Texas.  (G major) 
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We've all read of the beautiful stories
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Of the countries far over the  (A major) sea
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From whence came our  (E major) an cest (A major) ors
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to establish this land of the  (D major) free?
There are some folks
who still like to travel
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to see what they have over there  (G major) 
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But  (E minor) when  (G major) they go look,
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it's  (D major) not like the book,  (B major) 
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and they  (E major) see that there's  (A major) none to compare
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 (D major) To beautiful, beautiful Texas,
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where the beautiful bluebonnets grow.  (A major) 
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We're proud of our fore (C sharp minor) fath   (A major) ers,
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who fought at the Alamo.  (D major) 
You can live on the plains
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 (G major) or the  (D major) mountains,
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or down where the sea breezes  (G major) blow.
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But  (E major) you're  (G major) still in beautiful  (A major) Texas,  (D major) 
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 (B major) the most  (E major) beautiful place  (A major) that I know.  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (A major)  (D major) 
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You can travel on beautiful  (A major) high (D major) ways
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By city, by village, by farm  (A major) 
Or fly above on the skyways
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to the beau (E major) ty below  (A major) you will charm.  (D major) 
White cotton, green pastures,
blue rivers,
golden wheat fields
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and fruit trees that  (G major) bear.
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You  (E minor)  (G major) may search till doomsday
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and  (D major) then you will say
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 (B major) that  (E major) Texas has  (A major) beauty to spare.
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 (D major) Oh, beautiful, beautiful Texas,
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where the beautiful bluebonnets grow.  (A major) 
We're proud of our forefathers
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who fought at the Alamo.  (D major) 
You can live on the plains
or the mountains,
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or down where the sea breezes  (G major) blow.
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Em 
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 (B major) But  (E minor)  (G major) you're still in beautiful Texas,  (D major) 
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 (B major) the most  (E major) beautiful place  (A major) that I  (D major) know.