Giant chords by Art Mooney

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Verse 1
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Austin and Houston and Alamo,
El Paso, Crystal City, Waco,
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Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio,
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and Galveston and Amarillo
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This land is Texas,
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lone star state of Texas
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This is the giant land I love
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Just like a sleepin' giant,
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sprawlin' in  the sun
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In one great land, the Rio Grande,
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in the other Galveston
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Where oil wells laugh at angels,
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buzzards wheel above
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This is Texas, Longstaff
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State of Texas,
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This is the giant man,
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my ma.
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My ma was born in Dallas,
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Father in  Fort Worth.
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You can bet your boots,
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I got my roots
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in the good old Texas Earth
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Just see the silver dollars
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falling from above
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This, then, is Texas,
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the gold star state of Texas
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This is the giant land I
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love
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God made these lonely acres
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Where I   ride alone
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But the devil cursed this land with thirst
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And  he bleached it like a  bone
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One day a wild tornado,
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next a   gentle down.
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This then is Texas,
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lone star state of Texas.
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This is the giant,
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land by land.
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Austin and Houston and Alamo
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El Paso, Crystal City, Wa co
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Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio
And Galveston and Amarillo
Thank