Goin' Down To Sing In Texas chords by Iris DeMent
Intro 1
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I'm going down
Verse 1
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to Singing Texas
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Where anybody can carry a gun
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But we will all be so much safer there
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The biggest lie under the sun
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Go ahead and shoot me if it
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floats your little boat
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But I'll live by my conscience even
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if that's all she wrote
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I'm going down to Singing Texas
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Where anybody can carry a gun
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Verse 2
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It's been way too long comin'
But I wanna thank the chicks
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They found out what
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it's like to be a woman
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And defy the estab lishment
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Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson,
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any guy in a cowboy hat
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Would've walked away unscathed
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taking a stand like that
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Well, it's been way too long comin'
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But I wanna thank the chicks
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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I'm so glad Jesus drove those money
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changers out of the church
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He didn't mince His words for fear that their
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feelings might get hurt
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He spoke truth to power,
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He stood up for the poor
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The church today wouldn't even
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let Him through the door
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I'm so glad Jesus drove those money changers out
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of the church
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Verse 4
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I know a couple of Muslims
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And they seem like pretty decent
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folks to me
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I'd take any one of them
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Over that evangelist I'm watching on TV
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You wanna ban something?
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I got a plan
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Let's ban hate from every
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corner of our land
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Well, I know a couple of Muslims
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And they seem like decent folks to me
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Interlude 3
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Verse 5
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What's the deal with all
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these war criminals
Who get to walk around
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free?
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Like that president who lied about
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Hundreds of thousands of people
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Are ly ing in their graves
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Celebrities are calling him the sweet
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new friend they made
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But what's the deal with all
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these war criminals
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Out walking around free?
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Verse 6
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I just wanna say thank you
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To those brave women
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in the SWAT
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Every day, their lives are jeopardized
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By that hate- monger and his mob
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But when you care about something
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that's bigger than you
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Even the fires of Hell ain't too
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much to walk through
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And I just wanna say thank you
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To those brave women in the SWAT
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Verse 7
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Ain't we all just a little bit tired
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Of greedy people getting a free
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pass?
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Hoarding obscene amounts of wealth
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Riding on everybody
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else's back?
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Hey, Mr. Bezos, I'm talking to you
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That flimsy veil you're wearing
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is so easy to see through
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Ain't we all just a little bit tired
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Of greedy people getting a free
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pass?
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Verse 8
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How many more people of color
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We gonna let be gunned
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down by police?
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How many more perpetrators
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We gonna sit back and watch
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walk free?
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You took a knee to stand
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up for your rights
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I want you to know that I'm
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right there by your side
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And how many more people of color
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Are we gonna let be gunned down by po
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lice?
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Verse 9
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I know I'm just a pilgrim
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I'm only passing through
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It's a choice I make trying to be true
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It's a choice I make trying to be true
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I don't know if there's a
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judgement day or a master plan
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But I want to be ready if be
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fore the Lord I stand
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And I know I'm just a pilgrim only
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passing through
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I'm going down
Verse 10
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to sing in Texas
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Where anybody can carry a gun
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But we will all be so much safer there
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The biggest lie under the sun
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Verse 11
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Go ahead and shoot me
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in the throat you little boat
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But I will live by my conscience
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even if that's all she wrote
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I'm going down to sing in Texas
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Where anybody can carry a gun
Verse 12
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I'm going down to sing in Arkansas
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Where anybody can carry a gun
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I'm going up to sing in Michigan
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Where anybody can carry a gun
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Verse 13
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My mama told me you can run to
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the rocks and try to hide your face
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But those rocks will cry out,
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"There ain't no hiding place"
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So I'll go on down and sing in Texas
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Where anybody can carry
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a gun
Outro 1
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Goin' Down To Sing In Texas
Iris DeMent
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