Goin' Down To Sing In Texas chords by Iris DeMent
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
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(G major)
(C major) I'm going down
Verse 1
(G major) to Singing Texas
Where (C major) anybody can carry a (G major) gun (C major) (G major)
(C major) But we will all (G major) be so much safer there
(C major) The biggest lie under the sun (G major) (C major) (G major)
(B minor) Go ahead and shoot me if it
float (A minor) s your little boat
(C major) But (B minor) I'll live by my conscience even
(A minor) if that's (C major) all she wrote
I'm going down (G major) to Singing Texas
Where (C major) anybody can carry a (G major) gun
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Verse 2
(G major) (C major)
It's (G major) been way too long comin' (C major)
But I wanna thank the chicks
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) They found out what
it's like to be a (C major) woman
And defy the (Dsus4) estab lishment (G major) (C major) (G major)
Merle Hag (B minor) gard, Willie Nelson,
any guy (A minor) in a cowboy hat (C major)
Would've (B minor) walked away unscathed
(A minor) taking a stand like (C major) that
Well, it's been (G major) way too long comin' (C major)
But I wanna (G major) thank the chicks
Interlude 1
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(E minor) (A major) (D major) (Dsus4) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 3
I'm so glad Jesus drove those money (C major)
changers out of the church (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) He didn't mince His words for fear (C major) that their
feelings might get hurt (G major) (C major) (G major)
(B minor) He spoke truth to power,
He stood (C major) up for the poor
(B minor) The church today wouldn't even
(A minor) let Him through (C major) the door
I'm so glad (G major) Jesus drove those money (C major) changers out
of the (G major) church
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
I (G major) know a couple of Muslims
And (C major) they seem like pretty decent
folks to (G major) me (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) I'd take any one of them
Over that (C major) evangelist I'm watching on (G major) TV
(B minor) You wanna ban something?
(A minor) I got a plan (C major)
(B minor) Let's ban hate from every
(A minor) corner of (C major) our land
Well, I know (G major) a couple of Muslims
And (C major) they seem like decent folks to me (G major)
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Interlude 3
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Verse 5
(G major) What's the deal with all
these war crimin (C major) als
Who get to walk around
free? (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) Like that president who lied (C major) about
(G major) (C major) (G major) (B minor) WM D?
Hundreds of thousands of people
Are (A minor) ly ing in their graves (C major)
Celebrities (B minor) are calling him the sweet (A minor)
new (C major) friend they made
But (G major) what's the deal with all
these war (C major) criminals
Out walking around free? (G major)
Interlude 4
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Verse 6
(G major) I just wanna say thank you
(C major) To those brave women
in the SWAT (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) Every day, (G major) their lives are jeopardized
(C major) By that hate- monger and his mob (G major)
(B minor) But when you care about something
(A minor) that's bigger than (C major) you
(B minor) Even the fires of Hell ain't too
(A minor) much to (C major) walk through
And I just wanna (G major) say thank you
(C major) To those brave women in the SWAT (G major)
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Interlude 5
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Verse 7
(G major) Ain't we all just a little bit tired
(C major) Of greedy people getting a free
(G major) pass? (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) Hoarding obscene amounts of wealth
(C major) Riding on everybody
else's (G major) back? (C major) (G major)
(B minor) Hey, Mr. (A minor) Bezos, I'm talking to you
(C major) That (B minor) flimsy veil you're wearing
is so (A minor) easy (C major) to see through
Ain't we all (G major) just a little bit tired
Of greedy (C major) people getting a free
Interlude 6
pass?
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Verse 8
(G major) How many more people of color
(C major) We gonna let be gunned
down by (G major) police? (C major)
(G major) How many more perpetrators
(C major) We gonna sit back and watch
walk free? (G major) (C major) (G major)
(B minor) You took a knee to stand (A minor)
up for your right (C major) s
(B minor) I want you to know that I'm
right (A minor) there by your (C major) side
And how many (G major) more people of color
Are (C major) we gonna let be gunned down by po
Interlude 7
lice?
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Verse 9
I know (G major) I'm just a pilgrim (C major)
I'm only passing through (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) It's a choice I make trying (C major) to be true
It's a choice I make trying to be true (G major)
I don't know (B minor) if there's a
judgement day (A minor) or a mas (C major) ter plan
(B minor) But I want to be ready if be
(C major) fore the Lord I stand
And I know (G major) I'm just a pilgrim (C major) only
Interlude 8
passing through
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (A major) (D major)
(G major)
(C major) I'm going down
Verse 10
(G major) to sing in Texas
Where (C major) anybody can carry a (G major) gun
(C major) But we will all (G major) be so much safer there
(C major) The biggest lie under the sun
(G major)
Verse 11
(B minor) Go ahead and shoot me
in the throat (A minor) you little boat
(C major) But I (B minor) will live by my conscience
even if (C major) that's all she wrote
I'm going down (G major) to sing in Texas
Where (C major) anybody can carry a (G major) gun
Verse 12
I'm going down (E minor) to sing in Arkansas
Where (A major) anybody can (C major) carry a gun (G major)
I'm going up (E minor) to sing in Michigan
Where (A major) anybody can (C major) carry a gun
(G major)
Verse 13
My mama told me you can run (E minor) to
the rocks and try to hide (G major) your face
(E minor) But those rock (C major) s will cry out,
"There ain't no hiding place" (C major)
So I'll go on down (G major) and sing in Texas (G major)
Where any (D major) body can carry
(C major) a gun
Outro 1
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Goin' Down To Sing In Texas
Iris DeMent
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