Heart Of Texas chords by
Billy Joe Shaver
Waylon Jennings

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Key: G major

Verse 1
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Live at Billy Bob's Texas,
the original honky -tonk hero,
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Mr. Billy Joe Shaver!
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The heart of Texas where I  was born,
I'm proud to say
The Lone Star stays where
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I'm coming from
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God Almighty's been good to me
Where I grew up I learned
about the Alamo
With a feeling of pride down
deep inside me
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Saying go man go
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You can be all you want to be
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Yes right there we're the best here
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Smack dab in the heart of Texas,
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thank you ma 'am
Papa run off before I was born
Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids
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In the Texas sun
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We grew up in the cotton field
So we learned how to work
learned how to put a bunch
of words together
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As the years rolled by
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God gave me a way to go
And when my sweetheart
listened to the songs I played
She said I love you honey
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But there ain't much money in the serenade
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I need a man with a real job
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Now she's back there where I left
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God knows I still think about
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her now and then
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But she knows these clothes I'm wearing
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Is the kind that sure tells
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I'm always flapping in the wind

Interlude 1

Yee -haw!

Verse 2

I've made my music

from coast to coast

Verse 3

And over the water

couldn't get no hotter

than a dang near throw

Verse 4

Remember the Isle of Moan

Verse 5

The road is long, but the heart is strong

Verse 6

I was Texas born and raised

Verse 7

And Texas is still my home

Verse 8
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Texas is home, sweet home
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Yeah, it's right there where
the best jet is
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Smack dab in the heart of Texas
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Thank you, ma 'am
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Where my songs are always played
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And in good old Texas
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Girls say, honey, where you been?

Interlude 2
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Yes right

Verse 9

there where the best is

Smack dab in the heart of Texas

Thank you man

Thank you very much.

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