Sweetwater, Texas chords by Charlie Daniels and The Charlie Daniels Band
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I was
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a young man in Sweetwater, Texas
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Just one thing stayed on my mind
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To ride a white horse,
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over Durango Mountain
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And leave Sweetwater, Texas behind
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Verse 2
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But I turned 21, in Sweetwater, Texas
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But just one thing made me stay there
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I wanted to leave
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but I was in love with
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The girl with the chestnut brown hair
Verse 3
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Then came a time,
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when she said she'd be mine
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And go any place, any time
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So we rode a gray dog,
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over Durango Mountain
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And left Sweetwater Texas behind
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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It was thunderin' and lightnin'
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when we left Nolan County
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The bus rolled along through the night
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And Old 36, was the magic black
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[In comprehensible]
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Leading towards the stadium lights
Verse 5
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Well we pulled into Hou
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s ton at ten in the morning
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Our hopes were a high as the sky
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But hope turned to weeks,
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then to years, then forever
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I never knew how fast time goes by
Verse 6
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Cowboys in cars and country
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girls in bars
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Somehow, it just don't seem fair,
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And I wanted to die 'cause
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I knew I was losing,
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The girl with the chestnut brown hair
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Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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So many times I've said,
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I'd rather be dead,
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Than take it down and go back,
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and unclear my head
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But if the good Lord sees his way
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to let me live one more day
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I'm so tired of being alone
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Verse 8
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Gonna ride a white horse
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over Durango Mountain
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And make Sweetwater,
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Texas my home
Outro 1
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Sweetwater, Texas
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