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Texas, 1947 chords by
Guy Clark
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
G
G

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D
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Now bein' six years old,
F
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Dm
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I had seen some trains before
G
G

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So it's hard to figure out
A
A

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D
D

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what I'm at the depot for
Verse 2
D
D

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Trains are big and black and smokin'
Dm
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- steam screamin' at the wheels
G
G

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Bigger than anything they is,
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at least that's the way she feels
Verse 3
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Trains are big and black and smokin',

louder'n July four,
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G

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But everybody's actin' like this
A
A

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D
D

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might be somethin' more...
Verse 4
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D

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Than just pickin' up the mail,
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Dm
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or the soldiers from the war
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This is somethin' that even old man
A
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D
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Wileman never seen before
Verse 5
Em
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And it's late afternoon

on a hot Texas day

Somethin' strange is goin' on,
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and we's all in the way
Verse 6
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Well there's fifty or sixty people they're
Dm
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just sittin' on their cars
D
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And the old men left their dominos and they
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D
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come down from the bars
Verse 7
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Everybody's checkin',

old Jack Kittrel check his watch

And us kids put our ears to the
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rails to hear 'em pop
Verse 8
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So we already knowed it,

when they finally said 'train time'
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You'd a-thought that Jesus Christ
A
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D
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his-self was was rollin' down the line
Verse 9
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'Cause things got real quiet,
Dm
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momma jerked me back
Dsus4
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But not before I'd got the chance to
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D
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lay a nickel on the track
Verse 10
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[Chorus:]

Look out here she comes, she's
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G

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comin'

Look out there she goes,

she's gone,
A
A

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Screamin' straight through Texas
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Like a mad dog cyclone
A
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Big, red, and silver
Verse 11


She don't make no smoke
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She's a fast-rollin' streamline

streamline
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G
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A
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Come to show the
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folks
Interlude 1
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Gm
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D
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[Chorus:]
Verse 12
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Lord, she never even stopped

She left fifty or sixty people still
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Dm
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sittin' on their cars
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And they're wonderin'

what it's comin' to
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An d how it got this far
Verse 13
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Oh but me I got a nickel
F
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Dm
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smashed flatter than a dime
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By a mad dog, runaway red-silver streamline...train
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Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • D

  • F

  • Dm

  • A

  • Em

  • Dsus4

  • Gm

    3

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Texas, 1947 by Guy Clark is E major.

The primary chords used in Texas, 1947 are A, E, G, Em, B, F#m.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, E, G, Em, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Texas, 1947 is approximately 105 beats per minute.

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