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The Girls From Texas chords by
Flaco Jimenez
Flaco Jimenez
Ry Cooder
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, I met a girl from

Texas 'bout a year ago

Hadn't known her for too long
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when I had to let her go
C
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You see, she had a razor,
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was ten inches or so
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G

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And every night you'd hear
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her knocking at my door
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She said, Baby,

I'll give you the clothes on my back

You can have everything that
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I've got in my shack

But if you ever try to leave they'll
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take your out in sack
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Cause me and my razor
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will see to that"

That's the way the girls
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G

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are from Texas

That's the way the girls
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are from Texas
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That's the way the girls are from Texas

I thought about my situation,

decided not to tarry

For my own self preservation I
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decided we should marry
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When the preacher started
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reading bout till death do us part
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I told him, "Skip it,
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we had that understanding right from the start"
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That's the way the girls
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are from Texas

That's the way the girls are from
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Texas Houston to San Antone
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That's the way the girls are from Texas got to love'em right
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or leave em alone
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Dm
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Well, we settled down, got me a little old job,

65 Fairlane Ford
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Every Friday night I would stop in and cash my

pay check down at the grocery store

They had a little girl worked in there,

must have been about seventeen

She was the cutest thing
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I had ever seen
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It's the same old story and I'm
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afraid it wasn't too very long

Before we had fallen deeply
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in love and I knew it was wrong
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I said baby,
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we got to stop this thing right here
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Or my woman is gonna cut my throat from ear to ear,
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that's right

Tearful suffocation,

she looked up in my face
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C
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I could feel her heart was breaking

as these sad words she did say
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"You should have told me you was married,

baby"

She pulled out a forty- five and let me have it,
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right smack between the eyes

That's the way the girls
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are from Texas

That's the way the girls
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are from Texas

That's the way the girls are from Texas
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She was guilty, I was dead

Now, what'd you think that
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the old judge said ?
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"Ah, that's just the way the girls are down
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here in Texas Case dismissed!"

That's the way the girls
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are from Texas

That's the way the girls are from
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Texas Houston to San Antone
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C
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That's the way the girls are from Texas got to
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love'em right or leave'em alone, boy

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • Dm

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of The Girls From Texas by Flaco Jimenez, Ry Cooder is C major.

The primary chords used in The Girls From Texas are G, F, C, Dm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, F, C, Dm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Girls From Texas is approximately 115 beats per minute.

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