The Girls From Texas

The Girls From Texas easy guitar chords by Ry Cooder

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well, 
    I met 

    a girl 
    from 
    Texas 
    'bout 
    a year 
    ago 

    Hadn't 
    known 
    her for 
    too 
    long 

    when I 
    had 
    to 
    let her 
    go 

    You see, 
    she 
    had 
    a razor, 

    was 
    ten 
    inches 
    or so 

    And every 
    night 
    you'd 
    hear 

    her knocking 
    at my 
    door 

    She said, 
    Baby, 

    I'll 
    give 
    you 
    the clothes 
    on 
    my 
    back 

    You 
    can 
    have 
    everything 
    that 

    I've 
    got 
    in 
    my shack 

    But if 
    you 
    ever 
    try 
    to leave 
    they'll 

    take 
    your 
    out 
    in 
    sack 

    Cause 
    me 
    and 
    my 
    razor 
    will 

    see 
    to 
    that" 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 

    are 
    from 
    Texas 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 

    are 
    from 
    Texas 

    That's 
    the way 
    the 
    girls 
    are 
    from 
    Texas 


    thought 
    about 
    my situation, 

    decided 
    not 
    to tarry 

    For 
    my 
    own 
    self 
    preservation 
    de

    cided 
    we should 
    marry 

    When 
    the 
    preacher 
    started 

    reading 
    bout 
    till 
    death 
    do 
    us 
    part 

    told 
    him, "Skip 
    it, 
    we 
    had 
    that 
    understanding 

    right 
    from 
    the start" 


    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 

    are 
    from 
    Texas 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 
    are 
    from 

    Texas 
    Houston to 
    San Antone 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 
    are 
    from 
    Texas 
    got to 
    love'em right 

    or 
    leave 
    em alone 





    Well, 
    we settled 
    down, 
    got 
    me a 
    little old 
    job, 

    65 Fairlane Ford 

    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 

    I had 
    ever 
    seen 

    It's 
    the same 
    old 
    story 
    and 
    I'm afraid 

    it wasn't 
    too 
    very 
    long 

    Before 
    we 
    had 
    fallen 
    deeply 
    in 
    love 

    and I 
    knew it was 
    wrong 

    I said 
    baby, 

    we got 
    to stop 
    this 
    thing 
    right 
    here 

    Or 
    my woman 
    is 
    gonna 
    cut 
    my 
    throat 
    from 
    ear 
    to 
    ear, 

    that's 
    right 

    Tearful 
    suffocation, 

    she looked 
    up 
    in my face 

    I could feel 
    her heart 
    was break
    ing 
    as 

    these 
    sad 
    words 
    she 
    did say 

    "You 
    should have 
    told 
    me you 
    was married, 

    baby" 

    She 
    pulled 
    out a forty- 
    five 
    and 
    let 
    me 
    have 
    it, 

    right 
    smack 
    between 
    the eyes 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 

    are 
    from 
    Texas 

    That's 
    the way the 
    girls 

    are from 
    Texas 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 
    are 
    from 
    Texas 

    She 
    was guilty, 
    was 
    dead 

    Now, 
    what'd you 
    think 

    that the 
    old judge 
    said 

    "Ah, 
    that's 
    just 
    the way the 
    girls 
    are 
    down 

    here 
    in Texas 
    Case 
    dismissed!" 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 

    are 
    from 
    Texas 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 
    are 
    from 

    Texas 
    Houston 
    to 
    San Antone 

    That's 
    the way 
    the girls 
    are 
    from 
    Texas 
    got 
    to love'em right 
    or 
    leave'em alone, 

    Outro 1
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