Recorded in the Key of " A5 " INTRO: A5 VERSE ONE A5 D5 Been having a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont. E5 E5 A5 E5 I loved that town but I just couldn't stay. A5 D5 ( D5 - D#5 - E5 ) Two-stepped all the way to Ama-rillo, slide E5 A5 Shuffled my way into Santa Fe. A5 F#5 E5 D5 I just had to see the sun set out in Frisco. F#5 D5 E5 E5 (STOP) The Golden Gate is great, but it ain't home. N.C. A5 - A5 (STOP) Give me a rodeo. CHORUS N.C. D5 A5 Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. E5 E5 A5 I am what I am ,..And that's what I'm gonna be. D5 A5 D5 (STOP) You can say what you wanna say,...About my in-san-ity. E5 ( E5 - Eb5 - E5 ) E5 A5 Blame it on Texas,.(slide)...Don't blame it on me. INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND E5 - A5 VERSE TWO A5 D5 Met a girl out in eastern Okla-homa. E5 E5 A5 Her daddy was a Tulsa million-aire. A5 D5 With miles and miles of oil wells, he'd leave her. E5 A5 Well all a man could want was waiting there. F#5 E5 D5 But one night while she lay sleeping, I slipped away. F#5 D5 E5 E5 (STOP) Like no man in his right mind would do. N.C. A5 - A5 Call me a fool CHORUS REPEAT N.C. D5 A5 Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. E5 E5 A5 I am what I am ,...And that's what I'm gonna be. D5 A5 D5 (STOP) You can say what you wanna say,..About my in-san-ity. E5 ( E5 - Eb5 - E5 ) E5 A5 Blame it on Texas,.(slide)...Don't blame it on me. TAGG A5 A5 D5 (STOP) You can say what you wanna say,About my in-san-ity E5 Blame it on Texas E5 A5 (notes A5 - C#5 - D5 - D#5 - E5 E5 - D5 - C#5 - A5 ) A5 Don't blame it on me.
