Intro : G5   G5  E5  2x 
 

Verse I: 
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Last night I had me a nightmare 
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Dreamed that Texas was burning down...burning down 
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And all them people, I had grown up to love 
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Leaving town 
 
Chorus: 
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I cried "oh Holy Moses, bring blood to the Red Red Sea 
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Bring back Townes Van Zandt, and my heroes back to me 
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Because I can play their songs, but it ain't they way they do 
               D5 
It ain't they way they do." 
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I had a nightmare, a nightmare, it was a nightmare. 

Verse II: 
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Buddy Holly was riding on the wind 
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Stevie Ray, well he was too 
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When their star, come tumbling to the ground  
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Wasn't a thing that all the king's horses 
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And all the king's men could do 
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Me I've just got my ol' bar stool 
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And man it's burning me down...burning me down 
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Just like a brush fire, that burns on through the night 
            C5 
One of these days I'm just going 
       D5 
These days I'm going to burn on out 
 
Repeat Chorus 
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