Charlie Daniels Band

Sweetwater Texas
transcribed by:Aaron Komara

G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)        GWhen (320003@1)I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas
G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)          DJust (xx0232@1)one thing stayed on my mind
G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)     GTo (320003@1)ride a white horse over Durango mountain
          C (x32010@1)              GAnd (320003@1)leave Sweetwater Texas behind
                    D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)But I turned twenty one there in Sweetwater Texas
               C (x32010@1)          DJust (xx0232@1)one thing made me stay there

G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)      GI (320003@1)wanted to leave, but I was in love
Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)            GThe (320003@1)girl with the chestnut brown hair



C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)     
And there came a time, 
G (320003@1)                   Cwhen (x32010@1)she said shed be mine
Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)go any place any time
      G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)So we rode a grey dog over Durango mountain
         C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)     GAnd (320003@1)left Sweetwater Texas behind

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GD CG    G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)CG 

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)   
It was thundering and lightning when we left Nolan County
G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)               DThe (xx0232@1)bus rolled along through the night
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)old 36 was a magic black demon 
G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)          Gleading (320003@1)towards the citys bright lights
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)we pulled into Houston at ten in the morning
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)our hopes were as high as the sky
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)         Gbut (320003@1)hopes turn to weeks, then years, then forever
        Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)           GI (320003@1)never knew how fast time goes by

C (x32010@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)cowboys sellin cars
G (320003@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)country girls in bars
Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)             DSomehow (xx0232@1)just don't seem fair
      G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)And I wanted to die cause I knew I was loosing 
C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)The girl with the chestnut brown hair

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G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)        GD  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)
C (x32010@1)             DSo (xx0232@1)many times I said
    G (320003@1)      CId (x32010@1)rather be dead
C (x32010@1)                      DThan (xx0232@1)take downs to go to bed
G (320003@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)ups to clear my head
                              DBut (xx0232@1)If the good lord sees his way
          G (320003@1)           CTo (x32010@1)let me live one more day
Em(HOLD) (022000@1)             DIm (xx0232@1)so tired of being alone
      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)     GGonna (320003@1)ride a white horse over Durango mountain 
         C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)      GAnd (320003@1)make Sweetwater Texas my home.




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