Recorded in the Key of " A " 
 
 
INTRO:  
A 
 

VERSE ONE 
A                                        D 
Been having a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont. 
  E                   E7              A   E7 
I loved that town but I just couldn't stay. 
A                               D    ( D - D# - E7 ) 
Two-stepped all the way to Ama-rillo,  slide 
E7                         A   
Shuffled my way into Santa Fe. 
 

A       F#m              E              D               
I  just  had  to see the sun set out in Frisco. 
    F#m             D                  E   E7 (STOP) 
The Golden Gate is great, but it ain't home. 
N.C.              A - A/A (STOP) 
Give me a rodeo. 
 
CHORUS 
N.C.           D                         A 
Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. 
  E                  E7                    A 
I am what I am ,..And that's what I'm gonna be. 
D                                       A         D  (STOP) 
You can say what you wanna say,...About my in-san-ity. 
            E7   ( E7 - Eb7 - E7 ) E7                A 
Blame it on Texas,.(slide)...Don't blame it on me. 
 
INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND 
 

    E7 - A 
VERSE TWO 
A                              D 
Met a girl out in eastern Okla-homa. 
    E           E7            A 
Her daddy was a Tulsa million-aire. 
     A                                   D 
With miles and miles of oil wells, he'd leave her. 
     E7                                A 
Well all a man could want was waiting there. 
 
 
         F#m                  E          D 
But one  night while she lay sleeping, I slipped away. 
     F#m             D                E  E7 (STOP) 
Like  no  man in his right mind would do. 
N.C.             A -  A/A 
Call me a fool 
 
CHORUS REPEAT 
N.C.          D                          A 
Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. 
  E                   E7                    A 
I am what I am ,...And that's what I'm gonna be. 
D                                      A         D (STOP) 
You can say what you wanna say,..About my in-san-ity. 
            E     ( E - Eb7 - E7 ) E7                A 
Blame it on Texas,.(slide)...Don't blame it on me. 
 
TAGG  
A                                    A7        D  (STOP) 
You can say what you wanna say,About my in-san-ity 
             E      
Blame it on Texas 
E7                A (notes A - C# - D - D# - E  E - D - C# - A ) A 
Don't blame it on me.