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.