A5                                 E5 
I?ve been a ramblin? man half of my life it?s true 
    E5                                  A5 
And where I?ve laid my hat has been my home 
          A5                                   D5         D5   B5 
No matter where I am when I feel like this, I know what I must do 
           E5                                A5 
I gotta to go someplace where I don?t feel alone 
      A5                                   E5 
These little places that ain?t so hard to find 
      E5                                   A5 
All I gotta do is keep my ear down to the ground 
   A5                                 D5       D5     B5 
In every state there lies a place to ease my state of mind 
      E5                             A5 
All I gotta to do is listen for the sound 
 
  
       A5                    D5  
Of the steel guitar and the fiddle 
          E5                               A5 
No matter where I am they make me feel at home 
         A5                    D5 
When the steel guitar and the fiddle 
E5                                     A5 
Carry me back to Texas wherever I may roam  
  
 
There?s a little girl in the next town that I know 
I?d love to stay with her but I just can?t take that chance 
Cause ?round the bend there?s a different world that waits for me I know 
And I can tell what?s on her mind each time we dance 
  
The wanting in her eyes ain?t hard to see 
She longs for me to stop and settle down 
But I just smile and say ?When I'm back this way, you know just where I?ll be 
Where the music plays the notes that help the whiskey go down 
 
 
Where the: 
Chorus 
 
Chorus 
  
Carry me back to Texas  
Wherever I may roam