Capo 1st Fret


Intro: G D C x4

              G       D    C
Ohio was a riverbank;
                G          D   C
10 speed layin' in the weeds;
                  G             D   C
Cannonball off an old rope swing;
           G         D   C
Long long summer days.

                G     D   C
Tennessee was a guitar;
          G            D   C
First big dream of mine.
                           G          D   C
If I made it, yeah, that'd be just fine.
       G           
I just wanted to play. 
       D         C                 
I just wanted to play, but,


[Chorus:]

Em-D-C      G          D      C    
Texa-s was green eyes crying goodbye
Em
Was a long drive
D           C         Em     D      C
A heartache I'm still trying to get through
No chord     G-D-C
Texas was you

               G       D   C
Carolina was a black car,
                   G    D   C
A big white number three.
                        G   D   C
California was a yellow jeep
              G      D   C
Cruisin' down Big Sur.
              G        D   C
Georgia was a summer job.
          G              D   C
'Bama was a spring break.
               G                 D   C
I got memories all over the place,
                   G
But only one still hurts. 
         G         C
Only one still hurts like-


[Chorus:]

Em-D-C      G          D      C    
Texa-s was green eyes crying goodbye
Em
Was a long drive
D           C         Em     D      C
A heartache I'm still trying to get through
No chord     G-D-C
Texas was you

Em7    C
Texas 
       G          D      C
was my whole life waving goodbye.
 D       Em7
'Thought I'd die.
   D         C
'A heartache I'm 

still trying to get through.
          G   D   C   G   D   C
Texas was you.
                G   D   C   G   D   C
It'll always be you.

G   D   C (till end)