FOUR ACES
By: Texas Tornados

**Note: this song is best played with a 12 string guitar
or the bajo sexton (same instrument sound is a little different)

INTRO: Am X8

VERSE1
AmON (x02210@1)A MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO LAREDO
                                                                                         
         EmFOUR (022000@1)ACES STEPPED ABOARD
                        E (022100@1)                                                              
           GONNA FIND ALAREDO (x02220@1)ROSE
                       AmFIND (x02210@1)OUT WHO WAS SHE CHOSE

SHE IS IN LOVE WITH A BEARDED SANGER
                    EmHE (022000@1)COME FROM TEXAS WAY,
ESAID (022100@1)HIS NAME WAS WILLY
                        AmAND (x02210@1)I DON'T MEAN "SAY HAY" .


VERSE2
AmONE (x02210@1)HAD AN ACCORDION IN HIS LEFT
                      EmA (022000@1)COLD BEER IN HIS RIGHT
EONE (022100@1)WAS A HIPPY,
                     AmCOMPLETELY (x02210@1)OUT OF SIGHT

ONE WAS A BORDER SANGER,
                      EmFROM (022000@1)SAN BENITO THEY SAY
EONE (022100@1)HAD A PONY TALE,
                         AmTHEY (x02210@1)SHUFFLED ALONG THAT DAY 


CHORUS
AFOUR (x02220@1)ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          BmRIDING (x24432@1)GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                      EFOUR (022100@1)ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          AmNEVER (x02210@1)MEANT TO HURT NO ONE 

VERSE3
AmWILLIE (x02210@1)SOUGHT BUT HE COULD NOT FIND HER
                          EmCAUSE (022000@1)"ZIMMY'S" WAS IN TOWN
EHE'S (022100@1)DRINKEN AT THE KANTINA
                          AmHE (x02210@1)ORDERED UP ANOTHER ROUND

HIS VATO WENT DOWN FOR HIS PISTOLA
                     EmI (022000@1)THOUGHT WE WERE DEAD,
E (022100@1)                                              AmBUT (x02210@1)AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ENTER ONE GRATEFUL FRED 


CHORUS
AFOUR (x02220@1)ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          BmRIDING (x24432@1)GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                      EFOUR (022100@1)ACES GOING NOWHERE
                         ANEVER (x02220@1)MEANT TO HURT NO ONE 


FLACO' SOLO

A (x02220@1)Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)
VERSE 4
AmTHE (x02210@1)TALE OF THE TEXAS STORY
                          EmIS (022000@1)READ QUITE BY WELL BY ALL
ETHIS (022100@1)BORDER QUEEN HAD SOMETHING
                           AmTHAT (x02210@1)MADE MESE HOMBRE'S FALL

LIKE STRINGS OF A SWEET CORRIDO
                    EmTHE (022000@1)STORY IS THE SAME
E ( Hault at this note and keep singing)
SHE JUST WON A BUNDLE
                     Am(Continue/Transition (x02210@1)to chorus)
ON THE TEXAS LOTTO FAME 


CHORUS
AFOUR (x02220@1)ACES GOING NOWHERE
                           BmRIDING (x24432@1)GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                       EFOUR (022100@1)ACES GOING NOWHERE
                         ANEVER (x02220@1)MEANT TO HURT NO ONE