INTRO: A5 X8

VERSE1
A5
ON A MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO LAREDO
                                                                                         
         E5
FOUR ACES STEPPED ABOARD
                        E                                                                
           GONNA FIND A LAREDO ROSE
                       A5
FIND OUT WHO WAS SHE CHOSE

SHE IS IN LOVE WITH A BEARDED SANGER
                    E5
HE COME FROM TEXAS WAY,
E5
SAID HIS NAME WAS WILLY
                        A5
AND I DON?T MEAN ?SAY HAY??.


VERSE2
A5
ONE HAD AN ACCORDION IN HIS LEFT
                      E5
A COLD BEER IN HIS RIGHT
E5
ONE WAS A HIPPY,
                     A5
COMPLETELY OUT OF SIGHT

ONE WAS A BORDER SANGER,
                      E5
FROM SAN BENITO THEY SAY
E5
ONE HAD A PONY TALE,
                         A5
THEY SHUFFLED ALONG THAT DAY?


CHORUS
A5
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          B5
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                      E5
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          A5
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE?

VERSE3
A5
WILLIE SOUGHT BUT HE COULD NOT FIND HER
                          E5
CAUSE ?ZIMMY?S? WAS IN TOWN
E5
HE?S DRINKEN AT THE KANTINA
                          A5
HE ORDERED UP ANOTHER ROUND

HIS VATO WENT DOWN FOR HIS PISTOLA
                     E5
I THOUGHT WE WERE DEAD,
E5                                                A5
BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ENTER ONE GRATEFUL FRED?


CHORUS
A5
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          B5
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                      E5
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                         A5
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE?


FLACO? SOLO

A5       B5       E5       A5


VERSE 4
A5
THE TALE OF THE TEXAS STORY
                          E5
IS READ QUITE BY WELL BY ALL
E5
THIS BORDER QUEEN HAD SOMETHING
                           A5
THAT MADE MESE HOMBRE?S FALL

LIKE STRINGS OF A SWEET CORRIDO
                    E5
THE STORY IS THE SAME
E ( Hault at this note and keep singing)
SHE JUST WON A BUNDLE
                     Am (Continue/Transition to chorus)
ON THE TEXAS LOTTO FAME?


CHORUS
A5
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                           B5
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                       E5
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                         A5
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE?
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