Texas 81 chords by Amanda Anne Platt And The Honeycutters

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G    C majorC

Verse 1:
G+G                        C majorC
We sat out on the front steps and shared a cigarette.
G+G                         C majorC
That was Texas, ’81, we were young but starting to forget.
D MajorD                C majorC
We watched the neighbors go to bed.
D MajorD               C majorC                G+G      C majorC
They fed the dog and shut the lights, and we were on our own again.

Verse 2:
G+G                                C majorC
We both knew that you’d be leaving before the kids woke up for school.
G+G                                C majorC
You’d never been the kind for keeping, I’d never been nobody’s fool.
D MajorD            C majorC
But as the sun began to rise.
D MajorD            C majorC              G+G
We were running out of shadows to hide ourselves behind.

Chorus:
G+G      B minorBm
Don’t let go yet.
     A minorAm                D MajorD               G+G
Would you love me one more time, before we raise the blinds and make the bed?
G+G        C majorC
My little train wreck.
A minorAm               D MajorD
Your eyes are smiling but your cheeks are wet.

Interlude:
G+G     C majorC

Verse 3:
G+G                               C majorC
We fell asleep just like we used to, legs all tangled in the sheets.
G+G                                 C majorC
I know you dreamed that bus to Houston, heard you talking in your sleep.
D MajorD               C majorC
I would have held you all day long.
D MajorD            C majorC           G+G
But when I opened up my eyes you were already gone.

Chorus:
G+G      B minorBm
Don’t let go yet.
     A minorAm                D MajorD               G+G
Would you love me one more time, before we raise the blinds and make the bed?
G+G        C majorC
My little train wreck.
A minorAm               D MajorD
Your eyes are smiling but your cheeks are wet.