Texas 81 chords by Amanda Anne Platt And The Honeycutters

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G       C

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

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

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

Interlude:
G         C

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

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