Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
KEY OF “G”
INTRO: (G+G) C majorC - D MajorD - C majorC - D MajorD - G+G
VERSE ONE
G+G C majorC G+G
Some used to say..we were their favorite band
C majorC G+G
Gave some folks the best time they ever had.
C majorC G+G
There were nights...when we could do no wrong,
C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
and every-body knew..when to sing a-long.
CHORUS
G+G E minorEm
We were all the rage in Paris..San Antonio to Dallas
C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
and every honky tonk and dancehall in-be-tween.
G+G E minorEm
Hardly had to cross the state line..Texas was our big time.
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
Thought we’d made it far enough...cause we were all the rage in Paris
VERSE TWO
G+G C majorC G+G
Bob Wills was a hero to us all.
C majorC G+G
When we were raisin’ Cain and swappin’ songs.
C majorC G+G
Late into the night he’d rosin up the bow,
C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
and laid it down until the last one had to go.
CHORUS
G+G E minorEm
We were all the rage in Paris..San Antonio to Dallas
C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
and every honky tonk and dancehall in-be-tween.
G+G E minorEm
Hardly had to cross the state line..Texas was our big time.
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
Thought we’d made it far enough...cause we were all the rage in Paris
INSTRUMENTAL
G+G E minorEm
Hardly had to cross the state line..Texas was our big time.
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G
Thought we’d made it far enough...cause we were all the rage in Pa-ris
VERSE THREE
G+G C majorC G+G
Well,all those boys who drifted now are gone.
C majorC G+G
The melodies remembered linger on.
C majorC G+G
Now and then I’ll wipe the dust off my steel,
C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
I play just to recall how it used to feel.
CHORUS
G+G E minorEm
When we were all the rage in Paris..San Antonio to Dallas
C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
and every honky tonk and dancehall in-be-tween.
G+G E minorEm
Hardly had to cross the state line...Texas was our big time.
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
Thought we’d made it far enough...cause we were all the rage in Paris
INSTRUMENTAL : CHORUS (DOUBLE TIME)
G+G E minorEm
We were all the rage in Paris..San Antonio to Dallas
C majorC D MajorD G+G D7D7
and every honky tonk and dancehall in-be-tween.
G+G E minorEm
Hardly had to cross the state line..Texas was our big time.
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G
Thought we’d made it far enough...cause we were all the rage in Pa-ris