Texas Is A Woman chords by The Henningsens

Chords with lyrics

Chords:G=3X0033(X means mute)
    Em=022000
    C=X32010
    Gsus2(maj7)=200233
    Em7=020033
    Gsus4/E=X3X033

strumming:first half of the pattern,strum EAD strings, second half of the pattern, strum GBE strings
*D=down U=up

Capo 1

Intro
G+G  E minorEm  C majorC  G+G
(strumming pattern:G=D/DUD:x2 Em=D/DUD/D C=D/DUD:x2 G=D/DUD/D/DUDU)

Verse 1
(strumming pattern:G/Em/C=D/DUD:x2 G=D/DUD/DDD)
G+G         E minorEm
 He loves chasing wide open spaces
C majorC            G+G
Can't put a cage on his heart


(strumming pattern:G/Em/C=D/DUD:x2 G=D/DUD/DUDU)
G+G          E minorEm
I thought I had him but as it happens
C majorC             G+G
I had no chance from the start

Pre-chorus 1
(strumming pattern:G/Em/C=D/DUD:x2 G=D/DUD/DUDU)
  G+G       E minorEm
But somehow he's bound
  C majorC       G+G
His boots on the ground

(strumming pattern:G/Em/C=D/DUD:x2 G=D/DUD/DDDU)
G+G
She must be something
E minorEm
One lucky woman
  C majorC              G+G
To spend her whole life in his arms

Chorus
(strumming pattern:D/DUD/D/DUDU)
    E minorEm
There's tears on my pillow
  C majorC
I'm not Amarillo

(strumming pattern:G=D/DUD:x2 Gsus2(maj7)=D/DUD/D/DUDU)
  G+G             Gsus2(maj7)
He just couldn't make me his home

(strumming pattern:Em/C/G=D/DUD/D/DUDU Gsus2(maj7)=D/DUD/DDDU)
 E minorEm             C majorC            G+G
I still can't believe that he loves Abilene more than me
   Gsus2(maj7)
Even though

(strumming pattern:Em/C=D/DUD/D/DUDU G/Em7=D/DUD Gsus4/E=D/DUD/D/DUDU)
   E minorEm         C majorC
I am strong and wild and beautiful
   G+G      E minor 7Em7      Gsus4/E
But I know that I just can't compete

(strumming pattern:G/Em7=D/DUD Gsus4/E=D/DUD/D/DUDU/D/DUD/DDDU)
  G+G   E minor 7Em7 Gsus4/E
Oh~Texas is a woman

(strumming pattern:Em/C=D/DUD  G/Em/C/G=D/DUD/D/DUDU)
     E minorEm  C majorC       G+G
And he'll never leave her for me
E minorEm  C majorC  G+G

Verse 2
(strumming pattern:D/DUD/D/DUDU)
G+G
We watched the sunset
E minorEm
Light up the wild west
  C majorC           G+G
And I felt his heart as it rained
 G+G            E minorEm
I felt the attraction but he seemed distracted
  C majorC           G+G
And he never mentioned her name

Pre-chorus 2
G+G        E minorEm
I should have known
    C majorC      G+G
To have left them alone
G+G
 He lit me on
E minorEm
 Through the neon
C majorC             G+G
Just like I'm lost to the fling

Chorus
(strumming pattern:D/DUDU/D/DUDU)
    E minorEm
There's tears on my pillow
  C majorC
I'm not Amarillo
  G+G             Gsus2(maj7)
He just couldn't make me his home
 E minorEm             C majorC            G+G
I still can't believe that he loves Abilene more than me

(strumming pattern: Gsus2(maj7)=D/DUDU/DDDU)
   Gsus2(maj7)
Even though

(back to 2nd chorus strumming pattern)
   E minorEm         C majorC
I am strong and wild and beautiful

(strumming pattern:G/Em7=D/DUDU Gsus4/E=D/DUDU:x2)
   G+G      E minor 7Em7      Gsus4/E
But I know that I just can't compete

(strumming pattern:G/Em7=same as above, Gsus4/E=D/DUDU:x3/DDDU)
  G+G   E minor 7Em7 Gsus4/E
Oh~Texas is a woman

(strumming pattern:Em/C/=D/DUDU G/C/Em7/Gsus4/E=D/DUDU:x2)
     E minorEm  C majorC       G+G  C majorC E minor 7Em7 Gsus4/E
And he'll never leave her for me

Bridge
(strumming pattern:D/DUDU:x3/DDDU
when strumming DDDU,
for G=the 2nd 'D',release string B, as in 3X0003
for C=the 1st & 3rd 'D', release string D, as in 030010
for Em7=same as G,as in 020003
and Gsus4/E returns to the strumming pattern)
       G+G
There's more blue in her skies
      C majorC
Than there is in my eyes
   E minor 7Em7
More gold in her hair
   Gsus4/E
Than there is in mine

Outro
strumming pattern:each chord=D
   E minorEm          C majorC
I am strong, I'm wild and beautiful
   G+G      E minor 7Em7      Gsus4/E
But I know that I just can't compete
  G+G