Tabs
- Submitter:
Ayreon77 - Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Intermediate
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Artist - Chris Rea
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Song - Texas
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Album - Road To Hell
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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A augmentedA
Warm winds blowing
D MajorD
Heating blue sky
F# minorF#m 
FF
And a road that goes forever
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VERSE 2
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A augmentedA
Been thinking `bout it lately
Been watching some TV
E minorEm
Been looking all around me
A augmentedA
At what has come to be
D MajorD
Been talking to my neighbor
And he agrees with me
FF
G+G A augmentedA
It`s all gone crazy
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CHORUS
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A augmentedA
Well my wife returns from taking
My little girl to school
A augmentedA
She`s got beads of perspiration
As she tries to keep her cool
D MajorD
She says that mess it don`t get no better
There`s gonna come a day
FF
Someone`s gonna get killed out there
G+G A augmentedA
And I turn to her and say Texas
She says what?
E minorEm
I said Texas
A augmentedA
She says what?
D MajorD
They`ve got big long road out there
FF G+G
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VERSE 3
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A augmentedA
Warm winds blowing
E minorEm
Heating blue sky
D MajorD FF
And a road that goes forever
G+G A augmentedA
I`m going to Texas
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02:03
SLIDE
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e|---s---17~~~|---s---17-~~|---s------s------|-------------|---s-----------s-----s------------|---------s------|
BB|-15\17------|-15\17------|-17\15--13\14----|---s---------|-12\14-15-16-16\17-12\14----------|-------12\14----|
G+G|------------|------------|--------------14-|-12\14--12~~~|-------------------------14--12~~~|-12-14-------14-|
D MajorD|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
E MajorE|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
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BRIDGE
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A augmentedA
We got to get out of here
e|-------|
BB|-------|
G+G|---s---|
D MajorD|-5-\-7-|
A augmentedA|-------|
E MajorE|-------|
We got to get out of here
FF G+G
e|-----|
BB|-----|
G+G|--s--|
D MajorD|-5\7-|
A augmentedA|-----|
E MajorE|-----|
02:41
e|---s---12---s------|
BB|-12\14----12\14----|
G+G|----------------14-|
D MajorD|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|
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RIFF 1 no slide - Play this with chorus below
e|-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7--5-7----s--5------p---------|
A augmentedA|--------3-5\7---5-3-5-3--------|
E MajorE|------------------------5--3-5-|
CHORUS
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A augmentedA
Well I got a little brother
e|-slide continues-|
BB|---s-------------|
G+G|-12\14-----------|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
Several meters high
e|----------|
BB|---s------|
G+G|-12\14-14-|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|----------|
E MajorE|----------|
E minorEm
Yea his built just like a quarterback
A augmentedA
And he swears he`ll testify
e|---s---12---s------|
BB|-12\14----12\14----|
G+G|----------------14-|
D MajorD|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|
D MajorD
He says he`s been to Texas
And that`s the only place to be
e|---s-------------------s------|
BB|-12\14-15-16-16\17---12\14----|
G+G|---------------------------14-|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
FF
Big stakes, big girls, no trouble here
G+G
That`s the place for me
e|---s---17----17--17-17-~~~~~~~~~-|
BB|-15\17----17---------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA
I`m going to Texas, yea yeaaaa
s
e|-15\17-~~~~--15-|
BB|----------------|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|
FF
G+G A augmentedA
Oh I`m going to Texas, Yeaa yea
e|---s---12---s-------------|
BB|-12\14----12\14-----------|
G+G|----------------14-~~~~~~-|
D MajorD|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|
FF
e|---s---17-|
BB|-15\17----|
G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|----------|
E MajorE|----------|
G+G A augmentedA
I`m going to Texas
e|---s---------s-------------=|
BB|-15\17-15--12\14----------s-|
G+G|-----------------14----14-\-|
D MajorD|-----------------------14-\-|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|
D MajorD
A augmentedA
Watch me walking
D MajorD
A augmentedA
Watch me walking
D MajorD
A augmentedA
Watch me walking
Yea yeaaaaa
03:47 s s s s
e|-12-14-17~~~-17~~~~~~-|-17-----13\15-~~~~-15\17/-14--14-14\------s-------s----s-|---s------|----------|
BB|----------------------|----17-------------------------------15-15\18---18\20--\-|-12\14----|---s------|
G+G|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------14-|-12\14-12-|
D MajorD|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
A augmentedA|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
E MajorE|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
04:15 s
e|---s---12---s-----------|---s---------|---s------17-----17--17-|----17-17-17\20-|
BB|-12\14----14\12---------|-15\17-------|-15\17--------17--------|-17-------------|
G+G|----------------14-~~~~-|-------17-14-|-------17---------------|----------------|
D MajorD|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
e|-17~~~-17-----17----17----17----s----------|------------------s------s------|---------------------s------------|
BB|-----------17----17----17----17-\-15-------|---s---14-15-16-16\17--12\14----|---s---17---s---17-17\20-17-16-15-|
G+G|-------------------------------------14-14-|-12\14-----------------------14-|-17\18----17\18-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
fade out..........................................................................
s s s s
e|-12\17--17-17--17-17~~~-|-17----13\15--15-15-~~~-|-15\17-14---14-14\-|------s---------s----------------------|
BB|------------------------|----17------------------|-------------------|-15-15\18--15-18\----s---17---s----s---|
G+G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------15\17----17\--12\14-|
D MajorD|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
ENJOY.......
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