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************************ HEART OF TEXAS *************************

written by Billy Joe Shaver 

performed by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings.



Verse 1:
      G             
	The heart of Texas is where i was born
                                                        C/G 
	By twist of fate the lonestar state's where i'm coming from
                             G
	God almighty's been good to me


Verse 2:
      G
	Where i grow'd up learning about the Alamo
                                                         C/G
	With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying go man go
                            G
	You can be all you want to be


Chorus:
      G            D
	Yeah it's right there where the best is
         C/G                              G
	Smack dab in the heart of Texas,thank you Mam


Verse 3:
      G
	Papa run off before i was born
                                                        C/G
	Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun
                            G
	We grew up in the cotton fields


Verse 4:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G          
	So i learned how to work and i learned how to fight
                                                               C/G  
	I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the years rolled by
                       G
	God gave me a way to go


Verse 5:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G
	When my sweetheart listened to the songs i played
                                                                  C/G
	She said i love you honey,but there ain't much money in a serenade
                             G
	I need a man with a real job


Bridge:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G            D
	Now she's back there where i left her
         C/G                               G 
	God knows i still think about her now and then
                  D
	But she knows these clothes i'm wearin'
               C/G                                    G     
	Is the kind that shirt tails always flappin' in the wind


Verse 6:
      G
	I made my music from coast to coast
                                                          C/G   
	Been over the water,couldn't get no hotter then i dang near froze
                     G 
	Remember the Alamo


Verse 7:
      G 
	The road was long but the heart is strong
                                                  C/G
	I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home
                   G      
	Texas is home sweet home


Chorus.(Waylon)



Bridge2:(Billy Joe,Waylon)
                  D 
	Where my songs are always playing
                 C/G                                  G 
	And them good ol' Texas gals say honey "now where ya been?"


Chorus.










Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr
                      http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/country.html