Lone Star Blues

	  		
 

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verse 1 
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At a truck stop in San Angelo, I saw a billboard about this rodeo 
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This weekend out in El Paso, so I signed up to ride 
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I drew a bull called Original Sin, heard he'd killed a couple of men 
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Figured this was somethin' I could win, 'cause the devil was on my side 
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I was havin' myself one hell of a ride, but I ended up disqualified 
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That old bull just up an died, before they blew the whistle 

 
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With them North Texas blues, thought I'd paid all my dues 
         A                                        D 
Then them South Texas blues, told me son you ain't through 
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Had the East Texas blues, an' the West Texas too 
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I've done all I know to do, tryin? to lose,  
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Tryin? to lose these old Lone Star Blues 



verse 2 
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Well, I got laid off at Brown and Root, then on my way back to Cut 'N Shoot 
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I lost my wristwatch an' my boots, shootin' dice with a dude from Houston 
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Well, there ain't no jobs here workin' cattle, I got on part-time hauling gravel 
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With some outfit from Seattle, down here building custom homes 


         D                              G 
With them North Texas blues, thought I'd paid all my dues 
         A                                        D 
Then them South Texas blues, told me son you ain't through 
       D                         G 
Had the East Texas blues, an' the West Texas too 
         A 
I've done all I know to do, tryin? to lose,  
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Tryin? to lose these old Lone Star Blues 



verse 3 
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Well I gassed my truck an' I packed my clothes,  
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Turned in my key and I hit the road 
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I said Cow Town's where I'll go, you never know, I might get lucky 
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Well I got a friend there turnin' knobs, at a place called Billy Bob's 
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Said he thought he could get me a job there working as a bouncer 
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First night on the job was just insane, some old boy got all deranged 
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Hit me in the head with a Harley chain, to this day, my ears still ring 


         D                              G 
With them North Texas blues, thought I'd paid all my dues 
         A                                        D 
Then them South Texas blues, told me son you ain't through 
       D                         G 
Had the East Texas blues, an' the West Texas too 
         A 
I've done all I know to do, tryin? to lose,  
                                  D 
Tryin? to lose these old Lone Star Blues
 


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I've done all I know to do, tryin' to lose,  
                                  D     A D Dsus D 
Tryin' to lose these old lone star blues