Texas Was You

standard tuning with capo on first fret Intro G , D , C , same progression throughout song ohio was a riverbank A 10 speed layin’ in the weeds cannonball off an old rope swing long , long summer days tennessee was a guitar first big dream of mine if i made it , yeah , that’d be just fine i just wanted to play , i just wanted to play , but . . . Chorus Em - D - C G D C texa - s was green eyes crying goodbye Em was a long drive D C Em D C a heartache i’m still trying to get through no chord G - D - C texas was you carolina was a black car a big white number three california was a yellow jeep cruisin’ down big sur georgia was a summer job and ’bama was a spring break i got memories all over the place but only one still hurts , only one still hurts like Chorus texas was green eyes crying goodbye was a long drive a heartache i’m still trying to get through texas was you texas was my whole life waving goodbye thought i’d die a heartache i’m still trying to get through texas was you it will always be you