Texas

George Strait

Written by Steven Jones and Phillip White

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V vi

Verse 1

F                 D7    C
There wouldn't be no Alamo
   F              D7    C
No Cowboys in the Super Bowl
   F        C       G7     Am
No Lonesome Dove no Yellow Rose
                 C
If it wasn't for Texas

Verse 2

  F             D7     C
I wouldn't be a Willie fan
  F               D7  C
Nobody'd swim the Rio Grande
  F        C     G7   Am
I wouldn't be an American
                 C
If it wasn't for Texas

Verse 3

     G7          F              C
Fort Worth Would Never Cross My Mind
            G7           F           C
And there'd be no Austin city limits sign
   F    C           G7
No Lone Star of any kind
                 C
If it wasn't for Texas

Verse 4

    F                  D7   C
I'd never have gone to Tennessee
   F                 D7       C
To sing my songs and chase my dreams
     F      C          G7        Am
Only Heaven knows just where I'd be
                 C
If it wasn't for Texas

Verse 3

     G7          F              C
Fort Worth Would Never Cross My Mind
            G7           F           C
And there'd be no Austin city limits sign
   F    C           G7
No Lone Star of any kind
                 C
If it wasn't for Texas

Verse 5

   F    C      G7    C
It made me the man I am
      F       C
Thank God for my old stompin' ground
              F        C     G7         Am
I wouldn't be standin' right here right now
                 C
If it wasn't for Texas

Verse 6

                 Am
If it wasn't for Texas
                 F   C
If it wasn't for Texas