Chords for Cal Smith -- She Talked A Lot About Texas

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[Bb] She always wanted [Eb] me to go to Texas
_ _ But _ I told her, Texas ain't no place [F] for me
_ But _ [Bb] to tell the truth [Eb] I was too afraid [Bb] of Texas _ _ _
And [Eb] the big wild Texas [F] _
cowboys' _ [Bb] memory
_ She _ _ said everything [Eb] was bigger and better [Bb] in Texas _ _
_ Mention Dallas _ and her face would start to [F] glow _ _ _
_ [Bb] Fort Worth is [Eb] where she met her _ [Bb] second husband _ _ _
[C] _ [Eb] She never did [F] say why he let [Bb] her go _ _ _
_ _ She _ _ [Eb] _
talked a lot [Bb] about Texas _ _ _ _
_ And the warm west [Gm] wind blowing through [F] her hair _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] She _ _ [Eb] _
talked a lot [Bb] about Texas _ _ _
And [Eb] _ by this [F] time tomorrow _ [Bb] she'll be _ there _
_ _ _ Monday night [Eb] she came down [Bb] with a fever _ _ _
_ Tuesday she was [F] babbling in her troubled [F] _ sleep
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_ [Bb] She was crying and [Eb] asking why he [Bb] had to leave her _ _
_ [Eb] And Texas [F] was the final breath [Bb] she'd breathe _ _
_ _ She _ _ [Eb] _
talked a lot [Bb] about Texas _ _ _ _
And the warm west wind [Gm] blowing through [F] her hair _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] She _ _ [Eb] _
talked a lot [Bb] about Texas _ _ _ _
And [Eb] by this time tomorrow [F] she'll be there
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