Chords for I'd Like to Be in Texas

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[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] In the lobby _ of a big hotel [A] in New York Town [E] one day _
Said a bunch of fellas _ telling [Gb] yarns to pass the time [B] away _ _
[E] They told of places they had been [A] of things that they [E] had seen _ _
[A] _ Some preferred [E] Chicago town
[B] While others [E] knew our _ _ names
_ In a corner _ in an old [E] armchair
[A] Sent a man
[E] Whose hair was gray
_ He listened to them _ eagerly
[Gb] To what they had [B] to say
[Eb] _ _ [E] They asked him where he'd like to be [A] his dear old voice [E] did sing
_ [A] Oh, I'd like to be [E] in Texas
[B] for the roundup in [E] the spring
_ _ _ _ [E] I
[A] Can see the cattle grazing over [E] the hills of early
morn _ [A] I can see the campfire smoking _
[E] at the breaking of
_ [B] dawn _ _
_ _ I [E] can hear the Broncos name I
[A] Can hear the [Gbm] Cowboys sing?
Oh?
[E] I'd like to be
Texas _ [B] for the roundup in [E] the spring _ _ _ _ _
They sat and listened
_ carefully [A] to each word
He [E] had to say _
They knew the old man setting there had [Gb] been a top hand in [B] his day _ _
[E] They asked him for a story of [A] his life out [E] on the plane _ _
[A] _ Slowly [E] he removed his hat [B] then quietly _ [E] began _ _
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [E] _ I've seen him stampede over the [Bm] hills
[A] So you think [A] they'd never stop [E] _ _ _ _ and I've seen him run for miles and [E] miles
_ [Gb] _ till their leaders [B] dropped
_ _ _ [E] Yes, sir.
I the foreman of a cow ranch
_ [A] all the [A] calling of a king
[E] _ _ _ [A] I'd like to be [E] in Texas
_ [B] for the roundup in [E] the spring
_ _ _ I
[A] Can see the cattle grazing over [E] the hills of early morn? _
[A] I
Can see the campfire smoking? _
[E] at the breaking of [B] the dawn _ _
_ _ [Db] I
[E] Can hear the Broncos name?
I [A] can hear the [Gbm] Cowboys sing?
Oh, [E] I'd like to be
in Texas for [B] the roundup in [E] the spring
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] There's a grave in sunny
Texas boys [Bb] were Molly
Red Bull [F] sleeves _
in a _ grove of leafy _ cottonwoods
[G] their constant [C] vigil keeps
[E] _
[F] in my heart's
_ Recollection of [Bb] that long lost by [F] gone day
[Bb] Where we rode the [F] range together _
[C] Like two skipping kids [F] at play _ _
_ _ _ I'd like to sleep my last long sleep [Bb] with mother _
[F] bed
_ _ [F] my saddle for [Dm] my pillow
_ [G] and the bright stars [C] overhead
_ [F] Then I could hear that last _ [Bb] stampede
Hear the [F] prizes sing?
[Bb] Oh, I'd like to be [F] in
Texas _ [C] for the roundup in [F] the spring
_ _ _ _ I
[Bb] Can see the cattle grazing over [F] the hills?
Early morn I [Bb] can see the [Gm] campfire [Bb] smoking
[F] at the breaking of [C] the dawn _ _
_ _ [E] I
[F] Can hear the Broncos name?
[A] I [Bb] can hear the [Gm] Cowboys sing?
_ [F] Oh, I'd like to be in Texas
For [C] the roundup in [F] the spring
_ _ _ _ I
Can hear the [Cm] Broncos name?
I?
[Bb] Can hear my [Gm] partner sing? _
[F] I'd like to be in Texas _
[C] for the roundup in [Bb] the spring _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ You're the roundup in [F] the spring _ _
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