Chords for John Baumann - Midland
Tempo:
154.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
F#m
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G] You [D]
[G]
[D] come from West Texas in [G] a Mercedes Benz [D]
With your Louis Vuitton and [G] your debutante
friends [D]
Your stepmom came with you to [G] watch you unpack
[D] She'll go home in a Gulfstream [G] when it's time to go back [D]
to Midland
[G] [A]
[D]
[G] [D]
Your daddy, he's been working since [G] the day he turned 18
[D]
Working for his father, turning [G] crude to gasoline
[D] In the great 1980s when [G] Baboon came to town
[D] And all them big old buildings, they [G] just shot out of the ground
[D] Out in Midland,
[G] [A]
[D] Midland,
[G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G]
[D] you're down two, three houses [G] for Greek sisterhood
[D] How about them Tri -Delta's?
[G] We all knew you would [D] You're all set to major in [G] fashion merchandise
But [D] you'll drop it in the spring for [G] a boy from Alamo Heights
[D]
Of course he will be handsome and [G] he'll have a good last name
Y'all [D] can sit in Jerry's box at [G] the Cowboy Football Game
[D] Take him home for Christmas, take [G] him out to see the Rigs
Where [D] the Roughnecks run the auger [G] and dance the black gold jig
Out [D] in Midland,
[G] [A]
[D] Midland,
[G]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G]
[D] some years down the road
With [G] your scripture rehearsed, [D] you'll baptize that newborn baby
[G] At the Presbyterian Church [D]
He'll be too young to know
What [G] is underneath that soil [D] But you didn't either
So [G] just anoint his head with oil
[D] Out in Midland,
[G]
[D] out in Midland
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[N]
[G] You [D]
[G]
[D] come from West Texas in [G] a Mercedes Benz [D]
With your Louis Vuitton and [G] your debutante
friends [D]
Your stepmom came with you to [G] watch you unpack
[D] She'll go home in a Gulfstream [G] when it's time to go back [D]
to Midland
[G] [A]
[D]
[G] [D]
Your daddy, he's been working since [G] the day he turned 18
[D]
Working for his father, turning [G] crude to gasoline
[D] In the great 1980s when [G] Baboon came to town
[D] And all them big old buildings, they [G] just shot out of the ground
[D] Out in Midland,
[G] [A]
[D] Midland,
[G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G]
[D] you're down two, three houses [G] for Greek sisterhood
[D] How about them Tri -Delta's?
[G] We all knew you would [D] You're all set to major in [G] fashion merchandise
But [D] you'll drop it in the spring for [G] a boy from Alamo Heights
[D]
Of course he will be handsome and [G] he'll have a good last name
Y'all [D] can sit in Jerry's box at [G] the Cowboy Football Game
[D] Take him home for Christmas, take [G] him out to see the Rigs
Where [D] the Roughnecks run the auger [G] and dance the black gold jig
Out [D] in Midland,
[G] [A]
[D] Midland,
[G]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G]
[D] some years down the road
With [G] your scripture rehearsed, [D] you'll baptize that newborn baby
[G] At the Presbyterian Church [D]
He'll be too young to know
What [G] is underneath that soil [D] But you didn't either
So [G] just anoint his head with oil
[D] Out in Midland,
[G]
[D] out in Midland
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[N]
Key:
D
G
Bm
F#m
A
D
G
Bm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ You _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ come from West Texas in [G] a _ Mercedes Benz [D] _
With your Louis _ Vuitton and [G] your _ debutante
friends [D] _
Your _ stepmom came with you to [G] watch you unpack
[D] She'll go home in a Gulfstream [G] when it's time to go back [D] _
to Midland _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Your daddy, he's been working since [G] the day he turned 18
[D] _
_ Working for his father, turning [G] crude to gasoline _ _
[D] In the great _ _ 1980s when [G] Baboon came to town _
[D] And all them big old buildings, they [G] just shot out of the ground
[D] Out in Midland, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ Midland, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] you're down two, three houses [G] for Greek _ sisterhood _
[D] How about them Tri _ -Delta's?
_ [G] We all knew you would _ _ [D] You're all set to major in [G] fashion _ merchandise _
But [D] you'll drop it in the spring for [G] a boy from Alamo Heights
[D] _
Of course he will be handsome and [G] he'll have a good last name
Y'all [D] can sit in Jerry's box at [G] the Cowboy Football Game _
_ [D] Take him home for Christmas, take [G] him out to see the Rigs
Where [D] the Roughnecks run the auger _ [G] and dance the black gold jig
Out [D] in Midland, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ Midland, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ some years down the road
With [G] your _ scripture _ rehearsed, [D] you'll baptize that newborn baby _
[G] At the _ Presbyterian Church [D] _
He'll be too young to know
What [G] is _ underneath that soil [D] But _ you didn't either
So [G] just anoint his head with oil _
[D] Out in Midland, _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] out in Midland _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [G] _ You _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ come from West Texas in [G] a _ Mercedes Benz [D] _
With your Louis _ Vuitton and [G] your _ debutante
friends [D] _
Your _ stepmom came with you to [G] watch you unpack
[D] She'll go home in a Gulfstream [G] when it's time to go back [D] _
to Midland _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Your daddy, he's been working since [G] the day he turned 18
[D] _
_ Working for his father, turning [G] crude to gasoline _ _
[D] In the great _ _ 1980s when [G] Baboon came to town _
[D] And all them big old buildings, they [G] just shot out of the ground
[D] Out in Midland, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ Midland, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] you're down two, three houses [G] for Greek _ sisterhood _
[D] How about them Tri _ -Delta's?
_ [G] We all knew you would _ _ [D] You're all set to major in [G] fashion _ merchandise _
But [D] you'll drop it in the spring for [G] a boy from Alamo Heights
[D] _
Of course he will be handsome and [G] he'll have a good last name
Y'all [D] can sit in Jerry's box at [G] the Cowboy Football Game _
_ [D] Take him home for Christmas, take [G] him out to see the Rigs
Where [D] the Roughnecks run the auger _ [G] and dance the black gold jig
Out [D] in Midland, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ Midland, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ some years down the road
With [G] your _ scripture _ rehearsed, [D] you'll baptize that newborn baby _
[G] At the _ Presbyterian Church [D] _
He'll be too young to know
What [G] is _ underneath that soil [D] But _ you didn't either
So [G] just anoint his head with oil _
[D] Out in Midland, _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] out in Midland _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _