Chords for Radney TX in 1880

[B] _ _ I was 20 years old.
I _ woke my mother and daddy up in the middle of the night _ _ and I said,
Mom and Daddy I've got something [E] heavy on my heart and I need to tell you all about
it. _
And my mother I [F] think thought I was either going to come out of the [A] closet or I got myself
real [E] pregnant.
_ [G] _ And _ [Ab] I said, _ _ I think God wants me to drop out of college so I can be a singer
and [N] a song writer. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] David Chappell over here [G] who is a preacher I believe here in Bethesda
Church who I met shortly thereafter in Nashville. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ My daddy sat bolt upright in bed when he heard
that.
I [G] didn't really have his full attention until that moment.
_ And he said, Son, _ _ _ I've
known God a long, long _ _ _ _ time.
And I don't [B] believe he wants any son of mine to drop out of college
so they can be a singer [Ab] and a song writer.
[Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ But they cut a deal.
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ And [Cm] I'm not sure who
with, but they [G] cut a deal.
_ And _ as I was driving [F] out of town at 20 years of age, _ I wrote down
the first verse to this song.
_ _ And it sat in a drawer _ _ box _ moved from one apartment to another
until right before the first box turned on record.
I wrote the rest of the _ [G] song.
_ _ [F] I finally figured out what it was all [C] about.
_ _ [Em] _ _ Everybody thinks it's a rodeo song, but it's
really about [G] dreaming.
And I [F] hope you guys will dream big [B] and sing along.
_ _ I _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] can hear the wind whisper my name Telling me it's time to get out again
[D] Horses turn and the lights shut [G] down [C] Along with the dude we're heading downtown
[Em]
Got a beater that they call the _ [G] rodeo Just another one to make the next show
[D] Sometimes you make eight, sometimes you hit dirt
[C] Come on, send another number to the back of my shirt
[G] And I'll _ [D] ride that _ [G] pony [C] _ _ fast _ _ [G] Like a _ [D] cowboy _ _ [C] from the _ _ past
I'll _ [G] be young _ [D] and _ [G] wild [C] and free _ _ _ _ [G]
Like Texas _ in [D] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ Just [G]
like Texas [D] in _ _ [G] _
_ 1880 _ _ _ I'm [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[Em] a phoenix and a truffle to the _ astrodome
[G] New York City down to San Antonio [D] _
Boys are riding the legendary plane
[C] Our money's all gone, but we ride just the same [Em] Our hearts are getting broken and our heads are getting busted
[G]
We'll always believe in things that we [D] trust
W-O's in the twin, boy, it comes [G] down to [C] what tip our hat
We'll get it down and [G] _ ride [D] that _ [C] pony _ _ fast _ _ Like [G] a cowboy _ [D] _ _ [G] from [C] the _ _ past
_ _ [G]
I'll be young _ and [D] _ [C] wild and free _ _ _ Like [G] Texas _ _ [D] in _ [G] _
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_ _ Just [G]
like Texas _ [D] in _ [G] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ Some [D] of them ain't letting you roll _ So see [Em]
that truffle hanging there on your belt
[C] _
That's cause it's how that felt [G]
To ride _ [D] that _ pony [C] _ _ fast
_ Like [G]
a _ cowboy [D] _ _ [Em] from [C] the _ _ past _ _ [G]
I'll be _ [D] young and wild [Em] _
[C] and _ free
_ _ [G]
Like Texas _ [D] in _ _ [G] _
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like Texas _ [D] in _ _ [G] _
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like Texas in _ _ _ [C] _
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