I Hate Texas
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Tanner Adell
(2023 release)
[Verse 1]
D
Fell in love with the Lone Star state
A
Let my lone heart break
Gmaj7
While you drove off in those Dallas plates
D
Made my way to White Rock Lake
A
Neal talked me through the pain
Gmaj7
I said does love always have to end this way
G
'Cause nobody told me
D
Storybook endings
F#m
Weren’t the way things would be
Gmaj7
Yeah, nobody told me
Gmaj7
That 12-year-old me wouldn’t get that
D F#m
Prince on a white steed or 12 carats on a gold ring
Gmaj7
But now I’m screaming
[Chorus]
Bm
I hate Texas
A
When those blue bonnets bloom
Gmaj7
Yeah, I can’t help but think of you
Gmaj7
No matter how hard I try not to
Bm
I hate laughing
A
When I see that mansion
A
We said we’d get
G
Settle down, have a couple kids
Gmaj7
Got me remembering when
Bm
Every Sunday was the same
A
God bless the Cowboys game
G Gmaj7
Miss your daddy asking me to say that grace
Bm
And I can’t help it
A
'Cause I love Texas
G
Now I hate Texas
[Verse 2]
D
Wrote your name in a Sharpie pen
A
Right there on my left hand
G Gmaj7
Thought that shit was permanent
D
But after a million fights
A
Can’t figure out who was wrong or right
G Gmaj7
Only led us to a bad goodbye
G
Yeah, nobody told me
D
Storybook endings
F#m
Weren’t the way things would be
Gmaj7
Yeah, nobody told me
G
16-year-old me
D
Wouldn’t get that white picket fence dream
F#m
While I’m pouring this Texaco gasoline
F#m
It’s got me thinking
[Chorus]
Bm
I hate Texas
A
When those blue bonnets bloom
Gmaj7
Yeah, I can’t help but think of you
Gmaj7
No matter how hard I try not to
Bm
I hate laughing
A
When I see that mansion
A
We said we’d get
G
Settle down, have a couple kids
Gmaj7
Got me remembering when
Bm
Every Sunday was the same
A
God bless the Cowboys game
G Gmaj7
I miss your daddy asking me to say that grace
Bm
And I can’t help it
A
'Cause I love Texas
[Bridge]
D
And I don’t wanna give it up
G
Kept the memories long enough
Bm
Learned my lesson
G
Yeah, I think it’s best if
[Chorus]
Bm
I hate Texas
A
When those blue bonnets bloom
Gmaj7
Yeah, I can’t help but think of you
Gmaj7
No matter how hard I try not to
Bm
I hate laughing
A
When I see that mansion
A
We said we’d get
G
Settle down, have a couple kids
Gmaj7
Got me remembering when
Bm
Every Sunday was the same
A
God bless the Cowboys game
G Gmaj7
I miss your daddy asking me to say that grace
Bm
And I can’t help it
A
'Cause I love Texas
G
Now I hate Texas
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