Sweetwater Texas
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
G Em G C D G C D C G
G C G Em D
When I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas, just one thing stayed on my mind.
G C G Em D G C G
To ride a white horse over Durango Mountain, and leave Sweetwater Texas behind.
G C G Em D
Well I turned 21 there in Sweetwater Texas, but just one thing made me stay there.
G C G Em D G
I wanted to leave, but I was in love with, the girl with the Chestnut Brown hair.
C D Bm Em C D
There came a time, when she said she’d be mine. An go anyplace, anytime.
G C G Em D G C G
So we rode a Grey Dog over Durango Mountain, and left Sweetwater Texas behind.
[Interlude]
G Em G C D G C D C G
G C G Em
It was Thunderin and Lightnin when we left Nolan County, the bus rolled along thru
D G C G Em D
the night. And Ole 36, was a Magic Black Ribbon, leading, towards the city’s
G C G
bright lights.
G C G Em D
We pulled into Houston, at ten in the morning. Our hopes were as high as the sky.
G C G Em D
But hopes became weeks, and the years have been forever. I never knew, how fast
G
time goes by.
C D Bm Em C
And Cowboys sit in cars, and Country Girls in Bars. Somehow it just don’t
D
seem fair…….
G C G Em D G
And I wanted to die, cuz I knew I was losin, the girl with the Chestnut Brown hair.
[Key Change]
G G/F# E7 E F# G#
[Break]
A A7 D A F#m E A A7 D A F#m E A
D E C#m F#m D E
So many times I’ve said. I druther be dead. Than take Downs to go to bed,
C#m F#m D E C#m
and Ups to clear my head. But if the good Lord sees his way, to let me live one
F#m D E
more day... I’m so tired of bein alone…
A A7 D A F#m E7
Gonna ride a White Horse over Durango Mountain, and make Sweetwater Texas my
A
home.
[Outro]
F#m A D E7 A D A
How to play Sweetwater Texas
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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