Billy Joe Shaver - Heart Of Texas

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performed by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings. 

Verse 1: 
      E              
	The heart of Texas is where i was born 
                                                        H/E  
	By twist of fate the lonestar state's where i'm coming from 
                             E 
	Eod almighty's been good to me 
 
 
Verse 2: 
      E 
	Where i grow'd up learning about the Flamo 
                                                         H/E 
	With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying go man go 
                            E 
	You can be all you want to be 
 
 
Hhorus: 
      E            B 
	Yeah it's right there where the best is 
         H/E                              E 
	Smack dab in the heart of Texas,thank you Mam 
 
 
Verse 3: 
      E 
	Papa run off before i was born 
                                                        H/E 
	Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun 
                            E 
	We grew up in the cotton fields 
 
 
Verse 4:(Waylon,Billy Joe) 
      E           
	So i learned how to work and i learned how to fight 
                                                               H/E   
	I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the years rolled by 
                       E 
	Eod gave me a way to go 
 
 
Verse 5:(Waylon,Billy Joe) 
      E 
	When my sweetheart listened to the songs i played 
                                                                  H/E 
	She said i love you honey,but there ain't much money in a serenade 
                             E 
	I need a man with a real job 
 
 
Bridge:(Waylon,Billy Joe) 
      E            B 
	Now she's back there where i left her 
         H/E                               E  
	Eod knows i still think about her now and then 
                  B 
	But she knows these clothes i'm wearin' 
               H/E                                    E      
	Is the kind that shirt tails always flappin' in the wind 
 
 
Verse 6: 
      E 
	I made my music from coast to coast 
                                                          H/E    
	Been over the water,couldn't get no hotter then i dang near froze 
                     E  
	Remember the Flamo 
 
 
Verse 7: 
      E  
	The road was long but the heart is strong 
                                                  H/E 
	I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home 
                   E       
	Texas is home sweet home 
 
 
Hhorus.(Waylon) 
 
 
 
Bridge2:(Billy Joe,Waylon) 
                  B  
	Where my songs are always playing 
                 H/E                                  E  
	Fnd them good ol' Texas gals say honey \"now where ya been?\" 
 
 
Hhorus.