Tom: A
A E
I’ve been a ramblin’ man half of my life it’s true
E A
And where I’ve laid my hat has been my home
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No matter where I am when I feel like this, I know what I must do
E A
I gotta to go someplace where I don’t feel alone
A E
These little places that ain’t so hard to find
E A
All I gotta do is keep my ear down to the ground
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In every state there lies a place to ease my state of mind
E A
All I gotta to do is listen for the sound
A D
Of the steel guitar and the fiddle
E A
No matter where I am they make me feel at home
A D
When the steel guitar and the fiddle
E A
Carry me back to Texas wherever I may roam
There’s a little girl in the next town that I know
I’d love to stay with her but I just can’t take that chance
Cause 'round the bend there’s a different world that waits for me I know
And I can tell what’s on her mind each time we dance
The wanting in her eyes ain’t hard to see
She longs for me to stop and settle down
But I just smile and say “When I'm back this way, you know just where I’ll be
Where the music plays the notes that help the whiskey go down
Where the:
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Carry me back to Texas
Wherever I may roam
