Jerry Jeff Walker – Northeast Texas Women (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G A D D G A D [Verse 1]
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Say if you're South of Oklahoma,  east of New Mexico

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West of Louisiana, where Papa Charles always go

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We gotta a little place we call Texas

          A                  D
Where the women just grow on trees

D                   G
right there for the pickin' good buddy

         A                  D
Just as easy as a man could please
[Chorus]
G   D/F#       Em
Run take a hold

             G         D/F#         Em
You're gonna get young 'fore ya get old

             G          D/F#  Em
Those Texas ladies are Texas gold

                              A
Kisses that are sweeter than cactus

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Take no practice to love, yeah
[Verse 2]
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Now there east of Amarillo, a little south of old Dime Box

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You can find a Cinderella or a genuine Goldilocks

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If ya don't like no love attachments

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If your taste in women gets strange

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You could probably find   something still livin'

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Down in old La Grange
[Chorus]
    G   D/F#          Em
You run tell the world

                G  D/F#     Em
You gotta have a Lone Star girl

         G    D/F# Em
With her cast iron curls

             A
Her aluminum dimples

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Cause she's so simple to love
[Instrumental] G D/F# Em G D/F# Em A D A D G A D [Verse 3]
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 Now she's probably in Dallas, maybe down in old Cowtown

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I've heard tell Texas women

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Beat the others lyin' down

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 I just thought I might tell you

   A                D
In case you were unaware

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'Bout those northeast Texas women

           A            D
With their cotton candy hair
[Chorus]
    G   D/F#     Em
You run dig a hole

              G       D/F#         Em
You gonna get young before you get old

          G         D/F#  Em
Now Texas women are Texas gold

            A
Ahh they're sweeter than cactus, whoa

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 Easy to love, yeah, easy to love

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  who easy to love, mmmmm

    G   D/F#     Em
You run tell the world

                 G    D/F# Em
Ah, you'll get a Lone Star girl

         G    D/F# Em
With her cast iron curls

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She's sweeter than cactus

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Cause she's so simple to love