Willie Nelson – Beautiful Texas (Guitar)

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This song has a 6/8 beat. Tip: TRANSPOSE -2 for easier chords - and CAPO 2 for play along a recording.

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]

         E
You have all read the beautiful stories

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Of the countries far over the sea

     B7
From whence came our ancestors

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To establish this land of the free

          E
There are some folks who still like to travel

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To see what they have over there

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But when they go look, it's not like the book

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And they find there is none to compare

[Chorus]

   E
To beautiful, beautiful Texas

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Where the beautiful bluebonnets grow

      B7
We're proud of our forefathers

    B7                E
Who fought at the Alamo

        E
You can live on the plains or the mountains

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Or down where the sea breezes blow

                              E
And you're still in beautiful Texas

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The most beautiful place that I know

[Verse 2]

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You can travel on beautiful highways

       E                     B7
By the city, the village and farm

   B7
Or sail above on the skyways

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And the beauty below you will charm

      E
White cotton, green pastures, blue rivers

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Golden wheat fields and fruit trees that bear

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You can look till doomsday and then you will say

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That Texas has beauty to spare

[Chorus]

E
Beautiful, beautiful Texas

          E                     B7
Where the beautiful bluebonnets grow

      B7
We're proud of our forefathers

    B7                E
Who fought at the Alamo

        E
You can live on the plains or the mountains

   E              E7          A
Or down where the sea breezes blow

                              E
And you're still in beautiful Texas

         F#m7      B7           E
The most beautiful place that I know

[Outro]

           A                  A
And you're still in beautiful Texas

         F#m7      B7           E
The most beautiful place that I know