| VERSE ONE |
| A | D | |
| Been having a ball since I was a boy in B | eaumont. |
| E | E7 | A | E7 | |
| I | loved that town but | I just couldn't | stay | . |
| A | D | D-D#-E7 | |
| Two-stepped all the way to Ama-r | illo, | slide |
| E7 | A | |
| Shuffled my way into Santa | Fe. |
| A | F#m | E | D | |
| I just | had to see the | sun set out in | Frisco. |
| F#m D E E7(STOP) |
| The Golden Gate is great, but it ain't home. |
| NC A -A/A (STOP) |
| Give me a rodeo. |
| CHORUS |
| NC D A |
| Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. |
| E | E7 | A | |
| I | am what I am,..And | that's what I'm gonna | be. |
| D A D (STOP) |
| You can say what you wanna say,...About my in-san-ity. |
| E7 | E7-Eb7-E7 | E7 | A | |
| Blame it on | Texas | ,.(slide)... | Don't blame it on | me. |
| INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND |
| E7 | -A | |
| VERSE TWO |
| A | D | |
| Met a girl out in eastern Okla- | homa. |
| E | E7 | A | |
| Her | daddy was a | Tulsa million- | aire. |
| A | D | |
| With | miles and miles of oil wells, he'd l | eave her. |
| E7 | A | |
| Well | all a man could want was waiting t | here. |
| F#m | E | D | |
| But one | night while she lay s | leeping, I | slipped away. |
| F#m D E E7(STOP) |
| Like no man in his right mind would do. |
| NC A - A/A |
| Call me a fool |
| CHORUS REPEAT |
| NC D A |
| Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. |
| E | E7 | A | |
| I | am what I am,...And | that's what I'm gonna | be. |
| D A D (STOP) |
| You can say what you wanna say,..About my in-san-ity. |
| E | E-Eb7-E7 | E7 | A | |
| Blame it on | Texas, | .(slide)... | Don't blame it on | me. |
| TAGG |
| A A7 D (STOP) |
| You can say what you wanna say,About my in-san-ity |
| E | |
| Blame it on T | exas |
E7 A (notes A-C#-D-D#-E E-D-C#-A) A
| Don't blame it on me. |