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	The heart of Texas is where i was born

	C/G
By twist of fate the lonestar state's where i'm	coming from

	G
God almighty's been g	ood to me

Verse 2:

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	Where i grow'd up learning about the Alamo

	C/G
With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying	go man go

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You can be all you w	ant to be

Chorus:

	G	D
	Yeah it's r	ight there where the best is

	C/G	G
S	mack dab in the heart of Texas,th	ank you Mam

Verse 3:

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	Papa run off before i was born

	C/G
Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the	Texas sun

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We grew up in the co	tton fields

Verse 4:(Waylon,Billy Joe)

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	So i learned how to work and i learned how to fight

	C/G
I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the y	ears rolled by

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God gave me a w	ay to go

Verse 5:(Waylon,Billy Joe)

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	When my sweetheart listened to the songs i played

	C/G
She said i love you honey,but there ain't much money in a	serenade

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I need a man with a r	eal job

Bridge:(Waylon,Billy Joe)

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	Now she's b	ack there where i left her

	C/G	G
G	od knows i still think about her n	ow and then

	D
But she kn	ows these clothes i'm wearin'

	C/G	G
Is the	kind that shirt tails always flappin' i	n the wind

Verse 6:

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	I made my music from coast to coast

	C/G
Been over the water,couldn't get no hotter then i	dang near froze

	G
Remember the	Alamo

Verse 7:

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	The road was long but the heart is strong

	C/G
I was Texas born and raised and Texas is s	till my home

	G
Texas is ho	me sweet home

Chorus.(Waylon)

Bridge2:(Billy Joe,Waylon)

	D
Where my s	ongs are always playing

	C/G	G
And them	good ol' Texas gals say honey "now wh	ere ya been?"

Chorus.

Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.

Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr

http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/country.html

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Heart Of Texas-crd

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