Billy Joe Shaver - Heart of Texas Chords

Verse 1:
      G             
 	 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 good to me


Verse 2:
      G
 	 Where i grow'd up learning about the Alamo
                                                         C/G
 	 With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying go man go
                            G
 	 You can be all you want to be


Chorus:
      G            D
 	 Yeah it's right there where the best is
         C/G                              G
 	 Smack dab in the heart of Texas,thank you Mam


Verse 3:
      G
 	 Papa run off before i was born
                                                        C/G
 	 Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun
                            G
 	 We grew up in the cotton fields


Verse 4:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G          
 	 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 years rolled by
                       G
 	 God gave me a way to go


Verse 5:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G
 	 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
                             G
 	 I need a man with a real job


Bridge:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G            D
 	 Now she's back there where i left her
         C/G                               G 
 	 God knows i still think about her now and then
                  D
 	 But she knows these clothes i'm wearin'
               C/G                                    G     
 	 Is the kind that shirt tails always flappin' in the wind


Verse 6:
      G
 	 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:
      G 
 	 The road was long but the heart is strong
                                                  C/G
 	 I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home
                   G      
 	 Texas is home sweet home


Chorus.(Waylon)



Bridge2:(Billy Joe,Waylon)
                  D 
 	 Where my songs are always playing
                 C/G                                  G 
 	 And them good ol' Texas gals say honey "now where ya been?"


Chorus.