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Four Aces Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Texas Tornados
FOUR ACES

**Note: this song is best played with a 12 string guitar
or the bajo sexton (same instrument sound is a little different)

INTRO: Cm X8

VERSE1
Cm
ON A MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO LAREDO
                                                                                         
         Gm
FOUR ACES STEPPED ABOARD
                        E                                                                
           GONNA FIND A LAREDO ROSE
                       Cm
FIND OUT WHO WAS SHE CHOSE

SHE IS IN LOVE WITH A BEARDED SANGER
                    Gm
HE COME FROM TEXAS WAY,
G
SAID HIS NAME WAS WILLY
                        Cm
AND I DON'T MEAN “SAY HAY”….


VERSE2
Cm
ONE HAD AN ACCORDION IN HIS LEFT
                      Gm
A COLD BEER IN HIS RIGHT
G
ONE WAS A HIPPY,
                     Cm
COMPLETELY OUT OF SIGHT

ONE WAS A BORDER SANGER,
                      Gm
G
ONE HAD A PONY TALE,
                         Cm
THEY SHUFFLED ALONG THAT DAY…


CHORUS
C
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          Dm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                      G
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          Cm
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE…

VERSE3
Cm
WILLIE SOUGHT BUT HE COULD NOT FIND HER
                          Gm
CAUSE “ZIMMY'S” WAS IN TOWN
G
HE'S DRINKEN AT THE KANTINA
                          Cm
HE ORDERED UP ANOTHER ROUND

HIS VATO WENT DOWN FOR HIS PISTOLA
                     Gm
I THOUGHT WE WERE DEAD,
G                                                Cm
BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ENTER ONE GRATEFUL FRED…


CHORUS
C
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                          Dm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                      G
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                         C
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE…


FLACO' SOLO

C       Dm      G       Cm


VERSE 4
Cm
THE TALE OF THE TEXAS STORY
                          Gm
IS READ QUITE BY WELL BY ALL
G
THIS BORDER QUEEN HAD SOMETHING
                           Cm
THAT MADE MESE HOMBRE'S FALL

LIKE STRINGS OF A SWEET CORRIDO
                    Gm
THE STORY IS THE SAME
E ( Hault at this note and keep singing)
SHE JUST WON A BUNDLE
                     Am (Continue/Transition to chorus)
ON THE TEXAS LOTTO FAME…


CHORUS
C
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                           Dm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
                       G
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
                         C
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE…
            
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