If you’re gonna play in Texas    (video)

 

               G                    D                C                                     G

If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band,

         G                  D                      C              D      - D7

that lead guitar is hot, but not for Lousiana Man.

      Em                 D                     C                         G

So rosin up that bow for Faded Love and let's all dance,

                G                   D                C                                    Em

if you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.

 

+  C - G

 

            G                          D                        C                  G

1. I remember down in Houston we were puttin' on a show,

                  G                     D                           C                                D

    when a cowboy in the back stood up and yelled : Cotton-Eyed Joe.

                         G                         D         C                           G

    He said, we love what you're doing, boys, don't get us wrong,

       G                                D                      G

    there's just something missing in your song.

 

+  CHORUS     +  C    - G - C - G

 

                 G                      D                        C                          G

2. So we dusted off our boots and put our cowboy hats on straight,

               G                           D              C                           D

    them Texans raised the roof when Jeff opened up his case.

                          G             D                     C                                G

    You say y'all all wanna two-step, you say ya wanna doe-si-doe,

              G                       D                      G

    well, here's a fiddling song before we go.

 

(from here each CHORUS ends in G instead of Em)

 

+  CHORUS (2x)    +  instrumental = CHORUS

 

+  CHORUS       +  instrumental = CHORUS (2x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Alabama)