Key: C
Introduction: C F Fm C Am C G C
C7 F C
You&rsquo ve got a better chance of seeing Big Foot than a live armadillo
G7
I think they only exist in some folk&rsquo s minds
F C Am
I&rsquo ve seen &lsquo em crushed out on the highway and stuffed at the local gift shop
C G7 C
But a live armadillo is something I can&rsquo t find
C F
I moved down to Texas about ten years ago
C G7
And got a book of all the things that I should see
C C7 F
They have an aardvark with a helmet that they call an armadillo
C G7 C
So I figured that&rsquo s the Texas sight for me
C F
I&rsquo ve heard &lsquo em called an armored possum or even possum on the half shell
C G7
&ldquo Texas Speed Bump&rdquo when you hit &lsquo em with your car
C C7 F
There&rsquo s a sign out on the highway that says Armadillo Crossing
C G7 C
But I don&rsquo t think any armadillos have made it that far!
C7 F C
You&rsquo ve got a better chance of seeing Big Foot than a live armadillo
G7
I think they only exist in some folk&rsquo s minds
F C Am
I&rsquo ve seen &lsquo em crushed out on the highway and stuffed at the local gift shop
C G7 C
But a live armadillo is something I can&rsquo t find
C F
I saw a roadrunner in Fort Stockton chasing bugs down the highway
C G7
And wild pigs down in Boerne digging up the ground
C C7 F
There was a lizard in Terlingua that was longer than my arm
C F C
But there was no armadillos to be found
C F
I&rsquo ve had possums at my back door and a fox drink from my pool
C G7
And a coyote even walked through my backyard
C C7 F
I&rsquo ve seen snakes and lizards, skunks and pigs and a hundred other things
C G7 C
So why is a live armadillo so damned hard!
C7 F C
You&rsquo ve got a better chance of seeing Big Foot than a live armadillo
G7
I think they only exist in some folk&rsquo s minds
F C Am
I&rsquo ve seen &lsquo em crushed out on the highway and stuffed at the local gift shop
C G7 C
But a live armadillo is something I can&rsquo t find
C F
I went down to Fort Worth and walked through the Stockyards
C G7
Stopped in the gift shop of one of those country bars
C C7 F
There for $89.95 I could buy me a stuffed armadillo
C G7 C
Laying on his back and drinking a cold Lone Star
C7 F C
You&rsquo ve got a better chance of seeing Big Foot than a live armadillo
G7
I think they only exist in some folk&rsquo s minds
F C Am
I&rsquo ve seen &lsquo em crushed out on the highway and stuffed at the local gift shop
C G7 C
But a live armadillo is something I can&rsquo t find
F C Am
I&rsquo ve seen &lsquo em crushed out on the highway and stuffed at the local gift shop
C G7 C
But a live armadillo is something I can&rsquo t find