Chords
My Heart's Tonight In Texas

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
                             G                                                                              C                            G  
          In the distant state of Texas by the silver Rio Grande,
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          strolled a couple out one evening, was two sweethearts hand in hand.
                             G                                                                                         C                                         G  
          Was a rich man's pretty daughter and the lad she loved so dear,
                                                                                  D                                      G  
          though tomorrow they must part for many a year.
          G                                                                                              C                                    G  
My heart's tonight in Texas, though I'm far across the sea,
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the band is playing "Dixie" and there's where I long to be.
             G                                                                              C                                         G  
Dad says an earl I'll marry but although here is my hand,
                                                                                                D                            G  
my heart's tonight in Texas by the silver Rio Grande.
 G  C  G  D  G)  
                     G                                                                 C                              G  
          To Europe she was going to become a lady grand,
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          where her father hopes an earl, of course, she'll wed,
                                  G                                                                              C                                            G  
          but she went away next morning and her heart was true to Jack,
          G                                                                                              C                                    G  
My heart's tonight in Texas, though I'm far across the sea,
                                                                                                                D  
the band is playing "Dixie" and there's where I long to be.
             G                                                                              C                                         G  
Dad says an earl I'll marry but although here is my hand,
                                                                                                D                            G  
my heart's tonight in Texas by the silver Rio Grande.
                             G                                                                                    C                                 G  
          At a stately ball in England stood the Texas lad one night,
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          the scenes were splendid and the lights were dazzling bright.
                                  G                                                                                                 C                                 G  
          It was there the earl knelt beside her asking her to be his bride,
                                                                                          D                         G  
          but her thoughts were by the silver Rio Grande.
          G                                                                                              C                                    G  
My heart's tonight in Texas, though I'm far across the sea,
                                                                                                                D  
the band is playing "Dixie" and there's where I long to be.
             G                                                                              C                                         G  
Dad says an earl I'll marry but although here is my hand,
                                                                                                D                            G          D  G  
my heart's tonight in Texas by the silver Rio Grande.