Tune the guitar down a half step

Intro: A, D, A, D, x2

Ohio was a (A) riverbank, (D) ten speed (A) layin in the weeds (D)
Cannonball off an old (A) rope swing, (D) long (A) long summer (D) days
Tennessee was a (A) guitar, (D) first big (A) dream of mine (D)
If I made it, yeah, that’d (A) be just fine (D)
I just wanted to (A) play, I just wanted to (D) play, but…

Chorus:
(F#m) Tex(D)as, was (A) green eyes crying (D) goodbye
Was a (F#m) long drive, a (D) heartache I’m still (A) trying to get (D) through
Texas was you

Carolina was a (A) black car, (D) a big white (A) number three (D)
California was a (A)ellow jeep, (D) cruisin’ down (A) Vixer (D)
Georgia was a (A) summer job, (D) ‘Bama was a (A) spring break (D)
I got memories all (A) over the place (D)
But only one still (A) hurts, (D) only one still hurts like

Chorus:
(F#m) Tex(D)as, was (A) green eyes crying (D) goodbye
Was a (F#m) long drive, a (D) heartache I’m still (A) trying to get (D) through
Texas was you

(F#m) Tex(D)as was my (A) whole life waving (D) goodbye
Thought (F#m) I’d died, (D) a heartache I’m still trying to get through

Play intro x2

Texas was (A) you (D), (A), (D)

It will always be you (A), (D), (A), (D)

If you wanna play it in standard, put the capo on the first fret and play with G, C, and Em