Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Texas Sunset

5 Comments:

Blogger Mel said...

Wow........the sky looks HUGE!!!

Kinda fits with Texan's bragging rights, eh?

7:51 PM  
Blogger starbender said...

hahahaaa, I never thought of it that way!!! Brilliant!!!

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11:05 AM  
Blogger I, Like The View said...

AWESOME!!!!

(I'm humming a tune called, or something to do with, Miles and Miles of Texas - do you know that one?)

6:49 PM  
Blogger I, Like The View said...

I coulnd't resist, here it is (with guitar chords!):

Verse 1
I's (G)born in Louisiana, down (C)on the old bay-(G)ou;
(C)Raised on shrimp and (G)catfish, (A7)Mammy's good gum-(D7)bo.
I (G)got the ramblin' fever, said good-(C)bye to maw and (G)paw;
(C)Crossed that (d flat dim)old Red (G)River(E7) (A7)this is (D7)what I (G)saw.

Chorus
I saw (G)miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in the (D7)sky;
I saw (G)miles and miles of (c min 9)Texas, gonna (G)live here (D7)'til I
(G)die.

Verse 2
I (G)rode up in to Austin, the (C)cradle of the (G)West;
(C)Just ask any (G)cowboy, he'll (A)tell you that its the (D7)best.
And I (G)met a Texas beauty, I got (C)friendly with her (G)Paw;
I (C)looked in-(d flat dim)to her (G)big blue (E7)eyes, and (A7)this is
(D7)what I (G)saw.

Chorus
I saw (G)miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in the (D7)sky;
I saw (G)miles and miles of (c min 9)Texas, gonna (G)live here (D7)'til I
(G)die.

Instrumental break same as Chorus

Verse 3
I (G)started tamin' broncos, made (C)every rode-(G)o;
Un-(C)til I met a (G)tough one, you know his (A7)name was Devil (D7)Joe.
And I (G)grabbed hold of his bridle, just to (C)ride this old out-(G)law;
He (C)threw me (d flat dim)from the (G)saddle(E7), and (A7)this is (D7)what
I (G)saw.

Chorus
I saw (G)miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in the (D7)sky;
I saw (G)miles and miles of (c min 9)Texas, gonna (G)live here (D7)'til I
(G)die.

Instrumental break same as Chorus; end with (G6)

*humming*

I saw miles and miles of Texas. . .

6:59 PM  
Blogger Annelisa said...

A phoenix rising from the desert?

6:26 PM  

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