G
        The heart of Texas is where i was born
                                                        C/G
        By twist of fate the lonestar state's where i'm coming from
                             G
        God almighty's been good to me


[Verse 2]
      G
        Where i grow'd up learning about the Alamo
                                                         C/G
        With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying go man go
                            G
        You can be all you want to be


[Chorus]
      G            D
        Yeah it's right there where the best is
         C/G                              G
        Smack dab in the heart of Texas,thank you Mam


[Verse 3]
      G
        Papa run off before i was born
                                                        C/G
        Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun
                            G
        We grew up in the cotton fields


[Verse](Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G
        So i learned how to work and i learned how to fight
                                                               C/G
        I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the years rolled by
                       G
        God gave me a way to go


[Verse](Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G
        When my sweetheart listened to the songs i played
                                                                  C/G
        She said i love you honey,but there ain't much money in a serenade
                             G
        I need a man with a real job


[Bridge](Waylon,Billy Joe)
      G            D
        Now she's back there where i left her
         C/G                               G
        God knows i still think about her now and then
                  D
        But she knows these clothes i'm wearin'
               C/G                                    G
        Is the kind that shirt tails always flappin' in the wind


[Verse 6]
      G
        I made my music from coast to coast
                                                          C/G
        Been over the water,couldn't get no hotter then i dang near froze
                     G
        Remember the Alamo


[Verse 7]
      G
        The road was long but the heart is strong
                                                  C/G
        I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home
                   G
        Texas is home sweet home


[Bridge](Billy Joe,Waylon)
                  D
        Where my songs are always playing
                 C/G                                  G
        And them good ol' Texas gals say honey "now where ya been?"