Texas Morning

Introduction: Emaj7

Emaj7                            F#m
Right in the middle of the ten cent scenery
Abm                               A
Shuffled and stacked on a postcard rack
Emaj7                                   F#m
There's a cute little girl with a Shetland pony
      Abm                   A
She smiles at me but I can't smile back
F#                        B
Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
F#                    B
Tells me it's my lucky day
A
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
A                                     E
And I've come a long, long way
A
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
A                                     E
And I've come a long, long way

She left me cold on a winter's morning
And cold it's been for a long, long time
She told me Texas was where she's going
And I came looking but she's so hard to find
Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
Tells me it's my lucky day
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've come a long, long way
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've come a long, long way

     A                        A/Ab
Oh, I don't know just where I'll find her,
F#m                                 G
Maybe the soldier with the suitcase saw her,
D                             F                  A              E7
She just said she was goin' to Texas, for a little while
        A                             A/Ab
So I'm looking for a girl with light brown hair,
      F#m                        G                             D
And hazel eyes, and she's not too pretty, but her beautiful smile,
F                                A                           E7
She just said, 'Well I'm goin' to Texas, for a little while.'

Break:   F#   /   B   /   F#   /   B

Cook in the back is gettin' curious,
He asks the waitress where I'm from
She just says 'Well, I've never seen him,
He's prob'ly just a California bum.'
Cactus Jack he says, 'That's right'
As I walk out into the light
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've got a long, long ride
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've got a long, long ride

Emaj7          F#m
Outside, the sun is up
         Abm
And the wind blows me
A
Like a dixiecup
              E
Down the highway...

Words and Music (C) Michael Martin Murphey/Boomer Castleman