Intro
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A capella
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If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
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That | lead guitar is | hot but not for “ | Louisiana | Man” |
Guitars enter
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So | rosin up that | bow for “Faded | Love” and let’s all | dance |
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If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
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I re | member down in | Houston we were | puttin’ on a | show |
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When a | cowboy in the | back stood up and | yelled, Cotton-Eyed | Joe |
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He said, we | love what you’re | doin’, | boys don’t get us | wrong |
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There’s just somethin’ | missin’ in your | songs |
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If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
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That | lead guitar is | hot but not for “ | Louisiana | Man” |
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So | rosin up that | bow for “Faded | Love” and let’s all | dance |
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If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
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So we | dusted off our | boots and put our | cowboy hats on | straight |
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Them | Texans raised the | roof when Jeff | opened up his | case |
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You | say y’all all wanna | two-step, you | say ya wanna do-si- | do |
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Well, | here’s your fiddlin’ | song before we | go |
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If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
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That | lead guitar is | hot but not for “ | Louisiana | Man” |
F#m | E | D | A | |
So | rosin up that | bow for “Faded | Love” and let’s all | dance |
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If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
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If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
A | E | D | E | |
That | lead guitar is | hot but not for “ | Louisiana | Man” |
F#m | E | D | A | |
So | rosin up that | bow for “Faded | Love” and let’s all | dance |
A | E | D | A | |
If you’re | gonna play in | Texas, you | gotta have a fiddle in the | band |
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