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Waves Of Galveston Chords
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[Verse 1] [D]Leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can 'Cause you've been [G]hit behind the sea[Em]wall, gently [D]folded in the sand Papa left you for Heaven after your mama lost her song And though [G]your baby left you for [Em]Houston, no [D]one stays there very long [Gsus2][D] [Verse 2] [Gsus2][D] There's a graveyard by the pizza parlor, a gate that only closes Snowbirds [G]fly away like [Em]secrets no one [D]really wants to know The climbing moon's always shining on the kind of shells you keep The broken [G]horse tied to the [Em]wa ter [G]tower's [D]running [A]in his sleep [Verse 3] It's [G]too bad that you ain't [Gm]got a [D]soft place to [Em]fall[Asus4][A] [Asus4]It's too bad T[D]exas[G] leans to[Gm] the [D]least of us [Em]all[Asus4] And [G]says, "If [D]you can make the music [G]then you can hav[D]e the dance [G]If you can sho[D]ot the pis[G]tol then you can wea[D]r [Interlude 1] the pants" [D][Gsus2][D][G][D] [G][D][G][D] [Verse 4] [D]So leave the waves of Galveston [G]but [D]only if you can 'Cause it's the [G]only place the [Em]Lone Star kind have [D]offered you a hand Your baby left you nothing but a dog she left for dead You never [G]knew you were a [Em]burden till it [D]hit you on the [A]head It's [G]too bad that you [Gm]ain't got a [D]soft place to [Em]fall[Asus4] It's [A]too [G]bad Texas lea[Gm]ns to the [D]least in us [Em]all[Asus4] [G]And says, "If you can [D]make the music [G]then you can hav[D]e the dance [G]If you can sho[D]ot the pis[G]tol then you can [D]wear the pants" [Outro 1] [G][D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
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