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People Up In Texas

Biography:

Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at 14 on KVOW radio. His first band was The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, and KLLL. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, of "Jole Blon" and "When Sin Stops (Love Begins)". Holly hired him to play bass. In Clear Lake, Iowa

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[Chorus]
G C
To the people up in Texas it's the nearest thing to heaven here on earth
D G
The lifestyle up in Texas is just go on out and live for all it's worth
G C
Where the men are all men and the ladies there are born with ways to please
G D G
And the people up in Texas think the rest of all the world is overseas

[Bridge]
C G
You don't need no one to tell you when you cross that Texas line
C G
The air starts smellin' sweeter and the water tastes like wine
C G D G
The sun is always shining so it's seldom ever cold people just grow up there never old

[Solo]
G
[Chorus]
G C
To the people up in Texas it's the nearest thing to heaven here on earth
D G
The lifestyle up in Texas is just go on out and live for all it's worth
G C
Where the men are all men and the ladies there are born with ways to please
G D G
And the people up in Texas think the rest of all the world is overseas
G D G
Yeah the people up in Texas think the rest of all the world is overseas