Biography:
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing.
Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals
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YOU'RE FROM TEXAS (C. Walker)
as recorded by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
from The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 4 (1985 Rhino Records)
|Bb |G |C |C |F |Bb G |C |F |
|Bb G |C |C F |Bb |Bb G |C |C |F |
|Bb7 |Eb |C |F |Bb G |C |F |Bb F |
Bb G
Pardon me stranger I hope there's no danger
C7
You'll think I'm getting off of my range
F Bb G
Oh but I calculate that you're from my state
C F
And though you may think its strange
Bb G C7
I allow as how you're from Texas
C F Bb
Because the lingo I understand
Bb G C
I'll bet my cale that you hail from Texas
C F
There's no mistaking the brand
Bb7 Eb
You've got a smile like an acre of sunflower
C F
Your eyes are blue bonnet blue
Bb G C
Shake hands its grand that you're from Texas
F Bb
Cause I'm from Texas too
|Bb |G |C |C |F |Bb G |C |F |
|Bb G |C |C F |Bb |Bb G |C |C |F |
Bb Eb
You've got a smile like two acres of sunflower
C F
Your eyes are blue bonnet blue
Bb G C
Shake hands its grand that you're from Texas
F Bb
Cause I'm from Texas too
as recorded by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
from The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 4 (1985 Rhino Records)
|Bb |G |C |C |F |Bb G |C |F |
|Bb G |C |C F |Bb |Bb G |C |C |F |
|Bb7 |Eb |C |F |Bb G |C |F |Bb F |
Bb G
Pardon me stranger I hope there's no danger
C7
You'll think I'm getting off of my range
F Bb G
Oh but I calculate that you're from my state
C F
And though you may think its strange
Bb G C7
I allow as how you're from Texas
C F Bb
Because the lingo I understand
Bb G C
I'll bet my cale that you hail from Texas
C F
There's no mistaking the brand
Bb7 Eb
You've got a smile like an acre of sunflower
C F
Your eyes are blue bonnet blue
Bb G C
Shake hands its grand that you're from Texas
F Bb
Cause I'm from Texas too
|Bb |G |C |C |F |Bb G |C |F |
|Bb G |C |C F |Bb |Bb G |C |C |F |
Bb Eb
You've got a smile like two acres of sunflower
C F
Your eyes are blue bonnet blue
Bb G C
Shake hands its grand that you're from Texas
F Bb
Cause I'm from Texas too
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