Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music. In 1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of "Blue Christmas", a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his mid-1950s version. Another well-known Tubb hit was "Waltz Across Texas" (1965)
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Date: 11/23/96; 4:53:47 PM From: [email protected] (Gene L. Graham) Subject: HALF A MIND
HALF A MIND Recorded by Ernest Tubb Words and music by Roger Miller
CAPO: 1st FRET KEY: G# PLAY: G [G] I don't [D] love you like I [G] used to do ...[G7] But [C] I'm a-[C7] fraid to tell you [G] so ...[G7] [C] I've got [C7] half a mind to [G] leave [Em] you But [D] only [D7] half the heart to [G] go.
Words to tell you just don't come to me Guess my courage is too slow I've got a half a mind to leave you But only half the heart to go.
Now time may prove that you're not to blame But now's the time I need to know I've got half a mind to leave you But only half the heart to go.