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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- After All
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- Away Out There
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- Blues For Dixie
- Brain Cloudy Blues
- Bring It On Down To My Place
- Bubbles In My Beer
- Cherokee Maiden
- Chinatown
- Deep Water
- Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age
- Dont Keep It A Secret
- Down Hearted Blues
- Drop Us Off At Bobs Place
- Dusty Skies
- End Of The Line
- Faded Love
- Going Away Party
- Hawaiian War Chant Ta Hu Wa Hu Wai
- Heart To Heart Talk
- Home In San Antone
- I Aint Got Nobody
- If No News Is Good News
- Its The Bottle Talking
- Lily Dale
- Miles And Miles Of Texas
- Misery
- Miss Molly
- New San Antonio Rose
- Right Or Wrong
- San Antonio Rose Singalong
- Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight
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Miles and Miles of Texas
by Tommy Camfield & Diane Johnston
recorded by Bob Wills,
recorded by Asleep at the Wheel
(For D7 I use x5453x using EADGBe. Similarly, G is x55433 and G6 is x32253)
Intro (same as the last two lines of the chorus)
G............C9....G..D7..G
Verse 1
G C G
I's born in Louisiana, down on the old bay-ou;
C G A
Raised on shrimp and catfish,and Mammy's good
D7
gum-bo.
G C
I got the ramblin' fever, said good- bye to maw
G
and paw;
C Gdim G E7 A7 D7 G
Crossed that old Red River this is what I saw.
Chorus
G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in
D7
the sky;
G C9 G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna live here
D7 G
'til I die.
Verse 2
G C G
I rode up in to Austin, the cradle of the West;
C G A7 D7
Just ask any cowboy, he'll tell you it’s the best.
G C
And I met a Texas beauty, I got friendly with her
G
Paw;
C Gdim G E7 A7
I looked in-to her big blue eyes, and this is
D7 G
what I saw.
Chorus
G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in
D7
the sky;
G C9 G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna live here
D7 G
'til I die.
Instrumental break same as Chorus
G...........D7....G............C9....G..D7..G
Verse 3
G C G
I started tamin' broncos, made every rode- o;
C G A7
Un-til I met a tough one, his name was Devil
D7
Joe.
G C
I grabbed hold of his bridle, just to ride this old
G
Out-law;
C Gdim G E7 A7 D7
He threw me from the saddle, and this is what
G
I saw.
Chorus
G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in
D7
the sky;
G C9 G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna live here
D7 G
'til I die.
Instrumental break same as Chorus
G...........D7....G............C9....G..D7..G
end with G6
by Tommy Camfield & Diane Johnston
recorded by Bob Wills,
recorded by Asleep at the Wheel
(For D7 I use x5453x using EADGBe. Similarly, G is x55433 and G6 is x32253)
Intro (same as the last two lines of the chorus)
G............C9....G..D7..G
Verse 1
G C G
I's born in Louisiana, down on the old bay-ou;
C G A
Raised on shrimp and catfish,and Mammy's good
D7
gum-bo.
G C
I got the ramblin' fever, said good- bye to maw
G
and paw;
C Gdim G E7 A7 D7 G
Crossed that old Red River this is what I saw.
Chorus
G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in
D7
the sky;
G C9 G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna live here
D7 G
'til I die.
Verse 2
G C G
I rode up in to Austin, the cradle of the West;
C G A7 D7
Just ask any cowboy, he'll tell you it’s the best.
G C
And I met a Texas beauty, I got friendly with her
G
Paw;
C Gdim G E7 A7
I looked in-to her big blue eyes, and this is
D7 G
what I saw.
Chorus
G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in
D7
the sky;
G C9 G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna live here
D7 G
'til I die.
Instrumental break same as Chorus
G...........D7....G............C9....G..D7..G
Verse 3
G C G
I started tamin' broncos, made every rode- o;
C G A7
Un-til I met a tough one, his name was Devil
D7
Joe.
G C
I grabbed hold of his bridle, just to ride this old
G
Out-law;
C Gdim G E7 A7 D7
He threw me from the saddle, and this is what
G
I saw.
Chorus
G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in
D7
the sky;
G C9 G
I saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna live here
D7 G
'til I die.
Instrumental break same as Chorus
G...........D7....G............C9....G..D7..G
end with G6
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