*When John plays it live he does pull offs on the G and Hi-e whenever he is playing a the D.*
D*G x2
[Verse 1]
D G
You come from west Texas in a Mercedes-Benz
D G
With your Louis Vuitton, and your debutante friends
D G
Your step-mom came with you to watch you unpack
D G
She'll go home in the gulf stream when it's time to go back
G D* G
To Midland
D*
Midland
[Verse 2]
D G
Your daddy, he's been working since the day he turned 18
D G
Workin' for his father, turnin' crude to gasoline
D G
In the great 1980's when the boom came to town
D G
And all them big ole buildings, they just shot out of the ground
G D* G
Out in Midland
D*
Midland
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
D G
You're down to three houses for Greek sisterhood
D G
How 'bout them Tri Deltas, we all knew you would
D G
You're all set to major in the fashion merchandise
D G
But you'll drop it in the spring for a boy from Alamo Heights
D G
Of course he'll be handsome, and he'll have a good last name
D G
Ya'll can sit in Jerry's box at the Cowboy football game
D G
Take him home for Christmas, take him out to see the rigs
D G
Where the roughnecks run the auger, and dance the black gold jig
G D* G
Out in Midland
D*
Midland
[Solo 2]
[Verse 4]
D G
Some years down the road with your scripture rehearsed
D G
You'll baptize that newborn baby at the Presbyterian church
D G
He'll be too young to know what is underneath that soil
D G
But you didn't either, so just anoint his head with oil
G D* G
Out in Midland
G D* G
Out in Midland
D* G
Midland
D* G
Midland
D*G x 2
D*G x2
[Verse 1]
D G
You come from west Texas in a Mercedes-Benz
D G
With your Louis Vuitton, and your debutante friends
D G
Your step-mom came with you to watch you unpack
D G
She'll go home in the gulf stream when it's time to go back
G D* G
To Midland
D*
Midland
[Verse 2]
D G
Your daddy, he's been working since the day he turned 18
D G
Workin' for his father, turnin' crude to gasoline
D G
In the great 1980's when the boom came to town
D G
And all them big ole buildings, they just shot out of the ground
G D* G
Out in Midland
D*
Midland
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
D G
You're down to three houses for Greek sisterhood
D G
How 'bout them Tri Deltas, we all knew you would
D G
You're all set to major in the fashion merchandise
D G
But you'll drop it in the spring for a boy from Alamo Heights
D G
Of course he'll be handsome, and he'll have a good last name
D G
Ya'll can sit in Jerry's box at the Cowboy football game
D G
Take him home for Christmas, take him out to see the rigs
D G
Where the roughnecks run the auger, and dance the black gold jig
G D* G
Out in Midland
D*
Midland
[Solo 2]
[Verse 4]
D G
Some years down the road with your scripture rehearsed
D G
You'll baptize that newborn baby at the Presbyterian church
D G
He'll be too young to know what is underneath that soil
D G
But you didn't either, so just anoint his head with oil
G D* G
Out in Midland
G D* G
Out in Midland
D* G
Midland
D* G
Midland
D*G x 2
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