E 
Well I left my home by the Alamo  
    A 
Ten years, three dogs, two wives ago  
E  
Lookin’ back at the plans I’ve made  
     B 
Look nothin’ like the road I’ve paved  
    E 
I’m goin’ back to where I’m from  
   A    
My new plan is not havin’ one  
      E        B                  E 
Now I know the things that will remain  
 
Chorus:  
A                 E 
Death, taxes, and Texas  
F#                            B  
No matter where I roam, there ain’t no gettin’ away from  
          E                                    A 
I’ve been lost but now I’ve found what I can’t live without in life is  
E      B         E  
Death, taxes and Texas  
 
Now I work my fingers to the bone  
What Uncle Sam don’t take I take home  
It ain’t much but I don’t complain  
Can’t take it with me anyway  
What I got is all I need  
Blue bonnets and blue skies to breathe  
And three things that I know will never change