B              F     C   F 
There wouldn’t be no Alamo, 
B          F      C     F 
No Cowboys in the Super Bowl 
   B                 C      D7 
No Lonesome Dove, no Yellow Rose 
                 F 
If it wasn’t for Texas 
 
  B        F    C      F 
I wouldn’t be a Willie fan, 
   B    F        C    F 
No body swam the Rio Grand 
  B              C     D7 
I wouldn’t be an American, 
                 F 
If it wasn’t for Texas 
 
Chorus 
 C              B              F 
Ft. Worth would never cross my mind, 
        C            B           F 
There’d be no Austin City Limits sign 
   B    F           C 
No lone star of any kind, 
                  F 
If it wasn’t for Texas 
 
    B     F       C      F 
I’d never gone to Tennessee, 
  B         F         C      F 
To sing my songs and chase my dreams 
B      F           C          D7 
Only heaven knows just where I’d be, 
                 F 
If it wasn’t for Texas 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
B       F       C    F 
It made me the man I am, 
      B       F       C        F 
Thank God for my ole’ stomping ground 
        B             C                D7 
Wouldn’t be standing right here, right now 
                 F 
If it wasn’t for Texas, 
                 D7 
If it wasn’t for Texas, 
                 B 
If it wasn’t for Texas