A D A E D A [Verse] A There's a place not too far away from here Out with the cows and the Lone Star beer D A Where the living and loving is quite all right with me E D A Well they call it Texas and it's a mighty fine place to be A D A E D A [Verse] A Runs from Texarkana to El Paso And Oklahoma down to old Mexico D A And there's Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antone E D A People in Texas sure do make you feel at home A D A E D A [Verse] A They just want everybody to leave them alone While they drink their whiskey and roll their own D A And they like their music with a little bit of southern sound E D A They kick up their heels every evening when the sun goes down A D A E D A [Verse] A And you can call them country and they don't care And if you don't like the way they wear their hair D A You can take you like and shove 'em on up the line E D A People in Texas don't care if the sun don't shine