Mark Chesnutt

VERSE ONE
^A Been having a ball since I was a boy in B ^D eaumont.
I ^E loved that town but ^E7 I just couldn't ^A stay ^E7 .
^A Two-stepped all the way to Ama-r ^D illo, ^D-D#-E7 slide
^E7 Shuffled my way into Santa ^A Fe.
^A I just ^F#m had to see the ^E sun set out in ^D Frisco.
F#m D E E7(STOP)
The Golden Gate is great, but it ain't home.
NC A -A/A (STOP)
Give me a rodeo.
CHORUS
NC D A
Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me.
I ^E am what I am,..And ^E7 that's what I'm gonna ^A be.
D A D (STOP)
You can say what you wanna say,...About my in-san-ity.
Blame it on ^E7 Texas ^E7-Eb7-E7 ,.(slide)... ^E7 Don't blame it on ^A me.
INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND
^{E7 -A} VERSE TWO
^A Met a girl out in eastern Okla- ^D homa.
Her ^E daddy was a ^E7 Tulsa million- ^A aire.
With ^A miles and miles of oil wells, he'd l ^D eave her.
Well ^E7 all a man could want was waiting t ^A here.
But one ^F#m night while she lay s ^E leeping, I ^D slipped away.
F#m D E E7(STOP)
Like no man in his right mind would do.
NC A - A/A
Call me a fool
CHORUS REPEAT
NC D A
Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me.
I ^E am what I am,...And ^E7 that's what I'm gonna ^A be.
D A D (STOP)
You can say what you wanna say,..About my in-san-ity.
Blame it on ^E Texas, ^E-Eb7-E7 .(slide)... ^E7 Don't blame it on ^A me.
TAGG
A A7 D (STOP)
You can say what you wanna say,About my in-san-ity
Blame it on T ^E exas

Don't blame it on me.