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