The Best Part Of Texas Chords

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The Best Part Of Texas by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D7, Am, Bm, G, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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Intro: D   D7  Am  Bm  G 

verse 1 

G          D        Em         G 
Suns going down the deserts on fire 
    C          Bm           Am 
The same way I felt when we touched 
D              D7    D          D7 
Stars stood at night excess moonlight 
       D         D7        G     D  D7  
Theres no better place for love 

verse 2 

    G       D    Em            G 
I   usually know when the wind blows 
C             Bm            Am    (walk up to G )    
Just what the next day will bring 
     G          D      D7              D 
Then out of the blue a cloud will roll thru 
    D7           D             G    (walk up to D) 
And thats all it takes to make rain  

    D                      D7         D       G   (walk down to D)     
The best part of Texas  is halfway to L.A. by now 
Em        D         
She ain't used to the fast life 
    D7                       G 
And she don't belong in that town 
    C              D 
Somewhere down the line  
      G                 C       G           (walk down to D) 
Maybe she'll change her mind an turn around 
    D             D7       Am         D7      G    (walk down to D) 
The best part of Texas  is halfway to L.A. by now 

verse 3 

D D7     G          D        Em          G 
     Way out on the plains I hear an old train 
    C         Bm            Am 
The loneliest sound on this earth 
    D           D7      D          Am 
And here in the dark  I talk to my heart 
    D           Am            G     D7 
But I ain't the greatest with words 
G           D           Em          G 
Lord what a night   The worst of my life 
C         Bm           Am 
Maybe I'm not thinkin' clear   
       D                D7         D 
'Cause I watched her go just hours ago 
       D7               D             G    Em 
But it feels like she's been gone for years 

Outro 

    D                      D7         D       G 
The best part of Texas  is halfway to L.A. by now 
Em        D 
She ain't used to the fast life 
    D7                       G 
And she don't belong in that town 
    C              D 
Somewhere down the line  
      G                 C       G            (walk down to D) 
Maybe she'll change her mind an turn around 
    D             D7      Am         D7      G   D  G 
The best part of Texas is halfway to L.A. by now  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante