Wichita Falls Chords

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Wichita Falls by Houston Marchman is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			          G                                      	 
Oil field town in a blood red sky 
        C                                  G    
way out here that sun takes a long time to die 
          G                     Em        
just seventeen when the highway called 
              G                    D                     G       
my mama said "boy don't send me no tears back to Wichita Falls" 
 
 
                   G                
Yeah, broken white line led me away 
       C                  G      
down a long lonesome interstate 
              G                     Em   
my boots move fast but my mind move slow 
              G         D              G  
wherever easy money went I was gonna go 
 
                 C                         G   
Now my poor mama cries for the trouble I'm in 
        G                                  D    
but the law don't believe me it was self defense 
          Em           C                   G        C    
her heart breaks down against these prison walls 
                   G            D             Em       C 
there's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls 
                   G            D             G   
there's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls 
 
 
 
             G                      
I was raised up that that where God lost his shoes 
                       C                  G 
turned that west Texas dust into big city blues 
              G                           Em 
that city kid pushed me just a little too far 
                G   D                  G              
reckon I pushed back just a little too hard 
 
 
Chorus: 
                 C                         G  
Now my poor mama cries for the trouble I'm in 
                                           D 
but the law don't believe me it was self defense 
          Em           C                   G          C 
her heart breaks down against these prison walls 
                   G            D             G    
there's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls 
 
                   C                         G     
Yeah, my poor mama cries for the trouble I'm in 
                                                      D  
but the law don't believe me mama hell it was self defense 
        Em         C                      G             C               
my life sure don't mean much inside these prison walls 
                 G            D              Em       C 
'cept a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls 
                   G            D              G 
There's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls 
    	

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