Bastard Out Of Texas Chords

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Bastard Out Of Texas by Jasper Stone is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro D C G  C D G 
D	     C			     G	    D		    C 
G  
At 14 I was on the run I stole the family car Drove that Impala north and I 
rode it hard 
	D		       C		    G		      C 
D	  G 
They caught me stealin' groceries in  Beebe Arkansas Judge said you're 
guilty as charged 
     C	    D		     G 
Said son I know exactly what you are. 

		    D	        C		   G 
D	       G	 
You're just a bastard straight out of Texas   You've been guilty since birth 
		   D	    C	      G	        C 
D             G 
You're just a bastard out of Texas  And where I 'm standin' you're guiltier 
than most 
 
D	              C		      G    D		   C 
G  
Shacked up with a girl down from Omaha  One morning she said I ain't gonna 
pay your rent no more 
D		     C			          G 
She gave me this little speech while I was broken down on the wooden floor 
C		  D	         G		      C		D 
G 
Said I ain't taken it no more  She said "boy, I know exactly what you are" 
 
Chorus 
Solo 
 
D		   C	     G			D		     C 
G 
Driving down I-35 on vapors and Mad Dog Slid across that border into the 
sand's of Mexico 
D	    C		      G				        C 
D			  had a simple plan with pockets of cash ready to 
burn  My plan was flawed and I crashed  
	G	 C		    D		G 
down hard     They said we've seen you act before 
 
Chorus 
 
These guys are great.  Pure cranked-up country! 
 
Please direct all suggestions, corrections, additions, 
 and cussins to The Big L ([email protected]) 
    	

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