Luckenbach, Texas Chords

KeyF Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays484

Luckenbach, Texas by Radney Foster is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords E, B7, A, E7 and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F
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    E                  B7                      E   
The only two things in life that make it worth livin' 
   A                        B7            E       
Is guitars to tune good and firm, feelin' women 
A                                   E 
I don't need my name in the marquee lights 
  A                 B7                E 
I got my song and I got you with me tonight 
A                      B7                    E 
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love 
 
            E                                               A 
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the Boys 
     B7                                                                 E 
This successful life we're livin' got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys 
E                                    E7 
Between Hank Williams pain songs and Newbury's train songs 
    A                       F#m  
And Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain 
B7                                              E  
Out in Luckenbach Texas ain't nobody feelin' no pain 
 
 
Steel 
 
   E                                   A                  B7              E  
So baby let's sell your diamond rings, buy some boots and faded jeans and go away 
     E                              A              B7        E  
This coat and tie is chokin' me and in your high society you cry all day 
E                                      E7  
We've been so busy keepin' up with the Jones' 
A                         F#m  
Four car garage and we're still buildin' on 
A                      B7                    E 
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love 
 
 
Chorus 1 
 
Steel solo 
 
Chorus 2: 
(Roger Creager) 
Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas with Willie and Waylon and the Boys 
This succesful life we're livin' got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys 
Between Hank Williams pain songs and Jerry Jeff?s train songs 
And Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain 
Out in Luckenbach Texas ain't nobody feelin' no pain 
 
Out in Luckenbach Texas ain't nobody feelin' no pain 
  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante