Biography:
Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough, he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive, husky singing and slide guitar playing, with the Guinness Rockopedia describing him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart". After learning to play the guitar relatively late, a short burst of local band activity led to his launching a solo career in 1978.
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Other songs:
- Driving Home For Christmas
- Fool If You Think It's Over
- Looking For The Summer
- Road To Hell
- 90 Blues
- Ace Of Hearts
- All Summer Long
- Auberge
- Blue Cafe
- Candles
- Come So Far Yet Still So Far To Go
- Curse Of The Traveller
- Daytona
- Fool
- Girl In A Sports Car
- Giverny
- Gods Great Banana Skin
- Gone Fishing
- Heaven
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
- I Dont Know What It Is But I Love It
- Im Still Holding On
- Josephine
- Julia
- Lets Dance
- Loves Strange Ways
- Midnight Blue
- Nothing Left Behind
- Nothing To Fear
- Nothings Happening By The Sea
- On The Beach
- Raincoat And A Rose
- Road To Hell Part 1
- Road To Hell Part 1 2
- September Blue
- Shamrock Diaries
- Sing A Song Of Love To Me
- Soft Top Hard Shoulder
- Stainsby Girls
- Steel River
- Summer Love
- Texas
- Thats What They Always Say
- The Chance Of Love
- Thinking Of You
- Touche D Amour
- When The Grey Skies Turn To Blue
- Who Do You Love
- Windy Town
- Winning
- Winter Song
- You Must Be Evil
- Your Warm And Tender Love
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Artist - Chris Rea
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Song - Texas
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Album - Road To Hell
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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A
Warm winds blowing
D
Heating blue sky
F#m F
And a road that goes forever
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VERSE 2
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A
Been thinking 'bout it lately
Been watching some TV
Em
Been looking all around me
A
At what has come to be
D
Been talking to my neighbor
And he agrees with me
F
G A
It's all gone crazy
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CHORUS
*******
A
Well my wife returns from taking
My little girl to school
A
She's got beads of perspiration
As she tries to keep her cool
D
She says that mess it don't get no better
There's gonna come a day
F
Someone's gonna get killed out there
G A
And I turn to her and say Texas
She says what?
Em
I said Texas
A
She says what?
D
They've got big long road out there
F G
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VERSE 3
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A
Warm winds blowing
Em
Heating blue sky
D F
And a road that goes forever
G A
I'm going to Texas
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02:03
SLIDE
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e|---s---17~~~|---s---17-~~|---s------s------|-------------|---s-----------s-----s------------|---------s------|
B|-1517------|-1517------|-1715--1314----|---s---------|-1214-15-16-1617-1214----------|-------1214----|
G|------------|------------|--------------14-|-1214--12~~~|-------------------------14--12~~~|-12-14-------14-|
D|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
A|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
E|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
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BRIDGE
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A
We got to get out of here
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|---s---|
D|-5--7-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
We got to get out of here
F G
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|--s--|
D|-57-|
A|-----|
E|-----|
02:41
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-1214----1214----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
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RIFF 1 no slide - Play this with chorus below
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7--5-7----s--5------p---------|
A|--------3-57---5-3-5-3--------|
E|------------------------5--3-5-|
CHORUS
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A
Well I got a little brother
e|-slide continues-|
B|---s-------------|
G|-1214-----------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Several meters high
e|----------|
B|---s------|
G|-1214-14-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Em
Yea his built just like a quarterback
A
And he swears he'll testify
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-1214----1214----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
D
He says he's been to Texas
And that's the only place to be
e|---s-------------------s------|
B|-1214-15-16-1617---1214----|
G|---------------------------14-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
F
Big stakes, big girls, no trouble here
G
That's the place for me
e|---s---17----17--17-17-~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-1517----17---------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
A
I'm going to Texas, yea yeaaaa
s
e|-1517-~~~~--15-|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
F
G A
Oh I'm going to Texas, Yeaa yea
e|---s---12---s-------------|
B|-1214----1214-----------|
G|----------------14-~~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
F
e|---s---17-|
B|-1517----|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
G A
I'm going to Texas
e|---s---------s-------------=|
B|-1517-15--1214----------s-|
G|-----------------14----14--|
D|-----------------------14--|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
Yea yeaaaaa
03:47 s s s s
e|-12-14-17~~~-17~~~~~~-|-17-----1315-~~~~-1517/-14--14-14------s-------s----s-|---s------|----------|
B|----------------------|----17-------------------------------15-1518---1820---|-1214----|---s------|
G|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------14-|-1214-12-|
D|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
A|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
E|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
04:15 s
e|---s---12---s-----------|---s---------|---s------17-----17--17-|----17-17-1720-|
B|-1214----1412---------|-1517-------|-1517--------17--------|-17-------------|
G|----------------14-~~~~-|-------17-14-|-------17---------------|----------------|
D|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
A|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
e|-17~~-17----17----17----17----s----------|------------------s------s------|---------------------s------------|
B|---------17----17----17----17--15-------|---s---14-15-16-1617--1214----|---s---17---s---17-1720-17-16-15-|
G|-----------------------------------14-14-|-1214-----------------------14-|-1718----1718-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
fade out..........................................................................
s s s s
e|-1217--17-17--17-17~~~-|-17----1315--15-15-~~~-|-1517-14---14-14-|------s---------s----------------------|
B|------------------------|----17------------------|-------------------|-15-1518--15-18----s---17---s----s---|
G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------1517----17--1214-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
ENJOY.......
Artist - Chris Rea
********************
Song - Texas
**************
Album - Road To Hell
**********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
********
A
Warm winds blowing
D
Heating blue sky
F#m F
And a road that goes forever
---------------------------
VERSE 2
********
A
Been thinking 'bout it lately
Been watching some TV
Em
Been looking all around me
A
At what has come to be
D
Been talking to my neighbor
And he agrees with me
F
G A
It's all gone crazy
---------------------------
CHORUS
*******
A
Well my wife returns from taking
My little girl to school
A
She's got beads of perspiration
As she tries to keep her cool
D
She says that mess it don't get no better
There's gonna come a day
F
Someone's gonna get killed out there
G A
And I turn to her and say Texas
She says what?
Em
I said Texas
A
She says what?
D
They've got big long road out there
F G
---------------------------
VERSE 3
********
A
Warm winds blowing
Em
Heating blue sky
D F
And a road that goes forever
G A
I'm going to Texas
---------------------------
02:03
SLIDE
******
e|---s---17~~~|---s---17-~~|---s------s------|-------------|---s-----------s-----s------------|---------s------|
B|-1517------|-1517------|-1715--1314----|---s---------|-1214-15-16-1617-1214----------|-------1214----|
G|------------|------------|--------------14-|-1214--12~~~|-------------------------14--12~~~|-12-14-------14-|
D|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
A|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
E|------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
---------------------------
BRIDGE
*******
A
We got to get out of here
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|---s---|
D|-5--7-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
We got to get out of here
F G
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|--s--|
D|-57-|
A|-----|
E|-----|
02:41
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-1214----1214----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
---------------------------
RIFF 1 no slide - Play this with chorus below
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7--5-7----s--5------p---------|
A|--------3-57---5-3-5-3--------|
E|------------------------5--3-5-|
CHORUS
********
A
Well I got a little brother
e|-slide continues-|
B|---s-------------|
G|-1214-----------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Several meters high
e|----------|
B|---s------|
G|-1214-14-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Em
Yea his built just like a quarterback
A
And he swears he'll testify
e|---s---12---s------|
B|-1214----1214----|
G|----------------14-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
D
He says he's been to Texas
And that's the only place to be
e|---s-------------------s------|
B|-1214-15-16-1617---1214----|
G|---------------------------14-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
F
Big stakes, big girls, no trouble here
G
That's the place for me
e|---s---17----17--17-17-~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-1517----17---------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
A
I'm going to Texas, yea yeaaaa
s
e|-1517-~~~~--15-|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
F
G A
Oh I'm going to Texas, Yeaa yea
e|---s---12---s-------------|
B|-1214----1214-----------|
G|----------------14-~~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
F
e|---s---17-|
B|-1517----|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
G A
I'm going to Texas
e|---s---------s-------------=|
B|-1517-15--1214----------s-|
G|-----------------14----14--|
D|-----------------------14--|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
D
A
Watch me walking
Yea yeaaaaa
03:47 s s s s
e|-12-14-17~~~-17~~~~~~-|-17-----1315-~~~~-1517/-14--14-14------s-------s----s-|---s------|----------|
B|----------------------|----17-------------------------------15-1518---1820---|-1214----|---s------|
G|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------14-|-1214-12-|
D|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
A|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
E|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
04:15 s
e|---s---12---s-----------|---s---------|---s------17-----17--17-|----17-17-1720-|
B|-1214----1412---------|-1517-------|-1517--------17--------|-17-------------|
G|----------------14-~~~~-|-------17-14-|-------17---------------|----------------|
D|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
A|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|----------------|
e|-17~~-17----17----17----17----s----------|------------------s------s------|---------------------s------------|
B|---------17----17----17----17--15-------|---s---14-15-16-1617--1214----|---s---17---s---17-1720-17-16-15-|
G|-----------------------------------14-14-|-1214-----------------------14-|-1718----1718-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
fade out..........................................................................
s s s s
e|-1217--17-17--17-17~~~-|-17----1315--15-15-~~~-|-1517-14---14-14-|------s---------s----------------------|
B|------------------------|----17------------------|-------------------|-15-1518--15-18----s---17---s----s---|
G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------1517----17--1214-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
ENJOY.......
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