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I was born and raised in the red clay hills of Texas
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In the land where the grass gets only beer can tall
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Thats where I learned to cuss and fight and chew Brown Mule Tobacco
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Fix windmills fore I was five years old
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I rode every head of stock from the Gulf to Kansas City
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Runnin wild is all Ive ever known
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But this cowboys got a weakness for Tight Levis and Yellow Ribbons
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And theres somethin bout em I cant leave alone
Chorus
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Tight Levis and Yellow Ribbons make a cowboy swim a river
G A D
That before he jumps, he knows is way too wide
G A D
And theyll make him throw a saddle on a bronc hes never seen
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And one he knows hell never break to ride
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I met her at a rodeo in Douglas, Arizona
D
Id drawn the rankest horse a man could draw
Well, I rode him tall and spurred him high
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And when I made the whistle
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The crowd went wild but she was all I saw
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That night we had a beer or two with friends of mine from Dallas
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She smiled and said she loved the Texas drawl
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And I felt like Roy Rogers did in all those cowboy movies
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?Cuz I became the hero, got the money, girl and all
Chorus
G A D
Tight Levis and Yellow Ribbons make a cowboy swim a river
G A D
That before he jumps, he knows is way too wide
G A D
And theyll make him throw a saddle on a bronc hes never seen
G A D
And one he knows hell never break to ride