A                                 E 
I’ve been a ramblin’ man half of my life it’s true 
    E                                  A 
And where I’ve laid my hat has been my home 
          A                                   D         D/C#   Bm 
No matter where I am when I feel like this, I know what I must do 
           E                                A 
I gotta to go someplace where I don’t feel alone 
      A                                   E 
These little places that ain’t so hard to find 
      E                                   A 
All I gotta do is keep my ear down to the ground 
   A                                 D       D/C#     Bm 
In every state there lies a place to ease my state of mind 
      E                             A 
All I gotta to do is listen for the sound 
 
  
       A                    D  
Of the steel guitar and the fiddle 
          E                               A 
No matter where I am they make me feel at home 
         A                    D 
When the steel guitar and the fiddle 
E                                     A 
Carry me back to Texas wherever I may roam  
  
 
There’s a little girl in the next town that I know 
I’d love to stay with her but I just can’t take that chance 
Cause 'round the bend there’s a different world that waits for me I know 
And I can tell what’s on her mind each time we dance 
  
The wanting in her eyes ain’t hard to see 
She longs for me to stop and settle down 
But I just smile and say “When I'm back this way, you know just where I’ll be 
Where the music plays the notes that help the whiskey go down 
 
 
Where the: 
Chorus 
 
Chorus 
  
Carry me back to Texas  
Wherever I may roam