key: C (chord shapes in the key of D )
Tuning:
D G C F A D
E|----------------------------|
B|--10-12-10-7----------------|
G|-------------9-7---7--------|
D|-----------------9---9-7/12-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------5---3---2--0-2-|
B|--10----10h12p10-7-10--7-------------------------3-|
G|-----11------------------9-7---7--6---4---2---0--2-|
D|-----------------------------9-------------------0-|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
D F#M
Amarillo By Morning
G D
Up From San Antone
F#M
Everything that I've Got
G A7
Is Just what I've got on
G A
When that sun is high in that Texas Sky
D F#M G
I'll be buckin' at the county fair
D A7
Amarillo by morning
G A D
Amarillo I'll be there
Verse 2
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D F#M
They took my saddle in Houston
G D
Broke my leg in Santa Fe
F#M
Lost my wife and a girlfriend
G A7
Somewhere along the way
G A
But I'll be looking for eight when they pull gate
D F#M G
And I hope that judge ain't blind
D A7
Amarillo by morning
G A D
Amarillo's on my mind
Verse 3 (Key Change)
E G#M
Amarillo by morning
A E
Up from San Antone
G#M
Everything that I've Got
A B7
Is just what I've got on
A
I ain't got a dime
B7
But what I've got is mine
E
I ain't rich
G#M A
But Lord I'm free
E B7
Amarillo by morning
A B7 E A-B7-E
Amarillo's where I'll be
E B7
Amarillo by morning
A B7 E
Amarillo's where I'll be