Verse: 1 
C                      Dm 
It's a long thin line, it sure is a hot and dusty day 
F                         C                   G 
And Colorado is more than eight hundred miles away 
C                         Dm 
I called to tell you that I'd be home sometime tonight 
            F                            C 
If the roads are clear and the weather is right 
       G C                          Dm 
Now to say I miss you is putting it lightly, can't you see 
               Fm                      C             G 
There's nothing better than having you lying next to me 
             C                         Dm 
Early in the morning, honey you're the first thing on my mind 
       F                 C 
Like a rising sun to the travelin' kind 



[Refrão]
 
Dm                               F 
West Texas Wind, tell me why you try to hold me back 
              C                       G   C 
Tuggin' at my heart and pullin' on my sleeve 
                 Dm                           F                     C 
You and this old guitar, you're always up for pickin' just one more song 
                F           C          G          C 
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave 


Verse: 2 
                  C                                    Dm 
Now the lights of Denver, they're gonna shimmer in the deep red of the dawn 
            F             C              G 
And I'll be rollin' in, bleary-eyed and hangin' on 
                 C                     Dm 
And I'll grab my suitcase and slip it lightly through the door 
    F                     G         C    
And swear again I won't leave him anymore 



[Refrão]

Dm                               F 
West Texas Wind, tell me why you try to hold me back 
              C                       G   C 
Tuggin' at my heart and pullin' on my sleeve 
                 Dm                           F                     C 
You and this old guitar, you're always up for pickin' just one more song 
                F           C          G          C 
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave 


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                 F             C                 G 
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave 
                F           C          G          C 
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave