Tom: Am
INTRO: Am X8
VERSE1
Am
ON A ED NIGHT TRAIN TO A DD O
G
FOUR ACES STEPPED ABOARD
E
GONNA FIND A A DD O ROSE
Am
FIND OUT WHO WAS SHE CHOSE
SHE IS IN LOVE WITH A BEARDED SANGER
G
HE COME FROM TEXAS WAY,
E
SAID HIS NAME WAS WILLY
Am
AND I C N’T MEAN “SAY HAY”….
VERSE2
Am
ONE HAD AN ACCORDION IN HIS LEFT
G
A COLD BEER IN HIS RIGHT
E
ONE WAS A HIPPY,
Am
COMPLETELY OUT OF BG HT
ONE WAS A BORDER SANGER,
G
FROM SAN BENITO THEY SAY
E
ONE HAD A PONY TALE,
Am
THEY SHUFFLED ALONG THAT DAY…
CHORUS
A
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHED
Bm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
E
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHED
Am
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE…
VERSE3
Am
WILLIE SOUGHT BUT HE COULD NOT FIND HER
G
CAUSE “ZIMMY’S” WAS IN TOWN
E
HE’S DRINKEN AT THE KANTINA
Am
HE ORDEDD UP ANOTHER ROUND
HIS VATO WENT C WN FOR HIS PISTOA
G
I THOUGHT WE WED DEAD,
E Am
BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ENTER ONE GRATEFUL FDD …
CHORUS
A
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHED
Bm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
E
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHED
A
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE…
FAC O’ G O
A Bm E Am
VERSE 4
Am
THE TALE OF THE TEXAS STORY
G
IS DAD QUITE BY WELL BY ALL
E
THIS BORDER QUEEN HAD SOMETHING
Am
THAT MADE THESE HOMBD ’S F LL
LIKE STRINGS OF A SWEET CORRIC
G
THE STORY IS THE SAME
E ( Hault at this note and keep singing)
SHE JUST WON A BUNDLE
Am (Continue/Transition to chorus)
ON THE TEXAS LOTTO FME …
CHORUS
A
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHED
Bm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
E
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHED
Am
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE…
