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Texas Up Here Tennessee Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Rodriguez
Texas Up Here Tennessee
Recorded by Johnny Rodriguez
Written by Billy Joe Shaver
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I come up here from Waco on a
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U-haul-it
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freight
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mind Tennessee to me was
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just another
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state
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tryin' to get into I'm just
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swinging on your
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gate
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about to go down under from this
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hurry up and
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wait
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roll me another one don't
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try to bother
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I can't see the
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forest but I
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think I feel the
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trees
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goin' where I guess I'm
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always gonna
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be
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declare I feel like Texas when I'm
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up here in
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I done built myself a highway on your
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ceiling in the
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hall
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yonder in the corner gettin'
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turned on by the
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wall
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mornin' that ol' dawnin' will be
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breakin' up like
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holler log what I can't hog when
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I get up a
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Won't you roll me another one don't
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try to bother
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forest but I
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think I feel the
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trees
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goin' where I guess I'm
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always gonna
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declare I feel like Texas when I'm
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up here in
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Tennessee
FAQ
Who sang the the song Texas Up Here Tennessee?
- The song Texas Up Here Tennessee was sang by Johnny Rodriguez.
Who is Johnny Rodriguez?
- Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six No. 1 country hits in his career.