Prepare the Preparations
Intro: Am Em7 F Em7
AmEm7FEm7
Desert township, franchise night-shift
AmEm7FEm7
Small minds, blank eyes, big 'ol bank slips
AmEm7FEm7
I'll take big boy, he'll clean those drawers good
AmEm7F
I'll get the safe while you start the car, pretty thing
FGC
Gimme a kiss and keep your foot on the gas now
CAmEm7F
'Cos all these people understand
CAmEm7F
Is a gun in their face or the cash in their hand
CAmEm7F
I wanna take you home and start a family, yeah
CAmG
But all the stars in Texas ain't got nothin' on your eyes
F
When you say, "Let's hit 'em one more time"
Am Em7 F Em7 (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
AmEm7FEm7
Motel bedside, Kansas sunlight
AmEm7FEm7
Tall grass, short dress, star-crossed hot night
AmEm7FEm7
Linens whisper, wrists-held-down love
Am
Your daddy was a crooked soul with his heavy hand and bourbon cold
G
I shot him dead, you hopped in, you were the prettiest thing I ever stole
CAmEm7F
And all these people understand
CAmEm7F
Is a gun in their face or the cash in their hand
CAmEm7F
I wanna take you home and start a family, yeah
CAmG
But all the stars in Texas ain't got nothin' on your eyes
F
When you say, "Let's hit 'em one more time"
Am Em7 F Em7 (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
AmEm7F
We never shot a single one, they'd all been dead for years
CAmEm7F
And all these people understand
CAmEm7F
Is a gun in their face or the cash in their hand
CAmEm7F
I wanna take you home and start a family, yeah
CAmEm7
Oh, all those stars in Texas, I'll steal 'em if you want 'em
Em7
Grab you by the hips, let's hit it baby one more time
Am
Let's see the good times, nice and slow