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Four Aces
Texas Tornados
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FOUR ACES
By: Texas Tornados
**Note: this song is best played with a 12 string guitar
or the bajo sexton (same instrument sound is a little different)
INTRO: Am X8
VERSE1
Am
ON A MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO LAREDO
Em
FOUR ACES STEPPED ABOARD
E
GONNA FIND A LAREDO ROSE
Am
FIND OUT WHO WAS SHE CHOSE
SHE IS IN LOVE WITH A BEARDED SANGER
Em
HE COME FROM TEXAS WAY,
E
SAID HIS NAME WAS WILLY
Am
AND I DON�T MEAN �SAY HAY��.
VERSE2
Am
ONE HAD AN ACCORDION IN HIS LEFT
Em
A COLD BEER IN HIS RIGHT
E
ONE WAS A HIPPY,
Am
COMPLETELY OUT OF SIGHT
ONE WAS A BORDER SANGER,
Em
FROM SAN BENITO THEY SAY
E
ONE HAD A PONY TALE,
Am
THEY SHUFFLED ALONG THAT DAY�
CHORUS
A
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
Bm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
E
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
Am
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE�
VERSE3
Am
WILLIE SOUGHT BUT HE COULD NOT FIND HER
Em
CAUSE �ZIMMY�S� WAS IN TOWN
E
HE�S DRINKEN AT THE KANTINA
Am
HE ORDERED UP ANOTHER ROUND
HIS VATO WENT DOWN FOR HIS PISTOLA
Em
I THOUGHT WE WERE DEAD,
E Am
BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ENTER ONE GRATEFUL FRED�
CHORUS
A
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
Bm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
E
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
A
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE�
FLACO� SOLO
A Bm E Am
VERSE 4
Am
THE TALE OF THE TEXAS STORY
Em
IS READ QUITE BY WELL BY ALL
E
THIS BORDER QUEEN HAD SOMETHING
Am
THAT MADE MESE HOMBRE�S FALL
LIKE STRINGS OF A SWEET CORRIDO
Em
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 FAME�
CHORUS
A
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
Bm
RIDING GENTLY TOWARD THE SUN
E
FOUR ACES GOING NOWHERE
A
NEVER MEANT TO HURT NO ONE�