Recorded in the Key of "" INTRO: VERSE ONE Been having a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont. I loved that town but I just couldn't stay. ) Two-stepped all the way to Ama-rillo, slide Shuffled my way into Santa Fe. I just had to see the sun set out in Frisco. (STOP) The Golden Gate is great, but it ain't home. NC (STOP) Give me a rodeo. CHORUS NC Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. I am what I am,..And that's what I'm gonna be. (STOP) You can say what you wanna say,...About my in-san-ity. Blame it on Texas,.(slide)...Don't blame it on me. INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND VERSE TWO Met a girl out in eastern Okla-homa. Her daddy was a Tulsa million-aire. With miles and miles of oil wells, he'd leave her. Well all a man could want was waiting there. But one night while she lay sleeping, I slipped away. (STOP) Like no man in his right mind would do. NC Call me a fool CHORUS REPEAT NC Blame it on Texas,...Don't blame it on me. I am what I am,...And that's what I'm gonna be. (STOP) You can say what you wanna say,..About my in-san-ity. Blame it on Texas,.(slide)...Don't blame it on me. TAGG (STOP) You can say what you wanna say,About my in-san-ity Blame it on Texas Don't blame it on me.