title: I’d Like To Be In Texaskey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Eskill: AnyAmerican cowboy songKey: E3* -3 -4 -4 4* -4 -4 3* 2In a lob-by of a big ho-tel2 -2* 2 2 1* 2In New York town one day2 -2* 3* 3* 3 3* 3* -4 -4Sat a bunch of fel-lows tell-ing yarns3* 3* -2* -2* 3*-2*To pass the time a-way-4 -4 -4 4* -4 -4 3* -2*They told of plac-es where they’d been2 -2* 2 2 1* 2And all the sights they’d seen2 -2* 3* 2 2 -2* 3* -3 -4And some of them praised Chi-ca-go town-3 3* 2 -2* -1* 2And oth-ers New Or-leansIn a corner in an old armchairSat a man who’s hair was greyHe had listened to the longinglyTo what they had to sayThey asked him where he’d like to beAnd his old voice did ringI’d like to be in TexasFor the round-up in the spring3* -3 -4 3* -4 4* -4 3*I can see the cat-tle graz-ing3* -4 4* 4* 4* -5* 6O’er the hills at ear-ly morn4* 4* -4 -4 -3* -4 4* -4I can see the camp-fires smok-ing-4 3* 3* -4 -4 3* -2*At the break-ing of the dawn3* -3 -4 3* -4 4* -4 3*I can hear the bron-cos neigh-ing3* -4 4* 4* 4* -5* 6I can hear the cow-boys sing4* 4* -4 -4 -3*-4 4* -4Oh I’d like to be in Tex-as-4 -3 3* 2 -2* -1* 2For the round-up in the spring