Texas Tornados - Four Aces Chords & Tabs

 

Four Aces Chords & Tabs

Texas Tornados Chords & Tabs

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Four Aces Chords

   
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…
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/texas_tornados/four_aces_crd.html ]
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…