Verse: 1
C Dm
It's a long thin line, it sure is a hot and dusty day
F C G
And Colorado is more than eight hundred miles away
C Dm
I called to tell you that I'd be home sometime tonight
F C
If the roads are clear and the weather is right
G C Dm
Now to say I miss you is putting it lightly, can't you see
Fm C G
There's nothing better than having you lying next to me
C Dm
Early in the morning, honey you're the first thing on my mind
F C
Like a rising sun to the travelin' kind
Dm F
West Texas Wind, tell me why you try to hold me back
C G C
Tuggin' at my heart and pullin' on my sleeve
Dm F C
You and this old guitar, you're always up for pickin' just one more song
F C G C
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave 
Verse: 2
C Dm
Now the lights of Denver, they're gonna shimmer in the deep red of the dawn
F C G
And I'll be rollin' in, bleary-eyed and hangin' on
C Dm
And I'll grab my suitcase and slip it lightly through the door
F G C
And swear again I won't leave him anymore
Dm F
West Texas Wind, tell me why you try to hold me back
C G C
Tuggin' at my heart and pullin' on my sleeve
Dm F C
You and this old guitar, you're always up for pickin' just one more song
F C G C
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave
Outro
F C G
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave
F C G C
And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave
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