Intro: Gm (8 bars) Bb-C Gm D Bb Gm
Verse 1:
[Gm]I was born in a [Gm]bass drum
[Gm]Brought up by a gui[Gm]tar
[Gm]My mama kept a house of [Gm]hags
[Gm]And my daddy dressed in [Gm]drag
Chorus:
A [Bb]hot [C]nite in [Gm]Dallas
[F]Feel the southern [Gm]wind [Gm]
A [Bb]hot [C]nite in [Gm]Dallas
And the [Dm]sheets [Dm]stickin' to my [Gm]skin
Verse 2:
Bodies laid in the gutter
Dark roll the moon
It shines through her gown
As the woman's taking me down
Repeat chorus
Instrumental: Gm (16 bars) C C F Dm
Verse 3:
Lay me in a pine box
In a dark desolate place
On a moonlit night
Nail a board above my face
Repeat chorus
Instrumental: Gm (8 bars) Bb-C Gm D Bb Gm
Verse 1:
[Gm]I was born in a [Gm]bass drum
[Gm]Brought up by a gui[Gm]tar
[Gm]My mama kept a house of [Gm]hags
[Gm]And my daddy dressed in [Gm]drag
Chorus:
A [Bb]hot [C]nite in [Gm]Dallas
[F]Feel the southern [Gm]wind [Gm]
A [Bb]hot [C]nite in [Gm]Dallas
And the [Dm]sheets [Dm]stickin' to my [Gm]skin
Verse 2:
Bodies laid in the gutter
Dark roll the moon
It shines through her gown
As the woman's taking me down
Repeat chorus
Instrumental: Gm (16 bars) C C F Dm
Verse 3:
Lay me in a pine box
In a dark desolate place
On a moonlit night
Nail a board above my face
Repeat chorus
Instrumental: Gm (8 bars) Bb-C Gm D Bb Gm
