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                            AUSTIN - The Textones
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Written by: C. Olson 
Album: "Cedar Creek"      (1987, Enigma Records)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury
e-mail: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: November 18, 2013

INTRO:   (Gt1 is a piano part, Gt2 is an acoustic guitar part)

Gt1 A                                   D
 E -----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
 B ---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
 G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|-7=--------------|-0=--------------|-7=--------------|
 A -0=--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .


Gt1 A                                   D
 E|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----------------|
 B|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5-----5---|-7---------------|
 G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-----|-7---------------|
 D|-----------------|-7=--------------|-0=--------------|-7---------------|
 A|-0=--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
 E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  | .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   |
Gt2                                                                       |
 E|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----2-0---2-0---|-2---------------|
 B|-------0-=-------|-------0-=---0---|-----3-3---3-3---|-3---------------|
 G|-----6-----------|-----6-----------|-----------------|-2---------------|
 D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
 A|---7-------------|---7-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


1ST VERSE:

        A                 D
In the summer we used to gaze at your big white stars
        A                 D
In the summer we used to bathe in your sparklin' waters
C#m                           D
Orange and red sunset 'cross a skyscraperless sky
     A                          E            E7
Oh, Austin, why'd you change, please tell me why


2ND VERSE:

     A             D
I remember how I cried when they cut down your trees
     A             D
I remember how we marched in the name of peace
C#m                                 D
Young men who promised that they'd never become highbrow
     A                        E            E7
Oh, Austin, where are they, where are they now?


CHORUS:

 D
Blue skies cryin' 'cause they wanna hear
 A   E       F#m
Home on the range
 E                                     D       D5   C#5   B5
Austin's lookin' more like L.A. every day


BREAK:   (played same as verse)

A     D     A     D

C#m   D     A     E   E7


BRIDGE:

 D
Somewhere in time
 Dm
Stashed away in my mind, oh
E                            E7
I miss the Austin that I've lost


3RD VERSE:

             A                        D
Last time I saw you your skies were brown and your creeks were gone
            A                       D
All that remained there were the effects of the silicon
C#m                            D
I never dreamed that they would develop you to death
     A                              E      E7
Oh, Austin, I can still hear your breath


CHORUS:

 D
Blue skies cryin' 'cause they wanna hear
 A   E       F#m
Home on the range
 E                                     D5   C#5   B5   A
Austin's lookin' more like L.A. every day
 D
Blue skies cryin' 'cause they wanna hear
 A   E       F#m
Home on the range
 E                                     D5   C#5   B5
Austin's lookin' more like L.A. every day
D5   C#5   B5
Day
D5   C#5   B5   A
Day


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Notes:

-Bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time.
-Dots (...) located under any staff are for timing, and indicate where the
 downbeats (1234) fall.
-The piano part in the Intro is tabbed an octave lower than it's played on
 the record (sounds better for guitar).
-Audio: http://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/audio/textones_austin.mp3

=...hold note

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)

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