{"id":90,"date":"2021-05-10T01:37:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:03:41","slug":"amarillo-by-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/amarillo-by-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Amarillo by Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">by Stafford and Fraser\u00a0 <input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea48ab296876003383449' value='69ea48ab296876003383449'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea48ab296876003383449' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea48ab296876003383449' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea48ab296876003383449' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea48ab296876003383449' ><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 900\">This rodeo ballad was written by Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser. It has become one of Country music&#8217;s most recognizable anthems and propelled George Strait to stardom.<br \/>\nDespite being Strait&#8217;s most famous tune, it is not one of his record #1 singles. It peaked at #4 on the Country charts and was named the 12th best Country song of all-time by CMT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 900\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"tK8GG Ty_RP\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">VIOLIN BEGINS THIS SONG.  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FbVISS-lEAc\">LISTEN TO IT HERE.<\/a>\r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Intro] [C] <span class=\"fsG7q\">[Em] <\/span>[F] [G] - - [C] <span class=\"fsG7q\">[Em] <\/span>[F] [G]\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] Amarillo by [Em] mornin' [F] up from San [C] Antone.    <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] Everything that [Em] I got is [F] just what I've got [G] on. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/F\/CH maj 7.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/><\/span><span class=\"y68er\">When that [Fmaj7] sun is high in the [G] Texas sky, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">I'll be [C] buckin' at the [Em] county [F] fair.  <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] Amarillo by [Em] mornin', Ama-[F]-rillo [G] I'll be [C]there.\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"y68er\">violin here ??? [Instrumental] - - <\/span>[C] <span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[Em] <\/span><\/span>[F] [G]\r\n\r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] They took my saddle in [Em] Houston, broke my [F] leg in [C] Santa Fe.   <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] Lost my wife and a [Em] girlfriend some [F] where along the [G] way,  <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/F\/CH maj 7.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/><\/span><span class=\"y68er\">But I'll be [Fmaj7] looking for eight when they [G] pull that gate,  <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">and I [C] hope that [Em] judge ain't [F] blind.     <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] Amarillo by [Em] mornin', Ama-[F]-rillo's [G] on my [C] mind.<\/span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/F\/CH minor.jpg\" width=\"152\" height=\"190\" align=\"right\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"y68er\">violin here ??? [Instrumental] - - [C] <span class=\"fsG7q\">[Em] <\/span>[F] [G]\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Verse 3] (key change)\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[D] Amarillo by  <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[&gt;F#m]<\/span> mornin' [G] up from San [D] Antone.   <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[D] Everything that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[&gt;F#m]<\/span> I got is [G] just what I've got [A] on.   <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/G\/CH maj 7.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/><\/span><span class=\"y68er\">I ain't [Gmaj7] got a dime but what I [A] got is mine.   <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">I ain't [D] rich but <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[&gt;F#m]<\/span> Lord I'm [G] free.   <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[D] Amarillo by [A] mornin', Ama-[G]-rillo's [A] where I'll [D] be. \r\n[G - A]\r\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[D] Amarillo by [A] mornin', Ama-[G]-rillo's [A] where I'll [D] be.<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"y68er\"> [G] [A] - <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">- PAUSE <\/span> - - [D]\r\n\r\nVIOLIN ENDS THIS SONG. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FbVISS-lEAc\">LISTEN TO IT HERE.<\/a>\r\n[Outro] [C] <span class=\"fsG7q\">[Em] <\/span>[F] [G] - - [C] <span class=\"fsG7q\">[Em] <\/span>[F] [G]<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Stafford and Fraser\u00a0 VIOLIN BEGINS THIS SONG. LISTEN TO IT HERE. [Intro] [C] [Em] [F] [G] &#8211; &#8211; [C] [Em] [F] [G] [Verse 1] [C] Amarillo by [Em] mornin&#8217; [F] up from San [C] Antone. [C] Everything that [Em] I got is [F] just what I&#8217;ve got [G] on. &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/amarillo-by-morning\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amarillo by Morning<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,234,133,126,265,13,154,116,117,115,131,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perflive","category-alan-jackson","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-best-songs","category-x-bill-chase","category-george-strait","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-power-outage","category-violin-parts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27524,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/27524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}