Texas in My Rearview Mirror Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I was [D]just fifteen and out of
con[A]trol [D]lost [G]to James Dean and [D]rock and roll
I knew [G]down deep in [D]my country soul
that [A]I had to get a[Am]way
[D]Hollywood was a lady in [A]red who
[D]danced [G]in my dreams as I [D]tossed in bed
I knew [G]I?d wind up in [D]jail or
[A]dead if I have [D]to stay
I thought hap[G]piness was Lubbock
[A]Texas in my rearview mir[D]ror
My [G]mama kept calling me [A]home but I
just [D]did not [A]want to hear [Bm]her[A]
And the [G]vision was getting
[Abdim]clear er [E]in my dre[A]am
So [D]I let out one night in June stoned o[G]n
the glow of [D]the Texas moon
Humming an old Buddy Holly tune called
[A]Peggy Sue (pretty, pretty Peggy Sue)
With my [D]fa vorite jeans and a cheap
guitar I ran [G]off chasing [D]a distant star
If [G]Buddy Holly could [D]make it that
far [A]then I figured I could [D]too
I thought hap[G]piness was Lubbock
[A]Texas in my rearview mir[D]ror
My [G]mama kept calling me [A]home but I
just [D]did not [A]want to hear [Bm]her[A]
[D]And the [G]vision was getting
[Abdim]clear er [E]in my dre[A]am
But [Bm]the Hollywood moon didn't smile
the same old [F#m]smile that I?d grown up with
The [Bm]lady in red just [A]wanted my last [C]dime
And [D]I cried myself [F#m]to sleep at night
[Bm]too dumb to run too [D]scared to fight
And [G]too proud to ad[Abdim]mit
[E]it at the[A] time
So [D]I got me some gigs on Saturday night [G]not
much more than orches[D]trated fights
I?d come [G]home drunk and I [D]tried to write
but [A]the words came out all wrong
[D]Hell bent and bound for a wasted youth [G]too
much gin and not [D]enough vermouth
And [G]no one to teach me to [D]seek the truth
before [A]I put an end to this s[D]ong
I still thought hap[G]piness was Lubbock
[A]Texas in my rearview mir[D]ror
My [G]mama kept calling me [A]home but I just [D]could not,
[A]would not [Bm]hear [D]her
And the [G]vision was getting [Abdim]clear
[E]er in my [A]dream[Asus4]
[A]Well I t[D]hank God each and every day for
giving me the [G]music and [D]the words to say
[G]I?d never had made it any [D]other way
he was my [A]only [D]friend[A]
[D]Now I sleep a little [A]better each [D]night and when
I look in [G]the mirror in [D]the morning light
The [G]man I see was both [D]wrong and
[A]right he's going home [D]again
I guessed hap[G]piness was Lubbock
[A]Texas in my rearview [D]mirror
But now hap[G]piness was Lubbock [A]Texas
growing [D]nearer [A]and [Bm]dearer[D]
And [G]the vision was getting
[Abdim]clear er [E]in my dre[A]am
And [G]I think I finally [Abdim]know
[E]just what it [A]means
[G]And when I die you can [Abdim]bury me i[E]n L[Abdim]ub
bock [G]Texas [G]in my jeans

[Outro 1]
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