Tom: D
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I was just 15 and out of control, lost to James Dean and rock and roll
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I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away
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Hollywood was a lady in red that danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed
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I knew I'd wind up in jail or dead if I have to stay
Chorus 1:
G A D
And I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror
G A D A G
My mama kept callin' me home but I just did not want to hear her
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And the vision was getting clearer in my dreams
Verse 2
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So I lit out one night in June, stoned on the glow of a Texas moon
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Hummin' an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue
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With my favorite jeans and a cheap guitar, I ran off chasin' a distant star
G D A
If Buddy Holly could make it that far, I figured I could too
Chorus 2:
G A D
And I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror
G A D A G
My mama kept callin' me home but I just did not want to hear her
G E7 A7 Asus4
And the vision was getting clearer in my dreams
Bridge:
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But the Hollywood moon didn't smile the same old smile that I'd grown up with
Bm F#m E7
The lady in red just wanted my last dime
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And I cried myself to sleep at night, too dumb to run, too scared to fight
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And too proud to admit it at the time
Verse 3
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So I got me some gigs on Saturday nights, not much more than orchestrated fights
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I'd come home drunk and I'd try to write but the words came out wrong
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Hellbent and bound for a wasted youth, too much gin and not enough Vermouth
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And no one to teach me how to seek the truth before I put it in the song
Chorus 3:
G A D
And I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror
G A D A G
My mama kept callin' me home but I just did not want to hear her
G E7 A7 Asus4
And the vision was getting clearer in my dreams
Verse 4
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I thank god each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say
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I'd-a never made it any other way, He was my only friend
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And now I sleep a little better at night and when I look in the mirror in the morning light
G D A Asus4
The man I see was both wrong and right, he's goin' home again
Chorus 4:
G A D
I guess happiness was Lubbock, Texas In my rearview mirror
G A D A G
But now happiness is Lubbock, Texas Growin' nearer and dearer
G E7 A7 Asus4
And the vision is gettin' clearer in my dreams
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And I think I fin'lly know just what it means
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And when I die, you can bury me in Lubbock, Texas'in my jeans
