Texas In My Rearview Mirror chords

[VERSE 1]

I was [D]just 15 and [A]out of control, [G]lost to James Dean and [Bm]rock and roll
I [G]knew down deep in my [D]country soul that I[A] had to get away
[D]Hollywood was a [A]lady in red that [G]danced in my dreams as I [Bm]tossed in bed
I [G]knew I'd wind up in [D]jail or dead [A]if I have to [D]stay

[CHORUS 1]
And I thought [G]happiness was Lubbock, [A]Texas In my rearview [D]mirror
My [G]mama kept callin' me [A]home but I just [D]did no[D/C#]t want t[Bm]o hear h[Bm/A]er
And the [G]vision was getting [E7]clearer in my [A7]dre[Asus4]ams

[VERSE 2]
So [D]I lit out one [A]night in June, [G]stoned on the glow of a [Bm]Texas moon
[G]Hummin' an old Buddy [D]Holly tune called P[A]eggy Sue
With my [D]favorite jeans and a [A]cheap guitar, I [G]ran off chasin' a [Bm]distant star
If [G]Buddy Holly could [D]make it that [A]far, I figured [D]I could too

[CHORUS 2]
And I thought [G]happiness was Lubbock, [A]Texas In my rearview [D]mirror
My [G]mama kept callin' me [A]home but I just [D]did no[D/C#]t want t[Bm]o hear h[Bm/A]er
And the [G]vision was getting [E7]clearer in my [A7]dre[Asus4]ams

[BRIDGE]
But the [Bm]Hollywood moon didn't smile the same old [F#m]smile that I'd grown up with
The [Bm]lady in red just [F#m]wanted my last [E7]dime
And I [D]cried myself to [D/C#]sleep at night, [D/B]too dumb to run, too [D/A]scared to fight
And [G]too proud to [E7]admit it at the [A]time

[VERSE 3]
So I [D]got me some gigs on [A]Saturday nights, [G]not much more than orche[Bm]strated fights
I'd [G]come home drunk and I'd [D]try to write but the [A]words came out wrong
[D]Hellbent and bound for a [A]wasted youth, [G]too much gin and not e[Bm]nough Vermouth
And [G]no one to teach me how to [D]seek the truth before I [A]put it in the [D]song

[CHORUS 3]
And I thought [G]happiness was Lubbock, [A]Texas In my rearview [D]mirror
My [G]mama kept callin' me [A]home but I just [D]could [D/C#]not, wou[Bm]ld not h[Bm/A]ear her
And the [G]vision was getting [E7]clearer in my [A7]dre[Asus4]ams

[VERSE 4]
[D]I thank god each and [A]every day for [G]giving me the music and the [Bm]words to say
[G]I'd-a never made it any [D]other way, He was my o[A]nly friend
And [D]now I sleep a little [A]better at night and when I [G]look in the mirror in the [Bm]morning light
The [G]man I see was both [D]wrong and right, he's [A]goin' home aga[D]in

[CHORUS 4]
I guess [G]happiness was Lubbock, [A]Texas In my rearview [D]mirror
But now [G]happiness is Lubbock, [A]Texas Growin' [D]nearer[D/C#] and dea[Bm]rer [Bm/A]
And the [G]vision is gettin' c[E7]learer in my d[A7]rea[Asus4]ms
And I th[G]ink I fin'lly know [E7]just what it m[A7]ean[Asus4]s
And when I [G]die, you can [E7]bury me in Lubbock, [A7]Texas…in my [D]jeans