Mac Davis - Texas in my rearview mirror

I was ^Djust 15 and ^Aout of control, ^Glost to James Dean and ^Drock and roll I ^Gknew down deep in my ^Dcountry soul that I^A had t^Asus4o get ^A5away Hollyw^Dood was a la^Ady in red that d^Ganced in my dreams as I^D tossed in bed I ^Gknew I'd wind up in ^Djail or dead ^Aif I have to ^Dstay

And I thought ^Ghappiness was Lubbock, ^ATexas in my rearview ^Dmirror My ^Gmama kept callin' me ^Ahome but I just ^Ddid not w^Aant to ^Ghear her And the ^Gvision was getting ^E7clearer in my ^A7dre^Asus4ams

So I l^Dit out one n^Aight in June, st^Goned on the glow of a T^Dexas moon Hu^Gmmin' an old Buddy Ho^Dlly tune called Peg^Agy S^Asus4ue ^A5 With m^Dy favorite jeans and a c^Aheap guitar, ^GI ran off chasin' a dis^Dtant star If ^GBuddy Holly could mak^De it that far, I fi^Agured I could too

And I thought ^Ghappiness was Lubbock, ^ATexas in my rearview ^Dmirror My ^Gmama kept callin' me ^Ahome but I just ^Ddid not w^Aant to ^Ghear her And the ^Gvision was getting ^E7clearer in my ^A7dre^Asus4ams

But the ^BmHollywood moon didn't smile the same old ^F#msmile that I'd grown up with The ^Bmlady in red just ^F#mwanted my last ^E7dime And I ^Dcried myself to ^D/C#sleep at night, ^D/Btoo dumb to run, too ^D/Ascared to fight And ^Gtoo proud to ^E7admit it at the ^Atime^{Asus4 A5}

So I g^Dot me some gigs on S^Aaturday nights, ^Gnot much more than orch^Destrated fights I'^Gd come home drunk and^D I'd try to write ^Abut the ^Asus4words came out ^A5wrong

Hellbe^Dnt and bound f^Aor a wasted youth, ^Gtoo much gin and not en^Dough Vermouth An^Gd no one to teach me ^Dhow to seek the truth before ^AI put it in the s^Dong

And I thought ^Ghappiness was Lubbock, ^ATexas in my rearview ^Dmirror My ^Gmama kept callin' me ^Ahome but I just ^Ddid not w^Aant to ^Ghear her And the ^Gvision was getting ^E7clearer in my ^A7dre^Asus4ams

I than^Dk god each and ev^Aery day for g^Giving me the music and the w^Dords to say I'^Gd-a never made it any o^Dther way, H^Ae was ^Asus4my only ^A5friend

And no^Dw I sleep a little b^Aetter at night and when ^GI look in the mirror in the m^Dorning light The^G man I see was both w^Drong and right, he'^As goin'^Asus4 home again

I guess h^Gappiness was Lubbock, T^Aexas In my rearview m^Dirror But now ^Ghappiness is Lubbock, T^Aexas Growin' ^Dnearer ^Aand d^Gearer And the ^Gvision is gettin' c^E7learer in my d^A7rea^Asus4ms And I th^Gink I fin'lly know ^E7just what it m^A7ean^Asus4s And when I ^Gdie, you can ^E7bury me in Lubbock, ^A7Texas'in my ^Djeans