If You Ever Go To Houston
Ton : BbEnglish
Intro
F Bb
Couplet
EbIf you ever go to Houston
Better walk Bbright
Keep your hands in your Fpockets
And your gun belt Bbtight
EbIf you're asking for trouble
BbIf you're looking for a fight
FIf you ever go to Houston
BbBoy you better walk right
Couplet
EbIf you're ever down there
BbOn back near Lamar
FYou better watch out for
BbThe man with the shining star
EbBetter know where you're going
BbOr stay where you are
FIf you're ever down there
BbOn back near Lamar
Couplet
EbWell I know these streets
BbI've been here before
I Fnearly got killed here
BbDuring the Mexican War
EbSomething always
BbKeeps me coming back for more
I Fknow these streets
BbI've been here before
Eb Bb F
Couplet
EbIf you ever go to Dallas
BbSay hello to Mary Ann
FSay I'm still looking along the trigger
BbHanging on the best I can
EbIf you see her sister Lucy
BbSay I'm sorry I'm not there
FTell her other sister Betsy
BbTo pray the sinner's prayer
Couplet
I Ebgot a restless fever
Burnin' in my Bbbrain
Got to keep right forward F
Can't spoil the game Bb
EbThe same way I'll leave here
BbWill be the way that I came
FGot a restless fever
BbBurnin' in my brain
Couplet
EbMister policeman
BbCan you help me find my gal
FLast time I saw her
BbWas at the Magnolia Motel
EbIf you help me find her
BbYou can be my pal
FMister policeman can you help me Bbfind my gal
Couplet
EbIf you ever go to Austin
BbFort Worth or San Antone
FFind the barrooms I got lost Bbin and send my memories home
EbPut my tears in a bottle
BbScrew the top on tight
FIf you ever go to Houston
BbBoy you'd better walk right