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1. Well, it's lonesome in this old town, everybody
puts me down,
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I'm a face without a
name, just walking in the rain.
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G - D
Goin' back to
Houston, Houston, Houston.
G C
2. I got holes in both of my shoes,
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C
well,
I'm a walking case of the blues,
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C G
saw a dollar
yesterday, but the wind blew it away.
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G - D
Goin' back to
Houston, Houston, Houston.
G C
3. I haven't eaten in about a week,
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I'm
so hungry when I walk I squeak,
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nobody calls me friend, it's sad the shape I'm in.
G D
G - D
Goin' back to
Houston, Houston, Houston.
Instr. =
Verse 3, lines 1 – 3
G D G
Goin' back to Houston, Houston, Houston.
G C G C
4. I got a girl waiting there for me, well, at
least she said she'd be,
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I got a home and a
big warm bed, and a feather pillow for my head.
G D
G - D
Goin' back to
Houston, Houston, Houston. +
repeat verse 1
G D G
Goin' back to Houston, Houston, Houston….
(capo 3rd)
(Dean Martin)