Biography:
Morris Mac Davis (born in Lubbock, TX, on 21 January 1942; died September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor who has enjoyed much crossover success. His early work writing for Elvis Presley produced the hits "Memories", "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation". A subsequent solo career in the 1970s produced hits such as "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me", making him a well-known name in pop music.
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Other songs:
- In The Ghetto
- Baby Dont Get Hooked On Me
- Bestest Friend
- Hard To Be Humble
- Hooked On Music
- I Believe In Music
- It Was Time
- Its Hard To Be Humble
- My Bestest Friend
- One Hell Of A Woman
- Stop And Smell The Roses
- Texas In My Rearview Mirror
- The Beer Drinking Song
- The Ghetto
- Watching Scotty Grow
- Whoever Finds This I Love You
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Mac Davis - Texas In My Rearview Mirror A5 x02250
Verse 1
D A G D
I was just 15 and out of control, lost to James Dean and rock and roll
G D A Asus4 A5
I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away
D A G D
Hollywood was a lady in red that danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed
G D A D
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
G E7 A7 Asus4
And the vision was getting clearer in my dreams
Verse 2
D A G D
So I lit out one night in June, stoned on the glow of a Texas moon
G D A Asus4 A5
Hummin' an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue
D A G D
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:
Bm F#m
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
D D/C# D/B D/A
And I cried myself to sleep at night, too dumb to run, too scared to fight
G E7 A Asus4 A5
And too proud to admit it at the time
Verse 3
D A G D
So I got me some gigs on Saturday nights, not much more than orchestrated fights
G D A Asus4 A5
I'd come home drunk and I'd try to write but the words came out wrong
D A G D
Hellbent and bound for a wasted view, too much gin and not enough Vermouth
G D A D
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
D A G D
I thank god each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say
G D A Asus4 A5
I'd-a never made it any other way, He was my only friend
D A G D
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
G E7 A7 Asus4
And I think I fin'lly know just what it means
G E7 A7 D
And when I die, you can bury me in Lubbock, Texas'in my jeans
Verse 1
D A G D
I was just 15 and out of control, lost to James Dean and rock and roll
G D A Asus4 A5
I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away
D A G D
Hollywood was a lady in red that danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed
G D A D
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
G E7 A7 Asus4
And the vision was getting clearer in my dreams
Verse 2
D A G D
So I lit out one night in June, stoned on the glow of a Texas moon
G D A Asus4 A5
Hummin' an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue
D A G D
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:
Bm F#m
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
D D/C# D/B D/A
And I cried myself to sleep at night, too dumb to run, too scared to fight
G E7 A Asus4 A5
And too proud to admit it at the time
Verse 3
D A G D
So I got me some gigs on Saturday nights, not much more than orchestrated fights
G D A Asus4 A5
I'd come home drunk and I'd try to write but the words came out wrong
D A G D
Hellbent and bound for a wasted view, too much gin and not enough Vermouth
G D A D
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
D A G D
I thank god each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say
G D A Asus4 A5
I'd-a never made it any other way, He was my only friend
D A G D
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
G E7 A7 Asus4
And I think I fin'lly know just what it means
G E7 A7 D
And when I die, you can bury me in Lubbock, Texas'in my jeans
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