Tablature london homesick blues - Gary P Nunn

          



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  From: Paul W. Dvorak <dvorak@intersatx.net>

  Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 1:59 PM

  Subject: A Few Comments and a Song

  

  

  This is "London Homesick Blues",  by Gary P. Nunn.  Caveat:  I have yet

  to see a set of published lyrics to this song, so what I'm sending you

  is from listening to the recording.  I'm writing the lyrics the way he

  pronounces the words (and the way I hear them), not necessarily the way

  they were written. Should give a few more folks something to bitch

  about.   Although written and performed by Gary P. Nunn, the song was

  originally released on Jerry Jeff Walker's "Viva Terlingua" album,

  recorded live at the Luckenbach, TX dancehall in August 1973. The song

  is also unofficially known as "Home With the Armadillo" and is the theme

  song to Austin City Limits.

  

  

  London Homesick Blues

  Gary P. Nunn

  From the album, "Viva Terlingua", by Jerry Jeff Walker, 1973

  

  1st verse

  [G] Well, when you're down on your luck,

  and you ain't got a buck,

  in [D] London you're a goner.

  Even London Bridge has fallen down,

  and [G] moved to Arizona,

  now I know [C] why.

  And I'll substantiate the rumor that the English sense of humor

  is [G] drier than than the Texas sand.

  You can put up your dukes, and you can bet your boots

  that I'm [D] leavin' just as fast as I can.

  

  Chorus

  [G] I wanna go [C] home with the [G] arma [Am] dillo

  Good country [C] music from Ama [D] rillo and Abi [G] lene

  The friendliest [C] people and the prettiest [D] women you've ever [G]

  seen.

  

  2nd Verse

  [G] Well, it's cold over here, and I swear

  I [D] wish they'd turn the heat on.

  And where in the world is that English girl

  I [G] promised I would meet on the third [C] floor.

  And of the whole damn lot, the only friend I've got

  is a [G] smoke and a cheap guitar.

  My mind keeps roamin', my heart keeps longin'

  to be [D] home in a Texas bar.

  

  Chorus

  

  3rd Verse

  [G] Well, I decided that I'd get my cowboy hat

  and [D] go down to Marble Art Station.

  'Cause when a Texan fancies, he'll take his chances.

  [G] Chances will be taken, that's for [C] sure.

  And them Limey eyes, they were eyein' the prize

  that some [G] people call manly footwear.

  And they said you're from down South,

  and when you open your mouth,

  you [D] always seem to put your foot there.

  

  Repeat chorus 'til the cows come home.

  

  

  Submitted by Paul Dvorak

  dvorak@intersatx.net 


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