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Houston chords by Robert Ellis

  • Em

  • Esus4

  • C

  • G

  • D#dim

  • Adim

  • Cm

    3
  • D

  • Am

  • B

    2
  • F

  • Baug

  • C#dim

    4
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Verse 1
(E minor) When I came (Esus4) here
(E minor) I was a boy
And now I'm (C major) leaving a man
When I (E minor) came here I was lost
But now I (C major) know who I am
Verse 2
Oh, you (G major) helped me understand
You (D sharpdim) took me by the (Adim) hand (C minor) and
(Adim) you showed (E minor) me (D major) how to fight (A minor)
When (G major) I was afraid your
(D sharpdim) lights did not fade
No, they shone (E minor) (D major) through
the night
(A minor) (E minor) (G major)

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Verse 3
(C major)
We (E minor) shared (Esus4) (E minor) an apartment
on (G major) the (C major) verge of downtown
Two (E minor) kids (Esus4) (E minor) so in love
but in (C major) vain I have found
Well, (G major) when our (D major) love (G major) turned to rust
Then (D sharpdim) all I could trust (Adim) was (D sharpdim) the cov
(E minor) er of the blanket (D major) in the (A minor) night (C major) (A minor)
(C major) I (D major) owe it (G major) to you,
I (B major) would have come (D sharpdim) un glued
(Adim) (C minor) Had (Adim) it (E minor) not been for the
(D major) city and her (A minor) light
(E minor) (D major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 4
From Houston I'm (G major) moving tonight (A minor)
(G major) I've got to (F major) pick up and wipe
the slate clean (A minor)
(G major) Oh, (C major) Houston I'm (G major) losing the fight (A minor)
(G major) You remind (F major) me of too many things
(A minor) (G major)
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (F major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) (E minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (F major) (A minor) (E minor) (D major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 5
Well, (Esus4)
time (E minor) takes a toll and your (C major) eyes start to change
It puts (E minor) walls all around a soul and you
feel (C major) restless and caged
Yes, it's (D major) happene (G major) d to me,
I've just (B major) got to break (D sharpdim) free
From (Adim) the scene (E minor) and the places (D major) I know (A minor)
I just (D major) need (G major) a new start, oh,
the (B major) seas, they must (Adim) part
(D sharpdim) I am fi (E minor) nally (D major) ready
to (A minor) go
(E minor) (G major) (C major)
Verse 6
From (G major) (C major) Houston I'm (G major) moving tonight (A minor)
(G major) I've got to (F major) pick up and wipe
the slate clean (A minor)
(G major) Oh, (C major) Houston I'm (G major) losing the (A minor) fight
(C major) You (G major) remind (F major) me of too many
thing (D sharpdim) s (B major) (E minor)
(C major) Oh,
Verse 7
Houston, I'm mov (G major) ing tonight (A minor)
(G major) But it does (F major) not mean
that we'll have to part (A minor)
(G major) Oh, (C major) Houston this (G major) is not good (A minor) bye
(G major) You will be (F major) living inside of my (A minor) heart
Verse 8
And (A minor) when I think back (C major) on when
I (Baug) called you my home
I will (C major) fill up with pride and love (C sharpdim)
I (A minor) will not forget (C major) all those
(Baug) nights that I spent
(G major) How your (C major) lights shone so (Baug) pretty
(B major) Just a (C major) boy in the city
Outro 1
(C sharpdim) (C major) (G major) (C major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (E minor) (G major)
(E minor)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (B major) (Adim) (B major)
(E minor) (D major) (A minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A minor)
(E minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (E minor) (G major)
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