I'm Headed Back To Austin Tonight chords by Junior Brown

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We
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just crossed into Texas
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and everything's gonna be alright
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Cause I'm headed back to Austin tonight
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The bus broke
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down at midnight
And I had to fly a ride
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But I'm headed back to Austin tonight
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I can't keep those people waitin'
To hear me sing and play my songs
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They're the reason I keep goin'
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And they keep me goin' strong
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There's nothin' like
good music
Underneath the Texas sky

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And if I don't get to Austin

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There won't be a show tonight

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So, mister, keep that hammer down

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Get me to my gig

And I'll

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give you a few of my albums

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You can play them in your rig

Thanks to

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Texas Hospitality

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thank you for the ride

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I'm headed back to Austin tonight
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Let's go!
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They've got songs about Chicago,
New York and New Orleans
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McKenna Threadgill always told me, boy,
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get back to where you've been
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All kinds of towns and cities,
so many that I like
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But there's nothing quite like Austin
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on a Saturday night
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There's singers, pickers, poets,
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and all kinds of guitar freaks
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And folks all come to see them
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seven days out of the week
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There's no place quite like home,
sweet home
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And that's the reason why
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I'm headed back to Austin tonight
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I can't
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keep those people waitin'
To hear me sing and play my songs
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They're the reason I keep goin'
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And they keep me going strong
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There's nothing like good music
Underneath the Texas sky
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And if I don't get to Austin
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There won't be a show tonight
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By now the boys are wondering
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How long I'm gonna take
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And if I'm stuck in Amarillo
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Eating that free 72 -ounce steak
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Oh, I -35
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Be a mighty long drive
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But I'm headed back to Austin tonight
That old I -35 would be
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a mighty long drive
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But I'm headed back to Austin
For some M -U -S -I -C
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Texas style tonight you