Little Houdini

	  		

Gm                        D 
La la la la la la la la laaa 
Gm                        Cm7 
La la la la la la la la laaa 
         Cm 
La la la laaa 
C                        Cm    
La la la la la la la la laaa 
         G (last 'la' blends with first word of first verse below) 
La la la laaa  
G 
Christopher Daniel Gay was arrested on a Friday 
In Florida at the Daytona International Speedway 
Gm 
He was a fugitive on the run, 
Christopher made a quick escape 
                 D       
while being transported in a van 
that was picking up convicts state to state. 
Gm 
He did it during a bathroom break, 
he hot-wired somebody's pickup 

In fact, 
Cm7 
Christopher had a long history of theft 
involving trucks, 
Cm 
He was on route to Alabama 
for stealing someone's travel trailer 
C 
Grand Theft Auto 
He was a career criminal, jailbird 
         Cm 
who also had three outstanding warrants 
in his home state of Tennessee 
   G 
It was an outstanding performance that set him free 

Little Houdini 
Stole a big rig, then a tour bus that belonged to Crystal Gayle 
to evade a five state manhunt that wanted to put that birdy back in jail 
but they failed 
Gm 
'cause Christopher wasn't just running from cops 
Christopher Gay was now racing a clock 
D 
his mother was dying 
and there was no time to be held 
inside of a cage with locks 
Gm 
so yall can turn up your nose 
                                                Cm7 
and suck on your teeth and wag your finger like tsk-tsk 
but he had to take the risk 
Little Houdini 
Cm 
There wasn't a single thing sinister in his decision 
to break from the prison 
C 
His only motive was to go back to his childhood home 
while his mom was still living 
G 
it wasn't a house 
more like an old mobile camper 
where she was bedridden diagnosed with colon cancer 

Sometimes, 
     Gm 
The only answer we're left with 
when the loved one's name is on the death list 
      D 
Is to head for the exits and go home 
Christopher got the hell out of Texas 
Gm 
His abandonment was reckless 
It prolonged his sentence 
           Cm7       
Y'all can forget it 

He had numerous convictions and none were as strong as this 
Cm 
Unless you consider the other instance 
He went the distance 
C 
Similar situation, it was a bizarre coincidence 
Cm 
When he escaped from the prison the first time, 
Not this time, but the one before 
G 
He visited his dad 
Cause he was dying inside of a mental ward 
Suffering from Alzheimer's 
He paid respects 
Made his peace 
When he was done 
He didn't run 
He returned himself back to the police 

That's when his mom made her plea 
She said: 
Gm 
"He knows what he done was wrong, 
                  A 
but he knows his father don't got long 
            Gm 
He's not a fugitive on the run 
            A 
He's not dangerous, he's our son 

he ain't never hurt no one 
Eb 
He knows what he's done was wrong, 
                  Bb 
but he knows his father don't got long 
            Gm 
He's not a fugitive on the run 
            D 
He's our son" 

This ain't no country western song. 

Gm 
Christopher wasn't just running from cops 
Christopher Gay was now racing a clock 
      A 
his mother was dying 
and there was no time to be held 
inside of a cage with locks 
Gm 
So Y'all can go on tossing rocks 
                        A 
And talk your talk like tsk tsk 

Meanwhile Chris is stealing a tractor trailer from Wal-Mart 
Eb 
An 18 wheeler, he's peeling rubber the bird takes flight down turnpikes 
Bb 
Three hundred thousand dollars worth of merchandise, but it ain't worth her life 
Gm 
Ran it off the road, and abandoned it 
                   D 
50 yards from his moms to avoid the cops 
Thats half a football field from her feeble arms 
Eb 
After all this stuff 
The tour bus, the pick up trucks 
              Bb 
The tractor trailer, interstate chases 
He put on the brakes and couldn't get close enough 
Gm 
The news reporters told people to lock their doors 
                  D 
Like there was a monster on the loose but there was no truth to those reports. 
Eb 
His mom had weeks to live 
And Chris had years to serve 
Bb 
They were within shouting distance 
But I don't think he heard her final words. 
Fb                                    D 
I don't think he heard her final words. 

She made her plea to the TV 
Gm 
"He knows what he's done was wrong, 
                  A 
but he knows his mama don't got long 
            Gm 
He's not a fugitive on the run 
          D 
He's not dangerous, he's my son 
he ain't never hurt no one 
Eb 
He knows what he's done was wrong, 
                  Bb 
but he knows his mama don't got long 
            Gm 
He's not a fugitive on the run 
                             D 
                       he's my son" 

This ain't no country western song. 

Gm 
The third time he escaped from a state cop at the Georgia pit-stop 
A 
He just slipped out of the handcuffs, he jumped ship then he took off 
Gm 
With no father to visit, and no mom to go home to 
     A 
Just an open road where he could be free 
Little Houdini 
Eb 
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to 
      Bb 
Just a wide open sky where he could fly 
  Gm 
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to 
        D 
Just an open road where he could be free 
Little Houdini 

Eb 
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to 
       Bb 
Just a wide open sky where he could fly 
Gm 
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to 
        D 
Just an open road where he could be free 
Little Houdini 
Eb 
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to 
       Bb 
Just a wide open sky where he could fly 
Fb 
With no father to visit, no mom to go home to 
              D 
Just an open road where he could be free 
      Gm 
Little Houdini.... 

Chords/notes: All the 'G' and 'D' chords i play this way... 

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      G      D 
e | ----3-----2---- |  
B | ----0-----3---- |  
G | ----0-----2---- |  
D | ----0-----0---- |  
A | ----2-----0---- |  
E | ----3---------- |  

All the other chords use barre chords (bar chords)        Gm      Cm7      Cm      C      A       Eb       Bb      Fb 
e | ----3------3----3-----3-----5------6-----6----1-- |  
B | ----3------4----4-----5-----5------8-----6----1-- |  
G | ----3------3----5-----5-----6------8-----7----2-- |  
D | ----5------5----5-----5-----7------8-----8----3-- |  
A | ----5------3----3-----3-----7------6-----8----3-- |  
E | ----3------3----3-----3-----5------6-----6----1-- |