https://www.reanchord.comLittle Houdini
by Sage Francis
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Intro. G (first four bars just strum G , use the 320003 'regular/standard' G-chord (see chord tabs below))
GmLa la la la la la la la laDaa
GmLa la la la la la la la laCm7aa
La la la Cmlaaa
CLa la la la la la la la lCmaaa
G (last 'la' blends with first word of first verse below)
La la la laaa
GChristopher Daniel Gay was arrested on a Friday
In Florida at the Daytona International Speedway
GmHe was a fugitive on the run,
Christopher made a quick escape
while being transDported in a van
that was picking up convicts state to state.
GmHe did it during a bathroom break,
he hot-wired somebody's pickup
In fact,
Cm7Christopher had a long history of theft
involving trucks,
CmHe was on route to Alabama
for stealing someone's travel trailer
CGrand Theft Auto
He was a career criminal, jailbird
who also Cmhad three outstanding warrants
in his home state of Tennessee
It Gwas 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
Dhis mother was dying
and there was no time to be held
inside of a cage with locks
Gmso yall can turn up your nose
and suck on your teeth and wag your finger like Cm7tsk-tsk
but he had to take the risk
Little Houdini
CmThere wasn't a single thing sinister in his decision
to break from the prison
CHis only motive was to go back to his childhood home
while his mom was still living
Git wasn't a house
more like an old mobile camper
where she was bedridden diagnosed with colon cancer
Sometimes,
The oGmnly answer we're left with
when the loved one's name is on the death list
Is to Dhead for the exits and go home
Christopher got the hell out of Texas
GmHis abandonment was reckless
It prolonged his sentence
Y'all can fCm7orget it
He had numerous convictions and none were as strong as this
CmUnless you consider the other instance
He went the distance
CSimilar situation, it was a bizarre coincidence
CmWhen he escaped from the prison the first time,
Not this time, but the one before
GHe 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,
but he knows his fAather don't got long
He's not a fGmugitive on the run
He's not danAgerous, he's our son
he ain't never hurt no one
EbHe knows what he's done was wrong,
but he knows his fBbather don't got long
He's not a fGmugitive on the run
He's our sonD"
This ain't no country western song.
GmChristopher wasn't just running from cops
Christopher Gay was now racing a clock
his moAther was dying
and there was no time to be held
inside of a cage with locks
GmSo Y'all can go on tossing rocks
And talk your talk like Atsk tsk
Meanwhile Chris is stealing a tractor trailer from Wal-Mart
EbAn 18 wheeler, he's peeling rubber the bird takes flight down turnpikes
BbThree hundred thousand dollars worth of merchandise, but it ain't worth her life
GmRan it off the road, and abandoned it
50 yards from his mDoms to avoid the cops
Thats half a football field from her feeble arms
EbAfter all this stuff
The tour bus, the pick up trucks
The tractor trBbailer, interstate chases
He put on the brakes and couldn't get close enough
GmThe news reporters told people to lock their doors
Like there was a mDonster on the loose but there was no truth to those reports.
EbHis mom had weeks to live
And Chris had years to serve
BbThey were within shouting distance
But I don't think he heard her final words.
FbI don't think he heard her final wordsD.
She made her plea to the TV
Gm"He knows what he's done was wrong,
but he knows his mAama don't got long
He's not a fGmugitive on the run
He's not dDangerous, he's my son
he ain't never hurt no one
EbHe knows what he's done was wrong,
but he knows his mBbama don't got long
He's not a fGmugitive on the run
he's mDy son"
This ain't no country western song.
GmThe third time he escaped from a state cop at the Georgia pit-stop
AHe just slipped out of the handcuffs, he jumped ship then he took off
GmWith no father to visit, and no mom to go home to
Just Aan open road where he could be free
Little Houdini
EbWith no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just a Bbwide open sky where he could fly
WiGmth no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just an Dopen road where he could be free
Little Houdini
EbWith no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just a Bbwide open sky where he could fly
GmWith no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just an Dopen road where he could be free
Little Houdini
EbWith no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just a Bbwide open sky where he could fly
FbWith no father to visit, no mom to go home to
Just an open rDoad where he could be free
Little GmHoudini....
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