Walker Jerry Jeff

London Homesick Blues


Written by Gary P. Nunn


Performed by Jerry Jeff Walker








G


Well when you?re down on your luck you ain?t got a buck


    D


in  London you?re a goner now even London bridge is falling down


     G                          C  


you  move to Arizona and I know what 


C


and I?ll substantiate the rumor that the English sense of humor is


G 


drier than the Texas sand


        Em                        Cm


you can put up your dukes you can bet your boots


        D


but I?m leavin? just as fast as I can now


                 


Chorus:


D          C             Em  Am


I wanna go home with the armadilla?


             C             D            G


good country music from Amarilla and Abilene


                C                        D                 G


the friendliest people and the prettiest women you?ve ever seen





Verse 2:


G                                      D


Well it?s cold over here and I swear I wish they?d turn the heat on


D                                             G                                C


and where in the world is that English girl I promised I would meet on the 3rd floor


C                                                    G


and of the whole damn lot the only friend I got is a smoke and a cheap guitar


   Em                     Cm                        D


My heart keeps roamin? my heart keeps longing to be home in a Texas bar





Chorus





Verse 3


G                                             D


Well I decided that I?d get my cowboy hat and go down to the marble arch station


D


cause when a Texan fancies he?ll take his chances


G                                  C


chances will be takin? that?s  for sure


C                                                   G


and them limey eyes they were eyein? the prize some people call manly foot wear


              Em                              Cm


and they said you?re from down south and when you open your mouth 


    D


you always seem to put your foot there





Chorus


(Repeated several times)