Misc Originals – Alexander Pepperman - Happy Again (Guitar)

G                    D
Ten years ago I took off on the road.

Em                        C
left my old life back for adventures untold.

G                                        D
But now I'm headed back south stopped in North Caroline.

     Em                   C
I'm drivin’ this bus, not feelin’ too fine.

G
Starin' up the road

D                       Em
Prayin’ to God I see sunshine.

     G                     D
I’ll make it to Memphis in under 10 hours.

Em                     C
Picked me a bouquet of dogwood flowers,

          G
‘Cuz they remind me of my sister,

        D             Em
Who I’m hopin’ to see tonight.

   G                        D
The wheels on my bus goin’ ‘round n’ ‘round;

Em                           C
The wheels on my bus they’re sturdy and sound.

G       D       C 
Take me back to Memphis.

G                           D
The wheels on my bus goin’ ‘round n’ ‘round;

Em                            C
The wheels on my bus they’re sturdy and sound.

G       D          Em
Take me back to my sister.

G                          D
My mamma caught a cold out workin the fields,  

      Em                         B7
But somthin’ went wrong that the doctor can’t heal.

   G
Bus full o’people - ‘n I can

D              Em
Barely hold my head up.

G                             D
‘Cuz down there in Memphis is my little sis,

        Em                   C
She’s lonely and scared ‘cuz she’s only six.

            G
She’s been alone for a whole day

           D             Em
Since they took my mamma away.

       G                     D
So I’m pushin this engine as fast as I can,

Em                          C
Shiftin them gears with my quick right hand.

G       D          C
Take me back to Memphis.

       G                     D
So I’m pushin this engine as fast as I can,

Em                         C
Shiftin them gears with my quick right hand.

G       D           Em
Take me back to Memphis.

G                        D
I kept for her a bottle, all this time,

Em
Rose pedal perfume -

       C
it’s a weakness of mine.

    G                         D               Em
My mamma used to wear it, but now it’s for my sister.

      G                     D
In five years time we’ll be happy again, ‘Cuz

        Em
I’m the one who fixes problems,

            C 
That’s the way it’s always been.

 G
Dance with me, darling,

 D             B7
Stand up on my toes.

       G                     D
So I’m pushin this engine as fast as I can,

Em                          C
Shiftin them gears with my quick right hand.

G       D       Em
Take me back to Memphis.

     G                 D
This one way trip will be my last.

     Em               C
The life I lived is a bygone past.

G       D       Em           
Take me home to Memphis.