[VERSE] E A E Got me a postcard and a twenty dollar bill E A E I told you I'd meet you in Memphis if you'd bring me those pills E A E And I got high, and I got drunk, for far too long B A And the gypsy train to Houston, is gonna take me along [BREAK] E C#m A E [VERSE] E A E they call me the wild card, and they called me their fool E A E I told them I'd bring 'em their money if they'd get me back to you E A E And I got cash, and I got robbed for all I own B A And the gypsy train to Houston, is gonna take me back home [BREAK] E C#m A E [SOLO] C#m A E C#m A E B B B B [VERSE] E A E So I got cleaning, 'nd I got a steady job E A E No longer was I runnin' from the emblems of law E A E And I got clean, and I got mean to the bone B A And the gypsy train to Houston, won't leave me alone [BREAK] E C#m A E [SOLO] C#m A E C#m A E [OUTRO] B A And the gypsy train to Houston, won't leave me alone! E C#m A E