The Habit Poem by Berton Braley, Music & additional Lyrics by Don Edwards
C G F C I beat my way wherever any winds have blown F C G C I've bummed along from Portland down to San Antone C G F C From Shady Hook to Frisco, over plains and hills F C G C For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
C G F C I've seen a lot of places where I'd like to stay F C G C I gets to feelin' restless, then I'm on my way C G F C I was never meant for sittin' on my own door sill F C G C For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
Chorus F C G - G I ride wherever the wind blows F C G - G I'm driftin' like a tumbleweed F C Am G I'm just a wanderin troubador F G C A song and my guitar is all I need
C G F C I've been in rich men's houses and I've been in jail F C G C And when its time for leavin', I just hits the trail C G F C I'm a human bird of passage and the song I trill F C G C Is once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still
C G F C Now the sun is sort of coaxin' and the road is clear F C G C And the wind is singin' ballads that I just gotta hear C G F C It ain't no use to argue when you feel the thrill F C G C For once you get the Habit, you just can't keep still