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Merle Haggard

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Am7

Bm7

F#7

One Day At A Time Sweet Jesus

Key: CHard

I'Cm only AhumanA4 A I'm just a Eman E4 E

E4Help me to Ebelieve in E4what I could Ebe and E4all that I Aam A4 A

AShow me the stairwayA4 A that I have to Dclimb D4 D

DLord for my Asake A4teach me to Etake one E4day at a Atime A4 A

AOne day at a Dtime D4 sweet DJesus that's all I'm asking from Ayou A4 A

AGive me the Estrength to E4do every-Eday what E4I have to Ado A4 A

AYesterday's Dgone D4 sweet DJesus and tomorrow may never be Amine A4 A

ASo for my Esake E4teach me to Etake E4one day at a Atime A4 A

ADo you rememberA4 A when you walked among Emen E4 E

EWell E4Jesus you Eknow if you're E4looking Ebelow it's E4worse now than Athen A4 A

APushing and shovingA4 A crowding my Dmind D4 D

DSo for my Asake teach me to Etake one E4day at a Atime A4 A

AOne day at a Dtime D4 sweet DJesus that's all I'm asking from Ayou A4 A

AGive me the Estrength to E4do every-Eday what E4I have to Ado A4 A

AYesterday's Dgone D4 sweet DJesus and tomorrow may never be Amine A4 A

ASo for my Esake E4teach me to Etake E4one day at a Atime A4 A

AYes, just for my Esake E4teach me to Etake one E4day at a Atime

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Kentucky Gambler (ver. 2)

Key: GEasy

GI wanted more from life, than fCour kids and a wife

And a jGob in a Ddark Kentucky Gmine.

A twenty acre farm, with Ca shackey house and barn

Thats Gall I had and aDll I left bGehind

GBut at gambling, I was lucky, and sCo I left Kentucky

GAnd left behind my Dwoman and my Gkids

GInto the gay casinos, of NeCvada's town of Reno

GThis Kentucky Gambler Dplanned to get rich qGuick

GKentucky gambler whCo's gonna love Dyour woman in KentuGcky

CYeah and who'Gs going to be theD one to give Gher all she needs.

GKentucky gambCler, who's goingD to raise your childrGen in Kentucky

CAnd who's going tGo keep them feDd and keep them shoesG on their feet

GThere at the gambler's Paradise, LCady luck was on my side

Gand this Kentucky gambler pDlayed just Gright

GYeah I won at everything I played - IC really thought I had it made

GBut I should have qDuit and gone on home that nGight

GBut when you love the green backed dollar, soCrrow always bound tofollow

andG Reno's dreams fade iDnto neon amber G

GAnd Lady Luck, she'll lead you on

She'll Cstay a while, and then she's gone

GYou better go on Dhome, Kentucky gGambler

GBut a gambler never seems to stop, till he lCoses all he's got

aGnd with a money - Dhungry fever, I played Gon

GI played till I'd lost all I'd won, IC was right back where I'd started from.

TGhen I startedD wanting - to goG home

GKentucky gCambler, there ain't Dnobody, waiting in KGentucky

CWhen I ranG out, somebDody else walked iGn

GKentucky gamblerC, looks like you aiDn't really very luckGy

CAnd it seems toG me a gambler loseDs much more than hGe wins

much Dmore than he wGins.

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Wishing All These Old Things Were New

Key: CHard

C/B

By axehappy - email protected

C = x32010 G = 320003

C7 = x32310 F = 133211

C/B = x22010 Am = x02210

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CWatching while some Gold friends do a line,

Holding back the want to in my Gown addicted Cmind.

Wishing it was C7still a thing Feven I could Cdo,C/B Am G F

CWishing all these Gold things were Cnew.

Watching while some Gyoung men go to Cjail,

And they show it all on TV just to Gsee somebody Cfail.

And I guess there's not a C7single thing

A Gman like me can Cdo,C/B Am G F

CWishing all these Gold things were Cnew.

GWishing all these old things were Cnew,

Good Ftimes like the roaring 'C20s and the Amroaring '80s Dtoo. G

FThinking about the good old days, beCfore it C/Ball Amfell GthroFugh,

CWishing all these Gold things were Cnew.

CINSTGRUMECNTALG C C7 F C C/B Am G F C G C

The kids don't want my Gcigarettes aCround,

They say its time that dad should Glay tobacco Cdown.

But if I could start all C7over,

Guess I'd Fstill do what I Cdo,C/B Am G F

CWishing all these Gold things were Cnew.

GWishing all these old things were Cnew,

Good Ftimes like the roaring 'C20s and the Amroaring '80s Dtoo. G

FThinking about the good old days, beCfore it C/Ball Amfell GthroFugh,

CWishing all these Gold things were Cnew.

Wishing all these Gold things were Cnew.

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Come On Sixty Five

Key: CMedium

CSomewhere on the old Kern River Fthere's an old cane Cpole

That waits for G7me patientCly this city job might drag me down

But Fone fine day I'm Cgonna be set G7free wait and Csee

And Fthen I'm gonna go down to where the Cwaters touch the sky

FWhere the old men's laughter Cgoes like a lullaG7by

Sixty Cfive Fc'mon sixty Cfive it's a sin to waste my life away

But I can't wait till G7I'm sixty Cfive Fc'mon sixty Cfive

There's a gold watch if I get out G7alive Fpast sixty Cfive

Now somewhere in my memories FI recall a Cboy

SevenG7teen full of Cdreams dreams and life just stripped away

A Flayer at a Ctime now what's G7left ain't hardly Cme

Oh Fbut I saved up a little here and Cthere to get me by

FEnough to mend my ragged wings and Conce again I'll G7fly

Sixty Cfive Fc'mon sixty Cfive it's a sin to waste my life away

But I can't wait till G7I'm sixty Cfive Fc'mon sixty Cfive

Lord the object of the games is to G7survive Fpast sixty Cfive

I've heard it said that hard work never Fdid a body's Cbody

Any G7harm well they were Cwrong cause all these years of lifting things

I Fshould of left Calone took their G7toll my will was Cstrong

And Fthe day that I walk out of here I'll Chold my head up high

FThen I'll pawn this stupid watch and kiss Cthirty years goodG7bye

Sixty Cfive Fc'mon sixty Cfive it's a sin to waste my life away

But I can't wait till G7I'm sixty Cfive Fc'mon sixty Cfive

There's a gold watch if I get out G7alive Fpast sixty Cfive

Now somewhere on the old Kern River Fthere's an old cane Cpole

That waits for G7me patientCly

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Hang Up My Gloves

Key: GEasy

GI'm gonna hang up my gloves Cthrow in the towel

And Gwalk right out door

I'm gonna Cfind me a brand new baby

Who don't wanna fight no Gmore

You won the winning round when you Cbrought me down

In Gfront of everybody I knew

I'm gonna Chang up my gloves Gthrow in the towel

And D7let 'em give the round to Gyou

Well our love's a fighting Carena

And our Gfriends have a ring side view

Well the CFriday night fight

Can't Ghold a light to the Cway I have to fight for Gyou

Well I fought my best to Cwin your love

I Gthrew every punch I knew

So I'm gonna Chang up my gloves Gthrow in the towel

And D7let 'em give the round to Gyou

GI'm gonna hang up my gloves Cthrow in the towel

And Gwalk right out door

I'm gonna Cfind me a brand new baby

Who don't wanna fight no Gmore

You won the winning round when you Cbrought me down

In Gfront of everybody I knew

I'm gonna Chang up my gloves Gthrow in the towel

And D7let 'em give the round to Gyou

Well it's a life long fight both Cday and night

Just Gkeeping you around the house

But Cnow I understand you got a corner man

Now I'm a gonna put you Gout

Well I hung on the rope Ctill I give up hope

Cause Gyou just can't be true

I'm gonna Chang up my gloves Gthrow in the towel

And D7let 'em give the round to Gyou

GI'm gonna hang up my gloves Cthrow in the towel

And Gwalk right out door

I'm gonna Cfind me a brand new baby

Who don't wanna fight no Gmore

You won the winning round when you Cbrought me down

In Gfront of everybody I knew

I'm gonna Chang up my gloves Gthrow in the towel

And D7let 'em give the round to Gyou

I'm gonna Chang up my gloves Gthrow in the towel

And D7let 'em give the round to Gyou

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In My Next Life

Key: CHard

In My Next Life

By Merle Haggard

CFG7CG7

THE CBLOOD RED SUN BEAT DOWN AND FBAKED THE RED CLAY GROUND

G7DUST KICKED UP AROUND HIS JOHN DEERE CWHEELS

NO TRACE OF RAIN IN SIGHT AFGAIN HE'LL LOSE THE FIGHT

AND G7HAVE TO WATCH HIS CROPS DIE IN THE CFIELDS

THEY STOOD THERE BOTH IN TEARS,HIS FWIFE OF MANY YEARS

SAID G7JOHN YOU KNOW I HATE TO LOSE OUR CFARM

HE LOOKED INTO HER EYES THEN FLOOKED UP AT THE SKIES

AND G7TOLD HER AS HE HELD HER IN HIS CARMS G7

IN MY CNEXT LIFE I WANT TO BE YOUR FHERO

SOMETHIG7NG BETTER THAN I TURNED OUT TCO BE G7

I'VE LIVED CTHIS LIFE BEHIND THE C7PLOUGH AND FHAY ROW

IN MY G7NEXT LIFE I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD OF CME F G7

THE CMUSCLES IN HIS ARMS JUST FLIKE HIS RUN DOWN FARM

SOON G7WITHERED AND SLOWLY DISAPCPEARED

ONE HARD WORKIN' MAN, FTWO HARD WORKIN' HANDS

WERE G7GIVIN' UP AFTER ALL THESE CYEARS G7

HIS CAGING EYES GREW DIM AND THE FLADY THAT WORSHIPPED HIM

SAT G7CRYIN' ON A CHAIR BESIDE HIS CBED

HER HANDS CARESSED HIS BROW AND SHE FSAID IT'S ALRIGHT NOW

AND G7AS HE SLOWLY SLIPPED AWAY HE CSAID G7

IN MY CNEXT LIFE I WANT TO BE YOUR FHERO

SOMETHIG7NG BETTER THAN I TURNED OUT TCO BE G7

I'VE LIVED CTHIS LIFE BEHIND THE C7PLOUGH AND FHAY ROW

IN MY G7NEXT LIFE I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD OF CME F G7

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IN MY DNEXT LIFE I WANT TO BE YOUR GHERO

SOMETHIN'A7 BETTER THAN I TURNED OUT TO DBE A7

I'VE LIVED DTHIS LIFE BEHIND THE D7PLOUGH AND GHAY ROW

IN MY A7NEXT LIFE I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD OF DME

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Out Among the Stars

Key: FMedium

FIt's midnight at a liquor store in TBbexas.

BenFeath the neon, close up's just beC7gun.

When a Fboy walks in the door and points Bba pistGol.

He can't Ffind a job, but C7man, he's found a gFun.

FBut a change of heart before there's confronBbtation.

Let's the Fold man live and run out in the stC7reet.

But he Fknows that soon they'll come with guns a blBbazing. G

And alFready he can C7feel a great reFlief.

FOh how many travlers get wBbeary,

FBearing both their burdens and their sC7cars,

FDon't you think they'd love to stop comBbplaining, G

and Ffly like eagles C7out among the sFtars.

FHe pictures the arrival of the Bbcruisers.

Sees that Fold familiar anger in their C7eyes.

He Fknows that when they're shooting at this Bbloser, G

They'll be Faiming at the dC7eamons in their liFves.

FOh how many travlers get wBbeary,

FBearing both their burdens and their sC7cars,

FDon't you think they'd love to stop comBbplainingG,

and Ffly like eagles C7out among the sFtars.

FThe evening news it carries all the dBbetails.

He Fdies in every living room in tC7own.

And Fin his home a bottle's thrown in Bbanger. G

And his Ffather cries, "We'll C7never live this dFown."

FOh how many travlers get wBbeary,

FBearing both their burdens and their sC7cars,

FDon't you think they'd love to stop comBbplaining, G

and Ffly like eagles C7out among the sFtars.

Oh-Oh, and Ffly like eagles C7out among the sFtars.

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Ol Country Singer

Key: GHard

Am7

Bm7

F#7

GI?m just an D7sus2ol? country Gsinger

GGold records all G7over the Cwalls

CI sing in A7bar rooms and GI sing in churches

A7And I sing in old aging Am7hallDs

GLove is the D7sus2reason for Gmusic

GAnd music, the G7reason for Cme

CAnd I?m just an A7ol? country GsingE7er

A7Singing an D7ol? meloGdy

GI?ve got a banjo, got a guitar, got a fiddle and a Gdrum

GI can whistle, I can holler, I can yodel and D7hum

GLove is the D7sus2reason for Gmusic

GAnd music the G7reason for Cme

CAnd I?m just an A7ol? country GsingE7er

A7Singing an D7ol? meloGdy E7

AI?m just an E7sus2ol? country Asinger

AWith honky tonk A7music in Dmind

DI live in B7hotels and AI ride in busses

B7And I leave em? standin? in Bm7lineE

ADancin?s the E7sus2reason for Amusic

AAnd I?ve got a A7music deDgree

DI?m just an B7ol? country AsinF#7ger

B7Singin? an E7ol? meloAdy

AE7

ALove is the E7sus2reason for Amusic

AAnd music, the A7reason for Dme

DI?m just an B7ol? country AsinF#7ger

B7Singin? an E7ol? meloAdyF#7

B7Singin? an E7ol? meloAdy

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Wake Up

Key: AEasy

ADADAEADADAEA

AWake up, don't just lay there like cold Dgranite Astone.

EWake up, we're too close to be aAlone.

AWake up, and please darling, hold me Dif you Awould.

DDon't just Alay there like you've Egone away for Agood.

There's too Amany empty pages with so many Dthings in Astore.

I Ecan't believe it's over and you've closed the final door.

And I'm Anot prepared to handle these things we're Dgoing Athrough.

I wish EGod would grant me just one more night with Ayou.

AWake up, don't just lay there like cold Dgranite Astone.

EWake up, we're too close to be aAlone.

AWake up, and please darling, hold me Dif you Awould.

DDon't just Alay there like you've Egone away for Agood.

WithAout you I feel worthless, like a bell that Ddoesn't Aring,

And I Eknow you hear me talkin', yet you haven't heard a thing.

And I can't Astand it all much longer, I'd go crazy Dwithout Ayou.

I wish EGod would grant me just one more night with Ayou.

AWake up, don't just lay there like cold Dgranite Astone.

EWake up, we're too close to be aAlone.

AWake up, and please darling, hold me Dif you Awould.

DDon't just Alay there like you've Egone away for Agood.

DDon't just Alay there like you've Egone away for Agood.D A

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California Cottonfields

Key: GMedium

GMy drifting memory D7goes back to the Fspring of 'C43

When GI was just a child in momma's D7arms

My Gdaddy plowed the D7ground and promised Fsomeday we would Cleave

This Grun-down mortgaged D7Oklahoma Gfarm

D7Then one night I heard my daddy Csaying to my Gmomma

A7That he'd finally saved enough to D7go

GCalifornia D7was his dream a Fparadise for Che had seen

GPictures in D7magazines that Gtold him so

GCaliCfornia D7Cottonfields

Where Clabor camps were D7filled with weary Cmen with broken Gdreams

CaliCfornia D7Cottonfields

As Cclose to wealth as D7daddy ever Gcame

Nearly everything we D7had was sold or Fleft beChind

From Gmy daddy's plow to the soup that momma D7canned

Some Gfolks came to say D7farewell or see what Fall we had to Csell

Some Gjust came to shake D7my daddy's Ghand

D7That model A was loaded down and CCalifornia Gbound

A7A change of luck was just 4 days D7away

GBut the only change D7that I remember Fseeing in my Cdaddy

GWas when his dark hair D7turned to silver Ggray

D7Then one night I heard my daddy Csaying to my Gmomma

A7That he'd finally saved enough to D7go

GCalifornia D7was his dream a Fparadise for Che had seen

GPictures in D7magazines that Gtold him so

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