Chords for Merle Haggard- I Take A Lot Of Pride...

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_ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Things I learned in a hobo jungle, _ _ things they [G] never taught me [C] in a classroom.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Like where to find the handout, _ while bumming [G] through Chicago [C] in the afternoon.
_ _ _ Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining, I'm just talking to myself, [F] man to man.
[Am] _ [Dm] This _ _ old mental [G] fat I'm chewing, didn't take a lot of doing, but I take a lot of pride in [C] what I am. _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I guess I grew up a loner, _ don't remember [G] ever having [C] any folks around.
_ _ _ But [D] I keep thumbing [Dm] through the phone books, and looking [G] for my daddy's [C] name in every town.
_ _ _ _ I've made lots of friendly people, but I always wind up leaving [F] all the same.
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_ Hey, where I've been or [G] where I'm going, [Dm] didn't take [G] a lot of knowing, [Dm] but I take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am. _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Never traveled in a hurry, _ cause I got [G] nobody waiting [C] for me anywhere.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Home is anywhere I'm living, _ if it's sleeping [G] on some vacant [C] bench in city square.
_ _ _ Or if I'm working on some road game, or just living off the back of our [F] great land.
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_ I've never been [G] nobody's idol, [Dm] but at least I [G] got a title, [Dm] I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am. _
_ _ _ I've never [Dm] been [G] nobody's idol, [Dm] but at least I [G] got a title, [Dm] I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Yeah, I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am.
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