Merle Haggard "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am" Chords

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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Things I learned in a hobo jungle
Were things they never [G] taught [C] me in a classroom
_ _ Like _ [Dm] where to find a handout _
While bumming through [G] Chicago in [C] the afternoon _
Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining
I'm just talking to myself, [F] man to [Am] man _
[Dm] _ _ This old mental fight [G] I'm chewing
[Dm] Didn't take [G] a lot of doing
[Dm] But I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am
_ _ _ _ I [Dm] guess I grew up alone
I don't remember [G] ever having [C] any folks around
But I [Dm] keep thumbing through the phone books _
And looking for [G] my daddy's [C] name in every town _
_ _ And I meet lots of friendly people
But I always wind up leaving [F] on the lam
[Am] _
[Dm] 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 lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] I [Dm] never travel in a hurry
_ Cause I got [G] nobody waiting for [C] me _ anywhere _ _
_ [Dm] Home is anywhere I'm living
If it's sleeping [G] on some vacant [C] banks in city square _
Or if I'm working on some road gang
Or just living off the fat of our [F] great [Am] land _
[Dm] I've _ never been [G] nobody's idol
[Dm] But at least I [G] got a title
[Dm] And I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am
_ _ _ _ I've [Dm] never been [G] nobody's idol
[Dm] But at least I [G] got a title
[Dm] And I take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am _
I _ _ _ [Dm] take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am _
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