Red Bandana Chords by Merle Haggard

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We left home when we was barely [Abm] past _ [Ab] eleventeen
We've [Gb] been back [Eb] and forth and all around [Bb] through hell and rain
[F] _
[Gb] I've loved you [Eb] half your life and [Ab] I'll keep on loving you _
[Eb] But I can't change [Ab] and live [Gm] the way [Gb] you want me to
We spend [Ab] a lot of time out on [Abm] the [Ab] highway _
[Eb] Coming from some town [Bbm] that played a [Bb] long way
[Gb] _
After thirty years of [Ab] knowing me the way you do _
[Db] [Eb] You know I can't [Db] change and live [Gb] the way you want [Eb] me to
But babe, [Bb] that red bandana tied around [Eb] your auburn hair
[Fm] You look like you ought to be [Eb] somebody's wife somewhere
You ain't never gonna be no Bobby McGee but [Ab] you're trying to
[Eb] But I can't [Bb] change and live the way [Eb] you want me to
[Ab] Every _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
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[Ebm] time you leave the stage [Ab] I know you've had your fill
And [Ebm] I wonder why you [Eb] grew up the way [Db] I never will
[Gb]
Hey, I'm forty-one, [Eb] today's [Ab] still going on twenty-two _
[Eb] But I can't [Bb] change and live the way you want [Eb] me to
[Bb] That red bandana tied around [Eb] your auburn hair
[Bb] You look like you ought to be [Eb] somebody's wife somewhere
You ain't never gonna be no Bobby McGee [Ab] but you're trying to
[Eb] But I can't [Bb] change and live the way [Eb] you want me to
No, I can't [Bb] change and live the way [Eb] you want me to
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