Merle Haggard – Good Old American Guest (Guitar)

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Merle Haggard- Big City album ?1981 Sony/ATV Songs
C                                       C7
Well I'm longin' to ride on a freight train

       F                               C
pull a slouch hat down low on my ears

                                           C7
I'm yearnin' to leave this old town on the flight

          D7                     G7
and lose all my trouble and cares

      C                         C7
In this day of airplanes and highways

     F                              C
Hey the slow way is sometimes the best

       F                    C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train

        D7          G7      C
and be a good old American guest

  C                                                 C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for

  F                          C
and spend a few days headed west

    F                       C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train

       D7          G7         C
and be a good old American guest
(solos follow verse changes)
C                            C7
Well the pressures of life they got to me

      F                         C
and they got down deep inside my soul

                                            C7
I'm tired of the rat race wanna go back to the slow pace

         D7                               G7
and hear a fast freight train rattle and roll

      C                      C7
I wanna live out my days like a hobo

   F                             C
and take myself that long needed rest

      F                        C   A7
Hey  I'm lookin' to ride on a freight train

       D7                G7     C
and be a good old American guest

C                                             C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for

     F                          C
and spend a few days headed west

   F                     C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train

     D7           G7          C
and be a good old American guest

      F                    C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train

         D7       G7       C
and be a good old American guest