Merle Haggard – In My Next Life (Guitar)

    C                           F
The Blood Red Sun Beat Down And Baked The Red Clay Ground

G7                                   C
Dust Kicked Up Around His John Deere Wheels

                            F
No Trace Of Rain In Sight A-gain He'll Lose The Fight

    G7                                 C
And Have To Watch His Crops Die In The Fields

                                    F
They Stood There Both In Tears, His Wife Of Many Years

     G7                               C
Said John You Know I Hate To Lose Our Farm

                             F
He Looked Into Her Eyes Then Looked Up At The Skies

    G7                             C     G7
And Told Her As He Held Her In His Arms

      C                           F
In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero

         G7                            C     G7
Somethin'  Better Than I Turned Out To Be

           C                    C7         F
I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Harrow

      G7                               C   C   F   F   G7   G7
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me

    C                        F
The Muscles In His Arms Just Like His Run Down Farm

     G7                        C
Soon Withered And Slowly Disap-peared

                      F
One Hard Workin' Man, Two Hard Workin' Hands

     G7                        C      G7
Were Givin' Up After All These Years

    C                           F
His Aging Eyes Grew Dim And The Lady That Worshipped Him

    G7                           C
Sat Cryin' On A Chair Beside His Bed

                                    F
Her Hands Caressed His Brow And She Said It's Alright Now

    G7                           C      G7
And As He Slowly Slipped Away He Said

      C                           F
In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero

         G7                            C     G7
Somethin'  Better Than I Turned Out To Be

           C                    C7         F
I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Harrow

      G7                               C   A7
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me

      D                           G
In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero

         A7                            D     A7
Somethin'  Better Than I Turned Out To Be

           D                    D7         G
I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Hay Row

      A7                               D
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me

      A7                               D    D  A7  D  
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me