Merle Haggard – Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am (Guitar)

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Things I learned in a hobo jungle,

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Were things they never taught me in a classroom,

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Like where to find a handout,

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While thumbing through Chicago in the afternoon,

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Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining,

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Just talking to myself man to man,

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This old mental fat I'm chewing didn't take a lot of doing.

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But I take a lot of pride in what I am.

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I guess I grew up a loner,

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I don't remember ever having any folks around.

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But I keep thumbing through the phone books,

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And looking for my daddy's name in every town,

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And I meet lots of friendly people,

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That I always end up leaving on the lam,

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Hey where I've been or where I'm going,

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Didn't take a lot of knowing,

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But I take a lot of pride in what I am.

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I never travel in a hurry,

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Cause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere,

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Home is anywhere I'm living,

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If it's sleeping on some vacant bench in City Square,

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Or if I'm working on some road gang,

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Or just living off the fat of our great land,

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I never been nobody's idol, but at least I got a title,

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And I take a lot of pride in what I am.

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I never been nobody's idol, but at least I got a title,

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And I take a lot of pride in what I am,

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I take a lot of pride in what I am,

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I take a lot of pride in what I am...