Merle Haggard – The Brothers (Guitar)

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As recorded by Merle Haggard & George Jones (From the 1982 Album A TASTE OF YESTERDAY'S WINE) [Intro] D [Verse 1]
D              G
Several years ago

           A7              D
He gave up everything that mattered

    G              A7             D
And rambled off to Nashville Tennessee

                              G
With a pocket full of country songs

A              D
And his old guitar

   G                       A7              D
He thought that's where he was supposed to be

                          G               A7
But the family stood here waiting and his songs

            D
Are getting faded

G                      A             D
There's probably not a nickel in his jeans

                    G
But if he don't get good enough

A                    D
To sing his way back home

   G                 A               D
He knows that he can always count on me
[Chorus]
G     D
Momma is Joe still driving

C                     G
Them old nails out in Colorado

C                                 D
Lord I always thought a-lot of him

G
You know maybe someday

D
Me and this old guitar

C                    G
Just might happen to get lucky

A                                                 D
And I'll get a chance to go back and visit my old friends

G                  D          C
Did Sonny get that ranch he always wanted

       G
Out by Boulder

C                               D
Lord, I used to want to be a cowboy too

G                        D                    C         G
But I'm still stuck here in Nashville writing songs and getting older

C              D                G   D A D
And mostly I always think about you
[Verse 2]
D                   G
I wonder where he'd be right now

A               D
If he was not a dreamer

       G
And if he was just

  A                D
A little more like me

                  G
He wouldn't be in Nashville

A                D
Reaching for the stars

G                       A                 D
And wishing things were like they used to be
[Chorus]
G                D
Mom is Joe still driving

         C        G
Them old nails in Colorado

C                         D
I always thought a lot of him

G
Maybe someday

       D
Me and this old guitar

C                      G
Is gonna happen to get lucky

    A                           D
And I'll come back and visit my old friends

G                 D               C
Mom did Sonny get that ranch that he always wanted

    G
Out by Boulder

C                         D
I used to want to be a cowboy too

G                     D         C                         G
Mam I'm stuck here in Nashville writing songs and getting older

    C             D         G
But mostly I been thinking about you
[Outro] N.C. G C D G D C G