Chords for Merle Haggard – Big City (Live)
Tempo:
144.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#m
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [E] Tiger Joe, an hour with a man whose songs are the [D] essence of today's country music.
[B] Plus some rare insights into the life [A] of one of country music's most fascinating performers.
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E]
I'm tired of this dirty [A] old city.
[E] Entirely too much work and never [B] enough play.
[E] And I'm [B] tired of [E] these [F#m] dirty old [A]
sidewalks.
Think [E] I'll walk off [B] my steady [E] job today.
Turn me loose, set me free, [A] somewhere in the middle of [E] Montana.
And give me all [B] I've [E] got, come into [B] me.
[F#m] [B] [E] And keep your retirement, [A] your so-called [F#m] social [E] security.
Big city, turn me loose and set me free.
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E]
Been working every day since I [A] was twenty.
[E] Haven't got a thing to show for everything [B] I've done.
There's [E] folks who never work and they've got [A] plenty.
Think [E] it's time for guys [B] like us to [E] have some fun.
Turn me loose, set me free,
[A] somewhere in the middle [F#m] of [E] Montana.
And give me all I've got, come into [B]
me.
[E] And keep your retirement, [A] your so-called [F#m] social security.
[E] Big city, turn me loose and set me free.
Big city, [B] turn me loose and set [E] me free.
[A]
[B]
[B] Plus some rare insights into the life [A] of one of country music's most fascinating performers.
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E]
I'm tired of this dirty [A] old city.
[E] Entirely too much work and never [B] enough play.
[E] And I'm [B] tired of [E] these [F#m] dirty old [A]
sidewalks.
Think [E] I'll walk off [B] my steady [E] job today.
Turn me loose, set me free, [A] somewhere in the middle of [E] Montana.
And give me all [B] I've [E] got, come into [B] me.
[F#m] [B] [E] And keep your retirement, [A] your so-called [F#m] social [E] security.
Big city, turn me loose and set me free.
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E]
Been working every day since I [A] was twenty.
[E] Haven't got a thing to show for everything [B] I've done.
There's [E] folks who never work and they've got [A] plenty.
Think [E] it's time for guys [B] like us to [E] have some fun.
Turn me loose, set me free,
[A] somewhere in the middle [F#m] of [E] Montana.
And give me all I've got, come into [B]
me.
[E] And keep your retirement, [A] your so-called [F#m] social security.
[E] Big city, turn me loose and set me free.
Big city, [B] turn me loose and set [E] me free.
[A]
[B]
Key:
E
B
A
F#m
D
E
B
A
[N] _ _ _ [E] Tiger Joe, an hour with a man whose songs are the [D] essence of today's country music.
[B] Plus some rare insights into the life [A] of one of country music's most fascinating performers.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm tired of this dirty [A] old city. _ _ _ _
_ [E] Entirely too much work _ and never _ [B] enough play.
_ _ _ _ [E] And I'm [B] tired of [E] these [F#m] dirty old [A] _
sidewalks.
_ _ Think [E] I'll walk off [B] my steady [E] job today.
_ _ _ _ Turn me loose, set me free, _ _ [A] somewhere in the middle of _ [E] Montana.
_ _ _ _ And give me all [B] I've [E] got, come into [B] me.
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] And keep your retirement, _ _ [A] your so-called _ [F#m] social _ [E] security.
_ Big _ _ _ city, turn me loose and set me _ free. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Been working every day since I [A] was twenty. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Haven't got a thing to show _ for everything [B] I've done. _ _ _ _
There's [E] folks who never work and they've got [A] plenty.
_ Think _ _ [E] it's time for guys [B] like us to [E] have some fun.
_ _ _ Turn me loose, set me free, _ _
[A] somewhere in the middle [F#m] of [E] Montana.
_ _ _ _ _ And give me all I've got, come into [B] _
me.
_ _ _ _ [E] And keep your retirement, _ [A] your so-called _ [F#m] social _ security.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Big city, turn me loose and set me free.
_ _ _ _ Big city, [B] turn me loose and set [E] me free.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[B] Plus some rare insights into the life [A] of one of country music's most fascinating performers.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm tired of this dirty [A] old city. _ _ _ _
_ [E] Entirely too much work _ and never _ [B] enough play.
_ _ _ _ [E] And I'm [B] tired of [E] these [F#m] dirty old [A] _
sidewalks.
_ _ Think [E] I'll walk off [B] my steady [E] job today.
_ _ _ _ Turn me loose, set me free, _ _ [A] somewhere in the middle of _ [E] Montana.
_ _ _ _ And give me all [B] I've [E] got, come into [B] me.
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] And keep your retirement, _ _ [A] your so-called _ [F#m] social _ [E] security.
_ Big _ _ _ city, turn me loose and set me _ free. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Been working every day since I [A] was twenty. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Haven't got a thing to show _ for everything [B] I've done. _ _ _ _
There's [E] folks who never work and they've got [A] plenty.
_ Think _ _ [E] it's time for guys [B] like us to [E] have some fun.
_ _ _ Turn me loose, set me free, _ _
[A] somewhere in the middle [F#m] of [E] Montana.
_ _ _ _ _ And give me all I've got, come into [B] _
me.
_ _ _ _ [E] And keep your retirement, _ [A] your so-called _ [F#m] social _ security.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Big city, turn me loose and set me free.
_ _ _ _ Big city, [B] turn me loose and set [E] me free.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _