Chords for Merle Haggard - I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am (Alternate Version)

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[Dm] Things I learned in a hobo jungle, _ _ things they [G] never taught me [C] in a classroom. _ _
_ _ [Dm] Like where to find a handout _ while bumming through [G] Chicago [C] in the afternoon.
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_ [C] _ _ Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining, just talking to myself [F] man to [Em] man.
_ [Dm] _ _ This old mental fat I'm chewing didn't take a [G] lot of doing, [Dm] but I take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am. _ _ _ _
I [Dm] guess I grew up alone, _ don't remember [G] ever having [C] any folks around. _
_ _ [Am] I keep thumbing through the phone books and looking [G] for my daddy's [C] name in every town.
I _ meet lots of friendly people, but I always wind up leaving [F] on the lam.
_ [Dm] _ _ Hey, where I've been [G] or where I'm going [Dm] didn't take [G] a lot of knowing, [Dm] but I take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am. _ _ _ _
[Dm] Never travel in a hurry, _ cause I got [G] nobody waiting [C] for me anywhere. _ _
_ _ [Dm] Home is anywhere I'm living, _ if it's sleeping [G] on some vacant [C] bench in city square.
_ _ _ Or if I'm working on some road game or just living off the fat of [F] our great [A] land.
_ [Dm] _ _ I've never been [G] nobody's idol, [Dm] but at least [G] I got a title, [Dm] I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am. _ _ _ _
I've [Dm] never been [G] nobody's idol, [Dm] but at least I [G] got a title, [Dm] I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I am. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] I take a lot [G] of pride in [C] what I am. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I take a lot [G] of pride in what [C] I [Em] am.
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