Chords for Merle Haggard I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am

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_ [C] _ _ Things I [Dm] learned in a hobo jungle
_ Were things they never [G] taught me in [C] a classroom
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] Like where to find a handout
_ While bumming through [G] Chicago in [C] the afternoon
_ _ _ Hey, I'm not bragging or complaining
I'm just talking to myself, [F] man to [Am] man
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_ This old mental fight [G] I'm chewing
[Dm] Didn't take [G] a lot of doing
[Dm] But I take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am _
_ _ _ I [Dm] guess I grew up a loner
I don't remember [G] ever having [C] any folks around
_ _ But I [Dm] keep thumbing through the phone books
And looking [G] for my daddy's [C] name in every town
_ And _ I meet lots of friendly people
But I always wind up leaving [F] on the lam
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ Hey, where I've been or [G] where I'm going
[Dm] Didn't take [G] a lot of knowing
[Dm] But I take a [G] lot of pride in what [C] I am
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_ _ _ [G] I [Dm] never travel in a hurry
_ Because I got [G] nobody waiting for [C] 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 gang
Or just living off the side of [F] our great [Am] land
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_ I've never been [G] nobody's idol
[Dm] But at least I [G] got a title
[Dm] And I take a lot [G] of pride in what I am
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_ _ _ I've [Dm] never been [G] nobody's idol
[Dm] But at least I [G] got a title
[Dm] And I take a lot [G] of pride in [C] what I am _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I take a [G] lot of pride in what I [C] am _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I take a [G] lot of pride in [C] what I am _ _ _ _ _
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