Chords for Merle Haggard - In my next life

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_ [F] _ _ _ The _ _
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[C] blood red sun beat down _ and [F] baked the red clay ground. _
[G] Dust kicked up around his John [C]
Deere wheel.
_ _ _ [Em] _ No [C] trace of rain in sight.
_ [F] _ _
Again he'll lose the fight.
_ [G]
After a while he's dying to [C] feel.
_ _ _ _ He looked in to her eyes.
_ [F] His wife of many years.
She [G] said John you know I hate to [F] lose [C] our farm.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] She looked in to his eyes.
[E] _ [F] He [C] said I love you [F] so.
_ [Bbm] _ [G] _
[Dm] Told her as he [G] held her in [C] his arms.
[Am] _ [G] _ _ In [C] my next life I want to [Gm] be [F] your hero.
_ _ _ Something [G] _
bad _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] and dislike _ behind a fine [F]
hero.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Make you proud of [C] me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] The muscles in his arm.
_ [F] Just like his run down heart.
_ [G] Soon withered up and slowly _ [C] disappeared.
_ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ [C]
One hard working [Gm] man.
[C] With two [F] hard working hands.
_ [G] Given all _ _ _ his [C]
years.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C]
His aging eyes were dim.
_ [Bb] And [F] the lady.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Sits in a dry _ chair _ _ beside [C] his bed.
_ _ _ _ As her hand caressed his brow.
_ _ [F] She said it's alright now.
_ [G] And as he slowly slipped away [C] he said.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ In [C] my next life I want to be [F] your hero.
_ _ _ _ [G] Something bad _ and I've [C] done to be.
_ _ _ [G] _ I've [C]
spent this life behind the plow.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] In my next life I want to be [G] your hero.
_ _ _ Something [A]
bad _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [D] and I've done to be.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ I've [D] spent this life behind the plow.
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_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] In my [A]
next life.
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