Merle Haggard - Put Me In Your Pocket Chords

Tempo:
142.9 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

D

G

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Merle Haggard -  Put Me In Your Pocket chords
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[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[F]
[D] [C]
[F]
[C]
[A]
[D] [G]
[C] Two lovers [Em] sat [C] one [Am] evening [C]
[F] beneath [Fm] the fatal [C] moonlight
[F] Tomorrow [Eb] he [C] must go [A] away,
[D] life's battle's far [G] too bright
He [C] told [G] her that [C] he loved her and [F] that he'd [D] return [C] someday
And [F] he took [Eb] her for [C] his darling [A] wife [D] and then [G] he heard [C] her say
Put [G] me in [C] your pocket [F] so I'll [D] be close [C] to you
[F] No more [Eb] will I [C] be [A] lonesome and [D] no more will I [G] be blue
[C] And when [G] we have [C] to part dear, [F] there'll be [B] no [E] sadder doom
For [F] I'll [Eb] be in [C] your pocket [A]
and [D] I'll [Gb] go [G]
along [C] with you
[A]
[C] [G]
[C]
[F] [D]
[C] [Dm]
[Em] [F] [C]
[B] [C] [A]
[D] [G]
[C] [A]
[C] That [G] evening soon [C] was ended, [F] her lover, [D]
[C] well he went away
[F] And when [A] at last [C] he did [A] return for [D] their happy homecoming [Em] day
[C] His sweetheart, [G]
[Em] well [C] she was absent, [F] to heaven [D] she [C] had gone
[F] But she left [Eb] to him [C] her [A] photograph [D] on which [G] she wrote [C] this song
Put [G] me in [C] your pocket [F] so [D] I'll be close [C] to you
[F] No more [Eb] will I [C] be lonesome [A]
and [D] no more will I [G] be blue
[C] And when [G] we have [C] to part dear,
[F] there'll be [B] no [E] sadder doom
[F] For [Eb] I'll be in [C] your pocket [A]
and [D] I'll go [G]
along [C] with you
[G]
[C]
[F] [Fm]
[C]
[F] [B]
[Cm] [C] [A]
[D] [G]
[C]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
C
3211
F
134211111
D
1321
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To learn Haggard. Merle - Put Me In Your Pocket chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: F, D, C, D, G, C, A, F, Eb and C. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 71 BPM and then match the original tempo of 143 BPM. Considering the song's key of C Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Two _ lovers [Em] sat [C] one [Am] evening [C] _ _
[F] beneath _ [Fm] the fatal [C] _ moonlight _ _ _
[F] Tomorrow _ [Eb] he [C] must go [A] away, _
[D] life's _ battle's far [G] too bright _ _
He [C] _ told [G] her that [C] he loved her _ and [F] that he'd [D] return _ [C] someday
_ And [F] he took [Eb] her for [C] his darling [A] wife _ [D] and then [G] he heard [C] her say _ _
_ Put [G] me in [C] your pocket _ _ [F] so I'll [D] be close [C] to you _ _ _
[F] No more [Eb] will I [C] be _ [A] lonesome and [D] no more will I [G] be blue _ _ _
[C] And when [G] we have [C] to part dear, _ _ [F] there'll be [B] no _ [E] sadder doom _
For [F] _ I'll [Eb] be in [C] your pocket [A] _
and [D] I'll [Gb] go [G] _
along [C] with you
_ [A] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Em] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[C] That _ [G] evening soon [C] was ended, _ _ [F] her lover, [D] _ _
[C] well he went away _ _
[F] And when [A] at last [C] he did _ [A] return for [D] their happy _ _ homecoming [Em] day _ _
[C] His sweetheart, [G] _
[Em] well [C] she was absent, _ _ [F] to heaven [D] she [C] had gone _ _
[F] But she left [Eb] to him [C] her _ [A] photograph _ [D] on which [G] she wrote [C] this _ song _
_ _ Put [G] me in [C] your pocket _ _ [F] so _ [D] I'll be close [C] to you _ _
[F] No more [Eb] will I [C] be lonesome [A] _
and [D] no more will I [G] be blue _ _
[C] And when [G] we have [C] to part dear, _
_ [F] there'll be [B] no _ [E] sadder doom _ _
_ [F] For [Eb] I'll be in [C] your pocket _ [A] _
and [D] I'll go _ [G] _
along [C] with _ you _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song finds its place within the The Peer Sessions album.

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