Chords for Merle Haggard Tribute- Okie from Muskogee, Fightin Side of Me, Good Times Really Over For Good

_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I hear people [B] talking bad about [E] the way we have to live here [B] in this country.
_ _ _ Harping on wars we fight and griping about the way things [E] ought to be.
_ _ And I don't [B] mind them switching sides [E] and standing up for things [B] they believe in.
_ When they're running down my countrymen they're walking on the fighting [E] side of me.
_ Yeah, walking on the fighting [B] side of me. _ _ _
Running down the way of life I'm fighting it thought and [E] I'd keep. _ _ _
If you don't love it, leave it, let this song I'm [Ab] singing [A] be a warning.
_ You [B] running down my countrymen you're walking on [Ebm] the fighting [E] side of _ me. _
[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I read about [B] some squirrely guy [E] who claims he just don't believe [B] in Biden.
_ _ And I wonder just how long the rest of us can count on [E] being free.
_ _ They love our milk and [B] honey [E] but they preach about some other [B] way of living.
_ _ When they're running down my countrymen they're walking on the fighting [E] side of me.
_ _ Yeah, walking on the fighting [B] side of me. _ _
_ Running down the way of life I'm fighting it thought and [E] I'd keep.
_ [Eb] _
Hey, _ [N] let's all go one, two, [Eb] three, four. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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We don't smoke marijuana in the boogie.
_ _ _ _ _ We don't take our trips on [Bb] LSD. _
_ _ _ _ _ We don't burn our draft cards [Eb] [Bb] down on Main Street. _
_ _ _ We like living right, [D] _ [Eb] being free. _ _ _
_ _ We don't make a party out of loving. _ _ _ _
_ We like holding hands and bitching [Bb] woo. _ _ _ _ _ _
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy.
_ _ _ _ Like the hippies out in San Francisco [Eb] do.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm proud to be an Okie from _ Muskogee.
_ _ _ _ Place where even Square can have [Bb] a ball. _ _
_ _ _ We still wave old glory down at the pool house. _ _
_ And white lightning still the biggest thrill [Eb] of all.
Hey! _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Leather boots are still in stock for manly footwear. _ _ _ _ _
Beads and Roman _ sandals won't [B] be seen.
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Football's still the roughest thing on [B] campus.
_ _ _ [Gb] [B] And the [Gb] kids here still respect the college [E] dean.
All together, everybody.
I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee.
[C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I wish a buck was still silver.
It was back when the country [F] was _ strong. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Back [G] before Elvis, _ _ _ the Vietnam War [C] came along. _
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Before the Beatles and yesterday. _
_ _ _ _ When a man could still work, [F] still would. _ _
_ It's _ _ _ the best of the free [G] life behind us now.
_ And are the good times really over?
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed [F] for hell? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] With no kind of chance for the flag or the _ [C] Liberty Bell. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I wish a Ford and a Chevy would still last ten years [F] like they should. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's the best of the free [G] life behind us now. _
And are the good times really over?
[C] _
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_ I wish Coke was [C] still cola.
And a joint was a bad place [F] to be. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was back [G] before Nick's, _ my poops, all on [C]
TV. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Before microwave _ ovens, when a girl could still cook, [F] still would.
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