Chords for Merle Haggard - Troubadour (1980)
Tempo:
85.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
Rhinestone guitar [G] cases, honky [Bm]-tonks and army bases, [G] trying to keep my name up there [A] in life.
[A] [D] Learning chords and guitar rhythms, [G] singing [Em] blues and living with them, [A] trying to do every song God let [D] me write.
Hey, troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
[D] Troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, [Em] hey I'm laying [A] back and trying to [D] come on strong.
[G] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [D] I've been singing about nitty [G]-gritty, doing [E] shows in every city, [G] warming up the crowd for [A] some big star.
[D] And I've always been a minor [G] leaguer, I'll probably [Em] never get no [A] bigger, I just love to play my [D] own guitar.
Cause I'm a troubadour, [G] I'm a troubadour, I'm doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
[D] Troubadour, that's me, [G] I'm a troubadour, [Em] I'm laying back [A] and trying to come [D] on strong.
Troubadour.
[G]
[A] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [A]
[D]
Rhinestone guitar [G] cases, honky [Bm]-tonks and army bases, [G] trying to keep my name up there [A] in life.
[A] [D] Learning chords and guitar rhythms, [G] singing [Em] blues and living with them, [A] trying to do every song God let [D] me write.
Hey, troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
[D] Troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, [Em] hey I'm laying [A] back and trying to [D] come on strong.
[G] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [D] I've been singing about nitty [G]-gritty, doing [E] shows in every city, [G] warming up the crowd for [A] some big star.
[D] And I've always been a minor [G] leaguer, I'll probably [Em] never get no [A] bigger, I just love to play my [D] own guitar.
Cause I'm a troubadour, [G] I'm a troubadour, I'm doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
[D] Troubadour, that's me, [G] I'm a troubadour, [Em] I'm laying back [A] and trying to come [D] on strong.
Troubadour.
[G]
[A] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [A]
[D]
Key:
D
G
A
Em
Bm
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rhinestone guitar [G] cases, honky [Bm]-tonks and army bases, [G] trying to keep my name up there [A] in life.
[A] _ [D] Learning chords and guitar rhythms, [G] singing [Em] blues and living with them, [A] trying to do every song God let [D] me write.
Hey, _ _ troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
_ [D] _ Troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ [Em] hey I'm laying [A] back and trying to [D] come on strong.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] I've been singing about nitty [G]-gritty, doing [E] shows in every city, [G] warming up the crowd for [A] some big star.
_ [D] And I've always been a minor [G] leaguer, I'll probably [Em] never get no [A] bigger, I just love to play my [D] own guitar.
Cause I'm a troubadour, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ I'm doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
_ _ [D] _ Troubadour, that's me, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ [Em] I'm laying back [A] and trying to come [D] on strong.
_ _ _ Troubadour.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rhinestone guitar [G] cases, honky [Bm]-tonks and army bases, [G] trying to keep my name up there [A] in life.
[A] _ [D] Learning chords and guitar rhythms, [G] singing [Em] blues and living with them, [A] trying to do every song God let [D] me write.
Hey, _ _ troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
_ [D] _ Troubadours, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ [Em] hey I'm laying [A] back and trying to [D] come on strong.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] I've been singing about nitty [G]-gritty, doing [E] shows in every city, [G] warming up the crowd for [A] some big star.
_ [D] And I've always been a minor [G] leaguer, I'll probably [Em] never get no [A] bigger, I just love to play my [D] own guitar.
Cause I'm a troubadour, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ I'm doing everybody's [A] favorite song.
_ _ [D] _ Troubadour, that's me, [G] I'm a troubadour, _ [Em] I'm laying back [A] and trying to come [D] on strong.
_ _ _ Troubadour.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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