Reasons to Quit Chords by Merle Haggard
Tempo:
120.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N]
Reasons to quit.
[Eb] The smoking [Bb] booze [Eb] don't do me [Bb] like before.
[Gm] And I'm hardly ever sober.
My old friends don't [C] come around much
[F] anymore.
[Bb] Reasons to quit.
[Eb] The low [Bb] is [Eb] always lower than [Bb] the high.
[F] [Bb]
And the reasons to quit
[F] don't [Dm] outnumber all [F] the [Bb] reasons why.
[Dm] So we [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking,
[Bb] having fun and never thinking,
[F] laughing at the price tag that [Bb] we pay.
And we [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
[Bb] like two young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons for quitting are [F] getting bigger [Bb] each day.
Reasons to quit.
[Eb] I can't [Bb] afford [Eb] the habit all the [Bb] time.
I [Gm] need to be sober.
I need to write some [C] new songs that will [F] rhyme.
[Bb] Reasons to quit.
[Eb] They have no [Bb]
rhyme [Eb] or reason when [Bb] you're high.
And the reasons to quit [F] don't outnumber all the [Bb] reasons why.
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
We [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking,
having [Bb] fun and never thinking,
[F] and laughing at the price tag that we [Bb] pay.
We [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
like two [Bb] young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons for quitting are getting [F] bigger [Bb] each day.
And the reasons for quitting are [F] getting bigger each day.
Reasons to quit.
[Eb] The smoking [Bb] booze [Eb] don't do me [Bb] like before.
[Gm] And I'm hardly ever sober.
My old friends don't [C] come around much
[F] anymore.
[Bb] Reasons to quit.
[Eb] The low [Bb] is [Eb] always lower than [Bb] the high.
[F] [Bb]
And the reasons to quit
[F] don't [Dm] outnumber all [F] the [Bb] reasons why.
[Dm] So we [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking,
[Bb] having fun and never thinking,
[F] laughing at the price tag that [Bb] we pay.
And we [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
[Bb] like two young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons for quitting are [F] getting bigger [Bb] each day.
Reasons to quit.
[Eb] I can't [Bb] afford [Eb] the habit all the [Bb] time.
I [Gm] need to be sober.
I need to write some [C] new songs that will [F] rhyme.
[Bb] Reasons to quit.
[Eb] They have no [Bb]
rhyme [Eb] or reason when [Bb] you're high.
And the reasons to quit [F] don't outnumber all the [Bb] reasons why.
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
We [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking,
having [Bb] fun and never thinking,
[F] and laughing at the price tag that we [Bb] pay.
We [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
like two [Bb] young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons for quitting are getting [F] bigger [Bb] each day.
And the reasons for quitting are [F] getting bigger each day.
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
C
Bb
Eb
F
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Reasons to quit. _
[Eb] The smoking [Bb] booze [Eb] don't do me [Bb] like before. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] And I'm hardly _ ever sober. _
My old friends don't [C] come around much _
[F] anymore. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Reasons to quit. _
[Eb] The low [Bb] is [Eb] always lower than [Bb] the high.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
And the reasons to quit _ _
[F] don't [Dm] outnumber all [F] the [Bb] reasons why.
_ _ _ [Dm] So we [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking, _
[Bb] having fun and never thinking, _ _
[F] _ laughing at the price tag that [Bb] we pay.
_ _ _ And we [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
[Bb] like two young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons for quitting are [F] getting bigger _ [Bb] each _ day.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Reasons to quit.
_ _ [Eb] I can't [Bb] afford [Eb] the habit all the [Bb] time.
I _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ need to be sober.
_ _ I need to write some [C] new songs that will [F] rhyme. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Reasons to quit.
_ [Eb] They have no [Bb]
rhyme [Eb] or reason when [Bb] you're high. _
_ _ _ _ And the reasons to quit _ _ [F] don't _ outnumber all the [Bb] reasons why. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ We [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking,
having [Bb] fun and never thinking,
_ _ [F] and laughing at the price tag that we [Bb] pay. _
_ _ We [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
like two [Bb] young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons _ for quitting are getting [F] bigger _ [Bb] each day. _ _ _
And the reasons for quitting _ are [F] getting bigger each day. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Reasons to quit. _
[Eb] The smoking [Bb] booze [Eb] don't do me [Bb] like before. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] And I'm hardly _ ever sober. _
My old friends don't [C] come around much _
[F] anymore. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Reasons to quit. _
[Eb] The low [Bb] is [Eb] always lower than [Bb] the high.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
And the reasons to quit _ _
[F] don't [Dm] outnumber all [F] the [Bb] reasons why.
_ _ _ [Dm] So we [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking, _
[Bb] having fun and never thinking, _ _
[F] _ laughing at the price tag that [Bb] we pay.
_ _ _ And we [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
[Bb] like two young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons for quitting are [F] getting bigger _ [Bb] each _ day.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Reasons to quit.
_ _ [Eb] I can't [Bb] afford [Eb] the habit all the [Bb] time.
I _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ need to be sober.
_ _ I need to write some [C] new songs that will [F] rhyme. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Reasons to quit.
_ [Eb] They have no [Bb]
rhyme [Eb] or reason when [Bb] you're high. _
_ _ _ _ And the reasons to quit _ _ [F] don't _ outnumber all the [Bb] reasons why. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ We [Eb] keep smoking and we keep drinking,
having [Bb] fun and never thinking,
_ _ [F] and laughing at the price tag that we [Bb] pay. _
_ _ We [Eb] keep roaring down the fast lane,
like two [Bb] young men feeling no pain.
And the reasons _ for quitting are getting [F] bigger _ [Bb] each day. _ _ _
And the reasons for quitting _ are [F] getting bigger each day. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _