Merle Haggard - Leonard guitar chord

LEONARD

KEY: D

/ = single strum

INTRO: D A D

VERSE:

D G D

When Leonard finally came to Califonia

G D A

He was twenty-one years old as I recall

D G D

He loved to write a song and pick the guitar

G A D

And he came to hang a gold one on the wall

Bm G

The town in which he lived is not important

D A

But you'll know the town I mean by the time I'm thru

Bm G

He soon became a famous entertainer

A D

But Leonard was a name he never used

VERSE:

He was on his way to having what he wanted

Just about as close as one could be

Hey once he even followed Elvis Presley

And he wrote a lot of country songs for me

But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus

For years he chose to let his music go

But preaching wasn't really meant for Leonard

But how in the hell was Leonard supposed to know

VERSE:

Well life began to twist it's way around him

And I wondered how he carried such a load

He came back again to try his luck in music

And lost his wife and family on the road

(Spoken):

Bm/ G/

After that he seemed to bog down even deeper

G/ D/ A/

And I saw what booze and pills could really do

Bm/ G/

And I wondered if I'd ever see him sober

G A D

But I forgot about a friend that Leonard knew

VERSE:

Well Leonard gave me lots of inspiration

He helped teach me how to write a country song

And he even brought around a bag of groceries

Hey back before Muskogee came along

Really I'm not trying to hide his show name

Or the town in which this episode began

Somehow I had to write a song for ol' Tommy

If just to see the smiling faces in the band

VERSE:

Well when Leonard finally came to Califonia

He was twenty-one years old as I recall

And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar

G/ A/

And he came to hang a gold one on the wall