Merle Haggard - I Take Alot Of Pride In What I Am guitar chord

I Take A lot Of Pride In What I Am

By Merle Haggard

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

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10/3/2004

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Things I learned in a hobo jungle

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Were things they never taught me in a classroom

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Like where to find a handout

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While thumbin' through Chicago in the afternoon

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Hey, I'm not braggin' or complainin'

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Just talkin' to myself man to man

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This ole' mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take alot of doin'

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But I take alot of pride in what I am

I guess I grew up a loner

I don't remember ever havin' any folks around

But I keep thumbin' through the phone books

And lookin' for my daddy's name in every town

And I meet lots of friendly people

That I always end up leavin' on the lam

Where I've been or where I'm goin'

Didn't take alot of knowin'

But I take alot of pride in what I am

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I never travel in a hurry

'Cause I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere

Home is anywhere I'm livin'

If it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square

Or if I'm workin' on some road gang

Or just livin' off the fat of our great land

I never been nobody's idol, But at least I got a title

And I take alot of pride in what I am

I never been nobody's idol, But at least I got a title

And I take alot of pride in what I am

I take alot of pride in what I am

I take alot of pride in what I am