Merle Haggard - The Way I Am guitar chord

Merle Haggard - The Way I Am

By axehappy - axehappyuk@yahoo.co.uk

F# = 244322 B = x24442

Db = x46664 E = 022100

F#7 = 242352

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F# B F# B Db

INTRO

Verse 1

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F# E B

Wish I were down on some blue bayou,

F# Db

With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand.

F# E B

But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there,

F# Db F#

So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

Verse 2

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F# E B

Wish I enjoyed what makes my living,

F# Db

Did what I do with willing hands.

F# E B

Some would run, oh but that ain't like me,

F# Db F# F#7

So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

Chorus

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B F#

The way I am, don't fit my shackles,

Db F#

The way I am, reality.

E B

I can almost see that bobber dancing,

F# Db F#

So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

F# B F# Db F# F#7

INSTRUMENTAL

*Repeat Chorus*

F# Db F# B

I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

F# B F# B

Yodelaaaeeeeey, Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee (to fade)