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Date: 8/9/01; 11:33:59 AM
 From: "Mark Albert" <markalbert@pipeline.com>
 Subject: h/haggard_merle/fightin_side_of_me.tab
 THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME (Merle Haggard)
 performed by Merle Haggard (1970)
        E              B7
 I hear people talking bad
           E                                   B7
 About the way they have to live here in this country
 B7
 Harping on the wars we fight
                                       E
 Griping about the way things ought to be
 E                   B7
 I don't mind them switching sides
        E                           B7
 And standing up for things they believe in
                B7
 When they're running down our country man
                                         E
 They're walking on the fighting side of me
 
 
          E                              B7
 They're walking on the fightin' side of me
  B7
 Running down a way of life
                                           E
 Our fighting men have fought and died to keep
     E
 If you don't love it, leave it
                         E7            A
 Let this song that I'm singing be a warning
              B7
 When you're running down our country hoss
                                        E
 You're walking on the fightin' side of me
 
 
    E                B7
 I read about some squirrely guy
      E                                    B7
 Who claims that he just don't believe in fighting
        B7
 And I wonder just how long
                                    E
 The rest of us can count on being free
       E                 B7
 They love our milk and honey
          E                               B7
 But they preach about some other way of living
                   B7
 And when they're running down our country man
                                         E
 They're walking on the fightin' side of me
 
 
          E                              B7
 They're walking on the fightin' side of me
  B7
 Running down a way of life
                                           E
 Our fighting men have fought and died to keep
     E
 If you don't love it, leave it
                         E7            A
 Let this song that I'm singing be a warning
              B7
 When you're running down our country man
                                        E   C
 You're walking on the fightin' side of me
 
 
          F                              C
 They're walking on the fightin' side of me
  C
 Running down a way of life
                                           F
 Our fighting men have fought and died to keep
     F
 If you don't love it, leave it
                          F7            Bb
 Let this song that I'm singing be a warning
              C
 When you're running down our country hoss
                                        F
 You're walking on the fightin' side of me
 
 
 
 TAB: Intro and riff
    
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 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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 |-------------------4--0|-4--2-----0--2-----2--0|-2--1-----0--1-----1--0|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
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   |  |  |  |  |     |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     |     |  |  |  |
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-1---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |----4-----0--4-----2--0|-2--1-----------2------|-------------------2--2|
 |-----------------------|----------2--4-----4--2|-------------0--2------|
 |-----------------------|------------H--------P-|-0-------------H-------|
 
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   |     |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-------2--------2------|-----------------------|
 |----------2--4-----4--2|-----------------------|
 |-0----------H--------P-|-0---------------------|
 
 
 
 Outro
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 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |----------3-----3-----3|----------3-----3-----3|----------3-----3-----3|
 |-------3-----------3---|-------3-----------3---|-------3-----3-----3---|
 |-0--1------------------|-0--1------------------|-0--1------------------|
     H                       H                       H
 
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 |-1---------------------|
 
 
 CAPO CHART
 no capo  -  capo 4 (acoustic guitar)
  I: E    -  C
 IV: B7   -  G7
  V: A    -  F
 
  I: F    -  C#
 IV: C    -  G#
  V: Bb   -  F#