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Date: 3/3/01; 11:43:43 AM
 From: greg sabine <gsabine@nycap.rr.com>
 Subject: Hag - Good Old American Guest
 GOOD OLD AMERICAN GUEST
 Merle Haggard-   Big City album
 ©1981 Sony/ATV Songs
 C                                       C7
 Well I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
        F                               C
 pull a slouch hat down low on my ears
                                            C7
 I'm yearnin' to leave this old town on the flight
           D7                     G7
 and lose all my trouble and cares
       C                         C7
 In this day of airplanes and highways
      F                              C
 Hey the slow way is sometimes the best
        F                    C   A7
 I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
         D7          G7      C
 and be a good old American guest
   C                                                 C7
 I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
   F                          C
 and spend a few days headed west
     F                       C   A7
 I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
        D7          G7         C
 and be a good old American guest
 
 (solos  follow verse changes)
  
 C                            C7
 Well the pressures of life they got to me
       F                         C
 and they got down deep inside my soul
                                             C7
 I'm tired of the rat race wanna go back to the slow pace
          D7                               G7
 and hear a fast freight train rattle and roll
       C                      C7
 I wanna live out my days like a hobo
    F                             C
 and take myself that long needed rest
       F                        C   A7
 Hey  I'm lookin' to ride on a freight train
        D7                G7     C
 and be a good old American guest
 
 C                                             C7
 I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
      F                          C
 and spend a few days headed west
    F                     C   A7
 I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
      D7           G7          C
 and be a good old American guest
       F                    C   A7
 I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
          D7       G7       C
 and be a good old American guest