Merle Haggard

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D} We got up before ^A sunup to ^D get the work ^A done up,
We'd ^A work in the fields till the sun had gone ^D down. ^{D A D A}
We've ^D stood and we ^A cried as we ^D helplessly ^A watched,
A ^A hail store a beating our crops to the ^A ground. ^{D A D A}
And I've ^G gone to bed hungry many ^D nights as a lad,
In the good old ^G days, when times were ^D bad.
^D I've seen daddy's ^A hands break ^D open and ^A bleed,
^A I've seen him work till he's stiff as a ^D board.
I've seen momma ^A lay and ^D suffer in ^A sickness,
In ^A need of a doctor we couldn't ^D afford. ^{D A D A}
Anything ^G at all was ^D more than we had,
In the good old ^G days, when times were ^D bad. ^D7
G No amount of money could buy from me,
The ^C memories that I have of ^G then.
No amount of money could pay me,
To go back and live ^D7 through it ^G again. ^{A D A D A}
We ^D got up ^A before and found ^D ice on the ^D floor,
Where ^A wind blew snow through the cracks in the ^D walls. ^{D A D A}
And I've ^D walked many ^A miles to an ^D old country ^A school,
With ^A my lunch in the bib of my ^D overalls. ^{D A D A}
Anything ^G at all was ^D more than we had,
In the good old ^G days, when times were ^D bad. ^D7
G No amount of money could buy from me,
The ^C memories that I have of ^G then.
No amount of money could pay me,
To go back and live ^D7 through it ^G again. ^{A
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