Merle Haggard

^F It's midnight at a liquor store in T ^Bb exas.
Ben ^F eath the neon, close up's just be ^C7 gun.
When a ^F boy walks in the door and points a pistol. ^{Bb G}
He can't ^F find a job, but ^C7 man, he's found a g ^F un.
Verse 2:
^F But a change of heart before there's confron ^Bb tation.
Let's the ^F old man live and run out in the st ^C7 reet.
But he ^F knows that soon they'll come with guns a bl ^Bb azing. ^G
And al ^F ready he can ^C7 feel a great re ^F lief.
Chorus:
^F Oh how many travlers get w ^Bb eary,
^F Bearing both their burdens and their s ^C7 cars,
^F Don't you think they'd love to stop com ^Bb plaining, ^G
and ^F fly like eagles ^C7 out among the s ^F tars.
Verse 3:
^F He pictures the arrival of the ^Bb cruisers.
Sees that ^F old familiar anger in their ^C7 eyes.
He ^F knows that when they're shooting at this ^Bb loser, ^G
They'll be ^F aiming at the d ^C7 eamons in their li ^F ves.
Chorus:
^F Oh how many travlers get w ^Bb eary,
^F Bearing both their burdens and their s ^C7 cars,
^F Don't you think they'd love to stop com ^Bb plaining, ^G
and ^F fly like eagles ^C7 out among the s ^F tars.
Verse 4:
^F The evening news it carries all the d ^Bb etails.
He ^F dies in every living room in t ^C7 own.
And ^F in his home a bottle's thrown in ^Bb anger. ^G
And his ^F father cries, "We'll ^C7 never live this d ^F own."
Chorus:
^F Oh how many travlers get w ^Bb eary,
^F Bearing both their burdens and their s ^C7 cars,
^F Don't you think they'd love to stop com ^Bb plaining, ^G
and ^F fly like eagles ^C7 out among the s ^F tars.
Oh-Oh, and ^F fly like eagles ^C7 out among the s ^F tars.