{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1780664,"song":"I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1780664-i-take-a-lot-of-pride-in-what-i-am-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1780664?type=chord","rating":4.60772,"votes":14,"content":"[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThings I learned in hobo jungle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere things they never taught me in a class room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike where to find a hand out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile bumming through Chicago in the afternoon[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n             \r\nHey I'm not bragging or complaining \r\n\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm just talking to myself man to man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThis ole mental fat I'm chewing didn't take a lotta doing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I take a lot of pride in what I am[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI guess I grew up a loner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI don't remember ever having any folks around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I keep thumbing through the phone books[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd looking for my daddy's name in every town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n           \r\nAnd I meet lots of friendly people\r\n \r\n[tab]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I always wind up leaving on the lam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nHey where I've been or where I'm going didn't take a lotta knowing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut I take a lot of pride in what I am[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI never travel in a hurry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause I got nobody waiting for me anywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nHome is anywhere I'm living[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf it's sleeping on some vacant bench in City Square[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n          \r\nOr if I'm working on some road gang\r\n \r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOr just living off the fat of our great land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]     \r\nI never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd I take a lot of pride in what I am [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]     \r\nI never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd I take a lot of pride in what I am[/tab]","plain_text":"Hey I'm not bragging or complaining \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n           \nAnd I meet lots of friendly people\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          \nOr if I'm working on some road gang","chords":["Am","D7","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}