{"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":1950387,"song":"Leonard","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1950387-leonard-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1950387?type=chord","rating":4.77701,"votes":33,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen Leonard finally came to California[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was twenty-one years old as I recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe loved to write a song and pick the guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe town in which he lived is not important[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut you'll know which town I mean by the time I'm thru[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe soon became a famous entertainer[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut leonard was a name he never used[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was on his way to having what he wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust about as close as one could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHey! Once he even followed Elvis Presley[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he wrote a lot of country songs for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he laid it all aside to follow Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor years he chose to let his music go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut preaching wasn't really meant for leonard[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut how in the hell was leonard s'posed to know.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, life began to twist its way around him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I wondered how he carried such a load[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe came back again to try his luck in music[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd lost his wife and family on the road.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSpoken:\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter that he seemed to bog down even deeper[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I saw what booze and pills could really do[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I wondered if I'd ever see him sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I forgot about a Friend that leonard knew.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, leonard gave me lots of inspiration[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe helped teach me how to write a country song[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he even brought around a bag of groceries[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHey! Back before Muskogee came along.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nReally I'm not trying to hide his showname[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr the town in which this episode began[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpoken: [Somehow I had to write a song for old Tommy][/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf just to see the smilin' faces in the band.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen leonard finally came to California[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was twenty-one years old as I recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he loved to write a song and pick the guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nSpoken:\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}