{"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":2111633,"song":"Pride In What I Am","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2111633-pride-in-what-i-am-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111633?type=chord","rating":0.16463,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                \r\nThings I learned in a hobo jungle,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWere things they never taught me in a classroom.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike where to find a handout, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhile bummin' through Chicago in the afternoon.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHey, I'm not braggin' nor complainin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]   Am+  [ch]Dm[/ch]  \r\nJust talking to myself man to man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis old mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take a lot of doin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI take a lot of pride in what I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI guess I grew up a loner,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI don't remember ever havin' any folks around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      \r\nI keep thumbin' through the phone books,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd lookin' for my Daddy's name in every town.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI meet lots of friendly people,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]  Am+  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut I always end up leavin' on the lam.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey, where I've been and where I'm goin' didn't take a lot of knowin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBut I take a lot of pride in what I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNever travel in a hurry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n'Cause I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHome is anywhere I'm livin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIf it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nOr if I'm workin' on some road gang,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]F[/ch]   Am+  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOr just livin' off the fat of our great land.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never been nobodys idol, but at least I got a title,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI take a lot of pride in what I am.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never been nobodys idol, but at least I got a title,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd I take a lot of pride in what I am.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI take a lot of pride in what I am.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  Em+  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI take a lot of pride in what I am.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  Em+  Am7  C/G  (x2)","chords":["C","Em","Am7","C/G","Dm","G","C7","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}