{"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":2314487,"song":"Good Old American Guest","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2314487-good-old-american-guest-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2314487?type=chord","rating":4.62237,"votes":6,"content":"\r\n\r\nGOOD OLD AMERICAN GUEST\r\nMerle Haggard-   Big City album\r\n?1981 Sony/ATV Songs\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWell I'm longin' to ride on a freight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\npull a slouch hat down low on my ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI'm yearnin' to leave this old town on the flight[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand lose all my trouble and cares[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIn this day of airplanes and highways[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey the slow way is sometimes the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm longin' to ride on a freight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand be a good old American guest[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                                 [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand spend a few days headed west[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm longin' to ride on a freight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand be a good old American guest[/tab]\r\n\r\n(solos  follow verse changes)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWell the pressures of life they got to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand they got down deep inside my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI'm tired of the rat race wanna go back to the slow pace[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]                               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand hear a fast freight train rattle and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI wanna live out my days like a hobo[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand take myself that long needed rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHey  I'm lookin' to ride on a freight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand be a good old American guest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand spend a few days headed west[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm longin' to ride on a freight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand be a good old American guest[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm longin' to ride on a freight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand be a good old American guest[/tab]","plain_text":"GOOD OLD AMERICAN GUEST\nMerle Haggard-   Big City album\n?1981 Sony/ATV Songs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(solos  follow verse changes)","chords":["C","C7","F","D7","G7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}