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The Way I Am by Merle Haggard - Guitar Chords

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            Capo 2

[Intro]
E    A    E   A   B

[Verse 1]
             E                D  A
Wish I were down on some blue bayou,
              E                 B
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand.
                 E                 D  A
But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there,
          E                 B               E
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

[Verse 2] 
         E                   D  A
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living,
           E               B
Did what I do with willing hands.
           E                      D    A
Some would run, oh but that ain't like me,
          E                 B               E    E7
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

[Chorus]
          A                E
The way I am, don't fit my shackles,
          B        E
The way I am, reality.
                             D   A
I can almost see that bobber dancing,
          E                 B               E
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

[Instrumental]
E   A   E  A   E  E7

[Chorus]
          A                E
The way I am, don't fit my shackles,
          B        E
The way I am, reality.
                             D   A
I can almost see that bobber dancing,
          E                 B               E
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.

       E                 B            E        A   
I just dream and keep on being the way   I am.
     E          A              E        A
Yodelaaaeeeeey,   Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee   (to fade)  
        

We also have 31 songs by Merle Haggard

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• Big City
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• Hungry Eyes
• I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
• I Think Ill Just Stay Here And Drink
• If I Could Only Fly
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• Im A Lonesome Fugitive
• Kern River
• Mama Tried
• Misery And Gin
• Miss The Mississippi And You
• My Favorite Memory
• Okie From Muskogee
• Ramblin Fever
• Reasons To Quit
• Silver Wings
• Sing Me Back Home
• Somewhere Between
• Swinging Doors
• Thats The Way Love Goes
• The Bottle Let Me Down
• The Fightin Side Of Me
• The Running Kind
• The Way I Am
• Today I Started Loving You Again
• Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
• Working Man Blues

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