Good Old American Guest chords by Merle Haggard, The Strangers
Intro 1
C
Verse 1
C
Well I'm longing to ride on a
freight train
F
C
Put a slouch hat down low on my ears
I'm yearning to leave this old town
D
On the flight and loose
G
all my troubles and cares
C
In this day of airplanes and
highways
F
Hey the slow way is sometimes
C
the best
F
C
I'm longing to ride on a freight train
Am
D
G
C
And be a good old American guest
Yes I want to live on the land that
I've loved and I've labored for
F
And spend a few days
C
headed west
F
C
I'm longing to ride on a freight train
Am
D
G
C
And be a good old American guest
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Interlude 1
F
C
D
G
Em
C
F
C
F
C
Am
D
G
C
Verse 2
C
Well the pressures of life
they got to me
F
C
And they got down and deep in my soul
I'm tired of the rat- race
want to go back to the slow pace
D
Em
G
And hear a fast train rattle and roll
Em
C
I want to live out my days like a hobo
F
C
And take myself that long- needed rest
F
Hey, hey I'm longing to ride
C
on a freight train
Am
D
G
C
And be a good old American guest
Yes I want to live on the land that
I've loved and I've labored for
F
C
And spend a few days headed west
F
C
I'm longing to ride on a freight train
Am
D
G
C
And be a good old American guest
F
Oh, yes I'm longing to ride
C
on a freight train
Am
D
G
And be a good old American guest
C
F
C
Good Old American Guest
Merle Haggard, The Strangers
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