I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am chords by
Merle Haggard

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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Things I

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learned

in a hobo jungle

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Were things they never taught

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me in a class room

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Like where to find a hand out

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While bummin' through Chica

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go in the afternoon

Verse 2

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Hey, I'm not braggin' or complainin'

I'm just talkin' to myself man-

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to- man

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This ol' mental fat I'm chewin'

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didn't take a lotta doin'

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But I take a lot of pride in what I am

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Verse 3

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I guess I grew up a loner

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I don't remember ever havin'

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any folks around

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But I keep thumbin'

through the phonebooks

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And looking for my daddy's

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name in every town

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And I meet

Verse 4

lots of friendly people

But I'll always wind up leavin'

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on the lam

Hey, where I've been or

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where I'm goin'

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Didn't take a lotta knowin'

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But I take a lot of pride in what I am

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Verse 5

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I never travel in a hurry

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Because I got nobody waitin'

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for me anywhere

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Home is anywhere I'm livin'

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If it's sleepin' on some va

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cant bench in City Square

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Or if I'm

Verse 6

workin' on some road gang

Or just livin' off the fat of

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our great land

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I never been nobody's idol but

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at least I got a title

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And I take a lot of pride in what I am

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Verse 7

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I never been nobody's idol but

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at least I got a title

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And I take a lot of pride in

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what I am

Verse 8

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I take a lot of pride in what I am

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I take a lot of pride in what I am

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