leonard

leonard easy guitar chords by Merle Haggard

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  • Verse 1
    [Chorus] 

    When Leonard 
    finally 
    came 

    to 
    Califor
    nia 

    He was 
    twenty-one 
    years 
    years 
    old, 

    as 
    re
    call 

    He 
    loved 
    to 
    write 
    a song 
    and 

    pick on 
    the gui
    tar 

    And 
    he came 
    to hang 
    a gold 

    one 
    on 
    the 
    wall 

    Verse 2
    The town 
    in 
    which 
    he 
    lived 
    is 

    not 
    import
    ant 

    But you'll 
    know 
    which 
    town 
    mean 

    by the time 
    I'm 
    through 

    He 
    soon 
    became 
    famous 
    enter
    tainer 

    But 
    Leonard 
    was 
    a name 

    he 
    never 
    used 

    Verse 3

    He 
    was 
    on 
    his 
    way 
    to 
    hav

    ing 
    what 
    he 
    wanted 

    Just 
    about 
    as 
    close 
    as 
    one 
    could 
    be 

    Hey, 
    once 
    he even 
    fol
    lowed 
    Elvis 
    Presley 

    And 
    he 
    wro
    te 
    a lot 
    of 

    coun
    try 
    songs 
    for me 

    Verse 4

    But 
    he 
    laid 
    it 
    all 
    aside 
    to follow 
    Je
    sus 

    For 
    years 
    he 
    chose 
    to let 
    his 
    music 
    go 

    But 
    preaching 
    wasn't 

    really 
    meant 
    for 
    Leonard 

    But 
    how 
    in 
    the 
    hell 
    was 
    Le

    onard 
    s'posed 
    to 
    know 

    Verse 5

    Well, 
    life 
    began 
    to twist 

    it's 
    way 
    around 
    him 

    And 
    wondered 
    how 
    he 

    car
    ried 
    such 
    a load 

    He 
    came 
    back 
    again 
    to try 

    his 
    luck 
    in 
    mu
    sic 

    And 
    lost 
    his 
    wife 
    and 
    fam

    ily 
    on 
    the road 

    Verse 6

    After 
    that 
    he seemed 
    to bog 

    down 
    even 
    deeper 

    And 
    saw 
    what 
    booze 
    and pill

    could 
    really 
    do 

    And I 
    wondered 
    if 
    I'd 
    ever 

    see 
    him sober 

    But I 
    forgot 
    about 
    a friend 

    that 
    Leonard 
    knew 

    Verse 7

    Well, 
    Leonard 
    gave 
    me 
    lots 
    of 
    inspira
    tion 

    He 
    helped 
    teach 
    me 
    how 
    to 

    write 
    a country 
    song 

    And 
    he even 
    brought 
    around 

    a bag 
    of 
    groceries 

    Hey, 
    back 
    before 

    Muskogee came 
    along 


    Verse 8
    Really, 
    I'm 
    not 
    trying 
    to 

    hide 
    his 
    show 
    name 

    Or 
    the town 
    in 
    which 
    this 

    episode 
    began 

    Verse 9

    Somehow 
    had 
    to write 

    a song 
    for 
    old 
    Tommy 

    If 
    just 
    to 
    see 
    the 
    smilin' 
    faces 

    in 
    the 
    band 

    [Chorus] 

    Outro 1



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