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Verse 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) [Chorus]
When Leonard finally came (G major)
to Califor (D major) nia
He was twenty-one (G major) years years (D major) old,
as I recall (A major)
He (D major) loved to write a song (G major) and
pick on the gui (D major) tar
And he came (G major) to hang a gold (A major)
one on the (D major) wall
Verse 2
The town (B minor) in which he lived is
not import (G major) ant
But you'll know which town I mean
(D major) by the time I'm through (A major)
He soon (B minor) became a famous enter (G major) tainer
But Leonard was a name
(A major) he never used
(D major)
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Verse 3
He was on his way to hav (G major)
ing what he wanted (D major)
Just (G major) about as close (D major) as one could be (A major)
Hey, once (D major) he even fol (G major) lowed Elvis Presley (D major)
And he (G major) wrote a lot of
coun (A major) try songs for me
(D major)
Verse 4
But he laid (B minor) it all aside to follow Je (G major) sus
For years he chose to let (D major) his music go (A major)
But (B minor) preaching wasn't
really meant for Leonard
(G major) But how in the hell was (A major) Le
onard s'posed to know
(D major)
Verse 5
Well, life began to twist (G major)
it's way around (D major) him
And I wondered (G major) how he
car (D major) ried such a load (A major)
He came (D major) back again to try
(G major) his luck in mu (D major) sic
And (G major) lost his wife and fam (A major)
ily on the road
(D major)
Verse 6
(B minor)
After that he seemed to bog
down (G major) even deeper
And I saw what booze and pill
(D major) s could really do (A major)
And I wondered (B minor) if I'd ever
see him sober (G major)
But I forgot about a friend
(A major) that Leonard knew
(D major)
Verse 7
Well, Leonard gave me lots (G major) of inspira (D major) tion
He helped teach (G major) me how to
write (D major) a country song (A major)
And he even (D major) brought around
(G major) a bag of groceries (D major)
Hey, back (G major) before (A major)
Muskogee came along
(D major)
Verse 8
(B minor) Really, I'm not trying to
hide his show (G major) name
Or the town in which this
(D major) episode began
(A major)
Verse 9
Somehow (B minor) I had to write
a song for old Tommy (G major)
If just to see the smilin' faces (A major)
in the band
(D major) [Chorus]
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leonard
Merle Haggard
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