Living With the Shades Pulled Down chords by Merle Haggard

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (C major) I  fell in love with a working  (F major)  (C major) girl,
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Lord she sure  (G major) was sweet  (C major) 
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I met her down in the Red  (F major) Light  (C major) Tavern
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working on  (G major) Bourbon Street  (C major) 
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Way down in the  (F major) old French quarter's,  (C major) 
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bright-light side side  (G major) of town  (C major) 
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Daytime life sure  (F major) is cozy  (C major) living
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with the shades  (G major) pulled  (C major) down

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Verse 2

Living with the shades

pulled down all day

Loving while the world goes around

Nobody knows what-all

we're we're doing

Living with the shades pulled down,

right and tidy

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Some  (C major) might get the  (F major) wrong idea  (C major) 
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'bout the kind of man  (G major) I  (C major) am
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But I bring home my  (F major) half of that bacon  (C major) 
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pickin' in a guitar  (G major)  (C major) band
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Love is all my working  (F major) girl brings  (C major) me
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comin' in  (G major) off the town  (C major) 
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Daytime life sure  (F major) gets cozy  (C major) living
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with the shades  (G major) pulled  (C major) down

Verse 4
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 (C major) Living with the shades
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pulled  (F major) down all  (C major) day
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C 
Loving while the  (G major) world goes around  (C major) 
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C 
Nobody knows what  (F major) all we're  (C major) doing
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Living with the shades  (G major) pulled  (C major) down,
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and here's that horn man!  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 

Interlude 2

Guitar!

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) Living with the shades
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C 
pulled  (F major) down all  (C major) day
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C 
Loving while the world  (G major) goes around  (C major) 
F 
C 
Nobody knows what  (F major) all we're  (C major) doing
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Living with the shades  (G major) pulled  (C major) down

Verse 6
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 (C major) Living with the shades
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C 
pulled  (F major) down all  (C major) day
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C 
Loving while the  (G major) world goes around  (C major) 
F 
C 
Nobody knows what  (F major) all we're  (C major) doing
Living with the shades pulled down