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I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Tab by Merle Haggard

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E
A
B
Bsus4

Intro 1

E

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Down

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Verse 1
E 
A 
every road there's always one more
B 
   city                                 I'm
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------4-------5-------4--------|---------4-------5-------4--------|
G|-----4----------------------------|-----4----------------------------|
D|-4-----------4-------4------------|-4-----------4-------4------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   1       2       3       4          1       2       3       4
A 
on the run,
B 
E 
the highway is my home
E 
A 
I raised a lot of Cain
B 
back in my younger days
A 
B 
E 
While Mama used to pray my crops would fail
E 
A 
Now I'm a hunted fugitive
B 
with just two ways
A 
B 
E 
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail

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Chorus 1

E

A

I'd like to settle down

B

but they won't let me

A

Bsus4

A fugitive must be a rolling stone

E

Down every road

A

Bsus4

there's always one more city

A

I'm on the run,

Bsus4

E

the highway is my home

E|-------------------------7---7----| B|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4

Solo 1

E

A

E|-7---5---4---4---4---2------------|----------------------------------| B|-------------------------5---5----|-5---------------5---4---2p--0----| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

B

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-0-------2h--4--------------------|-------------------------0--------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

A

B

E|-----------------0----------------|-----------------------------0----| B|-------------2---------------2----|-4-----------0---2---4------------| G|-2--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E

I'm

E|-(0)------------------------------|-(0)------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Verse 2
E 
A 
B 
lonely but I can't afford the luxury
A 
B 
E 
Of having one I love to come along
E 
A 
She'd only slow me down
B 
and they'd catch up with me
A 
B 
E 
For he who travels fastest goes alone

Chorus 2
E 
A 
I'd like to settle down
B 
but they won't let me
A 
Bsus4 
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
E 
Down every road
A 
Bsus4 
there's always one more city
A 
I'm on the run,
Bsus4 
E 
the highway  is my home
A 
I'm on the run,
Bsus4 
E 
the highway  is my home
E|-------------------------7---7----|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
   1       2       3       4

Outro 1

E

A

E|-7---5---4---4---4---2------------|----------------------------------| B|-------------------------5---5----|-5---------------5---4---2p--0----| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

B

[Fade out]

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-0-------2h--4--------------------|-------------------------0--------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

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