Good Old American Guest Chords
Good Old American Guest by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C7, F, D7, G7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C C7
Well I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
F C
pull a slouch hat down low on my ears
C7
I'm yearnin' to leave this old town on the flight
D7 G7
and lose all my trouble and cares
C C7
In this day of airplanes and highways
F C
Hey the slow way is sometimes the best
F C A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
D7 G7 C
and be a good old American guest
C C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
F C
and spend a few days headed west
F C A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
D7 G7 C
and be a good old American guest
(solos follow verse changes)
C C7
Well the pressures of life they got to me
F C
and they got down deep inside my soul
C7
I'm tired of the rat race wanna go back to the slow pace
D7 G7
and hear a fast freight train rattle and roll
C C7
I wanna live out my days like a hobo
F C
and take myself that long needed rest
F C A7
Hey I'm lookin' to ride on a freight train
D7 G7 C
and be a good old American guest
C C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
F C
and spend a few days headed west
F C A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
D7 G7 C
and be a good old American guest
F C A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
D7 G7 C
and be a good old American guest