I Take A Lot OF Pride In What I Am Chords

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I Take A Lot OF Pride In What I Am by Merle Haggard is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Cadd2/B, Am7, G7/A, Dm, F and F/D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: 
C  Cadd2/B  Am7  G7/A 
C  Cadd2/B  Am7  G7/A 

Verse 1: 
         Dm 
Things I learned in a hobo jungle 
                                      C        Cadd2/B  Am7  G7/A 
Were things they never taught me in a classroom, 
     Dm 
Like where to find a handout 
                                       C        Cadd2/B  Am7  G7/A 
While thumbin' through Chicago in the afternoon. 

             C (strum, no walk on base here) 
Hey, I'm not braggin' or complainin', 
                                  F   F/D  Dm 
I'm just talkin' to myself man to man. 

This ol' mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take a lot of doin', 
                                   C   Cadd2/B  Am7  G7/A 
But I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am. 

Verse 2: 

I guess I grew up a loner, I don't remember ever havin' any folks around. 
But I keep thumbin' through the phone books 
And lookin' for my daddy's name in ev'ry town. 
And I meet lots of friendly people that I always end up leavin' on the lam. 
Hey, where I've been or where I'm goin' didn't take a lot of knowin', 
But I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am. 

Verse 3: 

I never travel in a hurry, 'cause I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere. 
Home is anywhere I'm livin', 
If it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square, 
Or if I'm workin' on some road gang 
Or just livin' off the fat of our great land. 
I never been nobody's idol, but at least I got a title, 
And I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante