Haggard Merle — Red Bandana

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We left home when were barely past eleven-teen  
           C                                      G7  
We've been back and fourth and all around through hail and rain 
     C                                            F  
I've loved you half of your life and I’ll keep on loving you 
    C                  G7               C  
But I can't change and live the way you want me to  
 
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We spent a lot of time out on the highway 
 C                                G7  
Coming from some town we played along the way  
      C                               F  
After thirty years and knowing me the way you do  
    C                       G7               C  
You know I can’t change and live the way you want me to  
 
     G7                           C  
That red bandana tied around your auburn hair  
    G7                                   C  
You look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere 
          G7                                        D#  
You ain't never going to be no Bobby McGee but your trying to 
    C                  G7               C  
But I can't change and live the way you want me to  
 
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Every time you leave the stage I know you've had your fill  
      C                                G7  
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will  
        C                              F  
Hey I'm forty-one today still going on twenty-two  
    C                  G7               C  
But I can't change and live the way you want me to  
 
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