# Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 14:56:02 -0600 From: Ken Keefover <ken@visicom.com> Subject: Big City by Merle Haggard Big City Written by Merle Haggard and Dean Holloway c1981 Shade Tree Music Performed by Merle Haggard Verse 1:

I'm ^Ftired of this dirty old ^Bbcity. En^Ftirely too much work and never enough ^Cplay. And I^F'm tired of these dirty old^Bb sidewalks. Think I'l^Fl walk off my s^Cteady job today^F.

Chorus:

^FTurn me loose, set me free, ^Bbsomewhere in the middle of Mon^Ftanna. And gimme all I got comin' to me^C, And ^Fkeep your retirement and your^Bb so called social se^Fcurity. Big City turn me ^Cloose and set me fre^Fe.

Verse 2: Been working everyday since I was twenty. Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done. There's folks who never work and they've got plenty. Think it's time some guys like me had some fun. Chorus

Merle Haggard - Big city