# Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 09:14:20 -0600 From: Ken Keefover <ken@visicom.com> Subject: The Fightin' Side Of Me by Merle Haggard The Fightin' Side Of Me Written and performed by Merle Haggard c1970 Tree Publishing C., Inc. Verse 1:

I hear ^Dpeople talking bad about the way they have to live here in this ^A7country. Harpin' on the wars we fight gripin' 'bout the way things ought to ^Dbe. I don't mind them switchin' sides and standin' up for things they be^A7leive in,

When they're runnin' down our country man,

They're walkin' on The Fightin' Fide Of ^DMe. Chorus ^A7They're ^Dwalkin' on The Fightin' Side Of ^A7Me. ^ARunnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have ^Gfought and died to ^Dkeep,

If you don't love it, leave it,

Let this song that I'm singin' ^D7be a ^Gwarnin', When you're ^A7runnin' down our country (hoss - 1st // man - 2d) You're walkin' on The Fightin' Side Of ^DMe.

Verse 2: I read about some squirley guy Who claims that he just don't beleive in fightin', And I wonder just how long the rest of us can count on bein' free. They love our milk and honey but they preach about some other way of livin', When they're runnin' down our country man They're walkin' on The Fightin' Side Of Me. Chorus

Merle Haggard - Fightin side of me