# Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:47:13 -0600 From: Ken Keefover <ken@amaranth.com> Subject: My Own Kind Of Hat by Merle Haggard My Own Kind Of Hat Written & performed by Merle Haggard c1979 MCA Records (unknown publisher, lost the liner notes) This is one of Merle Haggard's tributes to the style and music of Bob Wills, perhaps his greatest influence. Chorus:

^DCowboys and outlaws, ^Gright guys and southpaws, Good dogs and all kinds of ^Acats. ^DDirt roads and white lines and ^Gall kinds of stop signs, But I stand right here where I'm ^Aat, 'Cause ^GI wear My ^AOwn Kind Of ^DHat.

Verse 1:

There's ^Bmtwo kind of lovers and ^Atwo kind of brothers, And ^Gtwo kind of babies to ^Dhold. There's ^Bmtwo kind of cherries and ^Atwo kind of fairies, And ^Gtwo kind of mothers I'm ^Atold, and ^A7told

Chorus Verse 2:

There's ^Bmtwo kind of brothers and ^Atwo kind of lovers, And ^Gtwo kind of babies to ^Dhold. There's ^Bmtwo kind of cherries and ^Atwo kind of fairies, And ^Gtwo kind of mothers I'm ^Atold, and ^A7told

Chorus

Merle Haggard - My own kind of hat