Merle Haggard - Take a lot of pride in what i am

Things I ^Dmlearned in a hobo jungle, ^DmWere things they never taught ^G7me in a c^Cmaj7lassroom^C6, Like ^Dmwhere to find a handout, ^DmWhile thumbing through ^GChicago in the ^Cafternoon, ^CHey, I'm not bragging or complaining, ^CJust talking to myself man to ^F6man^Am, ^{Dm7 Dm7}This old mental fat I'm ^G7chewing didn't ^Dmtake a lot of ^G7doing. But I ^Dmtake a lot of pride in what I^Cmaj7 am. ^C6

I guess I ^Dmgrew up a loner, I don't remember ever ^G6having ^Cmaj7any folks around^C6. But I keep ^Dmthumbing through the phone books, And looking for my ^Cmaj7daddy's name in every town^C6, ^C6And I meet lots of friendly people, That I always end up leaving on the ^Dmlam,^{Am Dm7} Hey where I've been or where I'm ^G7going, Didn't ^Dmtake a lot of ^G7knowing, But I ^Dmtake a lot of pride in what I^Cmaj7 am. ^C6

I never ^Dmtravel in a hurry, Cause I got nobody ^G6waiting for ^Cme anywhere,^C6 Home is ^Dmanywhere I'm living, If it's sleeping on some vacant ^G7bench in City ^Cmaj7Square,^C6 Or if I'm ^Cmaj7working on some road gang, ^Cmaj7Or just living off the fat of our great ^F6land^Am, ^Dm7 I never been nobody's ^G7idol, but at ^Dmleast I got a ^G7title, And I ^Dmtake a lot of pride in what I^Cmaj7 am. ^C6

I never ^Dm7been nobody's ^G7idol, but at ^Dmleast I got a ^G7title, And I ^Dmtake a lot of ^G7pride in what I ^Cmaj7am, ^C6 I ^Dmtake a lot of ^G7pride in what I ^Cmaj7am, I ^Dm7take a lot of ^G6pride in what I ^Cmaj7am... ^{C6 C}