Tunes by the great Merle Haggard

a native of Bakersfield, Calif

You've Made Plans to Leave


You've made plans to leave a thousand times I know
And a thousand times I should have let you go
But each time I always beg you back somehow
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now

It'd all be over now cept the crying
I'd be used to spending all my nights alone
Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now

It'd all be over now cept the crying
I'd be used to spending all my nights alone
Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now

Big City


I'm tired of this dirty old city.
Entirely too much work and never enough play.
And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks.
Think I'll walk off my steady job today.

Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna.
And gimme all I got comin' to me,
And keep your retirement and your so called social security.
Big City turn me loose and set me free.

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.

Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna.
And gimme all I got comin' to me,
And keep your retirement and your so called social security.
Big City turn me loose and set me free.

Swingin' Doors


This old smoke filled bar is something I'm not used to
But I gave up my home to see you satisfied
And I just called to let you know where I'll be living
It's not much but I feel welcome here inside

And I've got swinging doors a jukebox and a barstool
And my new home has got a flashing neon sign
Stop by and see me anytime you want to
Cause I'm always here at home till closing time

I've got everything I need to drive me crazy
I've got everything it takes to lose my mind
And in here the atmosphere's just right for heartaches
And thanks to you I'm always here till closing time

And I've got swinging doors a jukebox and a barstool
And my new home has got a flashing neon sign
Stop by and see me anytime you want to
Cause I'm always here at home till closing time

Yeah, I'm always here at home till closing time

Silver Wings


Silver wings shining in the sunlight,
roaring engines headed somewhere in flight.
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely,
silver wings slowly fading out of sight.

Don't leave me i cry, don't take that airplane ride.
But you locked me out of your mind. left me
standing here behind.

Silver wings shining in the sunlight,
roaring engines headed somewhere in flight.
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely.
silver wings slowly fading out of sight.

Silver wings shining in the sunlight,
roaring engines headed somewhere in flight,
they're taking you away. Leaving me lonely.
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight.
Slowly fading out of sight.

WHITE LINE FEVER by Merle Haggard

CHORUS:

D     G    D               f#m               A              D

White Line Fever         a Sickness born down deep within my soul

D     G    D               f#m              A                     D    D7

White Line Fever       the Years keep flyin' by like the high line poles



VERSE:

    G              A                 D                  

The wrinkles in my forehead show the miles I've left behind me

        G                        F#      Em         A

They continue to remind me   How fast I'm growin' old

                                     D

Guess I'll die with this fever in my soul.



BRIDGE:

                         A                D

Well, I wonder just what makes a man keep pushin' on

                   A                D  

Why must I keep on singin' this old highway song.

     G                  A               D  

I've been from coast to coast a hundred times or more,

    G                A                  D   

And I ain't seen one place that I ain't been before.



[CHORUS]

[solo over verse]

[BRIDGE]

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tag: 

D     G    D

White Line Fever

D     G    D

White Line Fever

Tonite the Bottle Let Me Down


D

Each night I leave the barroom when it's over

                                A7

Not feeling any pain at closing time

A7

But tonight you memory found me much to sober

                                         D

Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind



CHORUS:

  D                         

Tonight the bottle let down

                         A7

and let you memory come around

A7

The one true friend I thought I'd found

                       D

Tonight the bottle let down 



I've always had a bottle I could turn to

And lately I've been turning everyday

But the wind don't take effect the way it used to

And I'm hurting in an old familiar way



CHORUS



Tonight the bottle let down