Merle Haggard - Pride In What I Am Chords

I Take A lot Of Pride In What I Am
By Merle Haggard
rmofle at satx.rr.com
10/3/2004


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Things I learned in a hobo jungle
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Were things they never taught me in a classroom
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Like where to find a handout
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While thumbin' through Chicago in the afternoon
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Hey, I'm not braggin' or complainin'
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Just talkin' to myself man to man
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This ole' mental fat I'm chewin' didn't take alot of doin'
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But I take alot of pride in what I am


I guess I grew up a loner
I don't remember ever havin' any folks around
But I keep thumbin' through the phone books
And lookin' for my daddy's name in every town
And I meet lots of friendly people
That I always end up leavin' on the lam
Where I've been or where I'm goin' 
Didn't take alot of knowin'
But I take alot of pride in what I am


Solo

I never travel in a hurry
'Cause I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere
Home is anywhere I'm livin'
If it's sleepin' on some vacant bench in City Square
Or if I'm workin' on some road gang
Or just livin' off the fat of our great land
I never been nobody's idol, But at least I got a title
And I take alot of pride in what I am


I never been nobody's idol, But at least I got a title
And I take alot of pride in what I am
I take alot of pride in what I am
I take alot of pride in what I am