Merle Haggard - Hungry Eyes Chords

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A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labor camp

                           G7
Stand out in this memory I revived

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Cause my daddy raised a family there with two hard working hands

                     G7             C
And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes

 
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He dreamed of something better and my mama's faith was strong

                                     G7
And us kids were just to young to realize

     C                              F              C
That another class of people put us somewhere just below

                       G7            C
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes

 
                   F            C
Mama never had the luxuries she wanted

                       F            C
But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try

                F                 C
She only wanted things she really needed

                       G7            C
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes

 
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I remember daddy praying for a better way of life

                                   G7
But I don't recall a change of any size

       C                         F                  C
Just a little loss of courage as their age began to show

                       G7            C
And more sadness in my mama's hungry eyes

 
                   F            C
Mama never had the luxuries she wanted

                       F            C
But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try

                F                 C
She only wanted things she really needed

                       G7            C
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes