Artist: | Merle Haggard (English) |
User: | mark clarke |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
In My Next Life
Merle Haggard
Key = C D
Intro = C - C - F - F - G7 - G7 - C - G7
C F
The Blood Red Sun Beat Down And Baked The Red Clay Ground
G7 C
Dust Kicked Up Around His John Deere Wheels
F
No Trace Of Rain In Sight A-gain He'll Lose The Fight
G7 C
And Have To Watch His Crops Die In The Fields
F
They Stood There Both In Tears --- His Wife Of Many Years
G7 C
Said John You Know I Hate To Lose Our Farm
F
He Looked Into Her Eyes Then Looked Up At The Skies
G7 C G7
And Told Her As He Held Her In His Arms
Chorus:
C F
In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero
G7 C G7
Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be
C C7 F
I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Hay Row
G7 C C F F G7 G7
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me
C F
The Muscles In His Arms Just Like His Run Down Farm
G7 C
Soon Withered And Slowly Disap-peared
F
One Hard Workin' Man --- Two Hard Workin' Hands
G7 C G7
Were Givin' Up After All These Years
C F
His Aging Eyes Grew Dim And The Lady That Worshipped Him
G7 C
Sat Cryin' On A Chair Beside His Bed
F
Her Hands Caressed His Brow And She Said It's Alright Now
G7 C G7
And As He Slowly Slipped Away He Said
C F
In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero
G7 C G7
Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be
C C7 F
I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Hay Row
G7 C A7
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me
D G
In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero
A7 D A7
Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be
D D7 G
I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Hay Row
A7 D
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me
A7 D (D - A7 - D - Stop)
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me