Leonard chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
D MajorD          G+G    D MajorD
When Leonard finally came to California
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He was twenty-one years old as I recall
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He loved to write a song and pick the guitar
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And he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.
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The town in which he lived is not important
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But you'll know which town I mean by the time I'm thru
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He soon became a famous entertainer
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But leonard was a name he never used

Verse:
D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD
He was on his way to having what he wanted
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Just about as close as one could be
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Hey! Once he even followed Elvis Presley
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And he wrote a lot of country songs for me.
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But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus
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For years he chose to let his music go
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But preaching wasn't really meant for leonard
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But how in the hell was leonard s'posed to know.

Verse:
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Well, life began to twist its way around him
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And I wondered how he carried such a load
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He came back again to try his luck in music
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And lost his wife and family on the road.

(Spoken)
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After that he seemed to bog down even deeper
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And I saw what booze and pills could really do
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And I wondered if I'd ever see him sober
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But I forgot about a Friend that leonard knew.

Verse:
 D MajorD        G+G      D MajorD
Well, leonard gave me lots of inspiration
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He helped teach me how to write a country song
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And he even brought around a bag of groceries
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Hey! Back before Muskogee came along.
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Really I'm not trying to hide his showname
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Or the town in which this episode began
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Spoken: Somehow I had to write a song for old Tommy:
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If just to see the smilin' faces in the band.

Outro:
D MajorD          G+G    D MajorD
When leonard finally came to California
    G+G        D MajorD     A augmentedA
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
 D MajorD         G+G        D MajorD
And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar
  G+G           A augmentedA     D MajorD