Good Old American Guest chords by Merle Haggard

GOOD OLD AMERICAN GUEST
Merle Haggard-   Big City album
?1981 Sony/ATV Songs

C                                       C7
Well I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
       F                               C
pull a slouch hat down low on my ears
                                           C7
I'm yearnin' to leave this old town on the flight
          D7                     G7
and lose all my trouble and cares
      C                         C7
In this day of airplanes and highways
     F                              C
Hey the slow way is sometimes the best
       F                    C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
        D7          G7      C
and be a good old American guest
  C                                                 C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
  F                          C
and spend a few days headed west
    F                       C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
       D7          G7         C
and be a good old American guest

(solos  follow verse changes)

C                            C7
Well the pressures of life they got to me
      F                         C
and they got down deep inside my soul
                                            C7
I'm tired of the rat race wanna go back to the slow pace
         D7                               G7
and hear a fast freight train rattle and roll
      C                      C7
I wanna live out my days like a hobo
   F                             C
and take myself that long needed rest
      F                        C   A7
Hey  I'm lookin' to ride on a freight train
       D7                G7     C
and be a good old American guest

C                                             C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
     F                          C
and spend a few days headed west
   F                     C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
     D7           G7          C
and be a good old American guest
      F                    C   A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
         D7       G7       C
and be a good old American guest