I Could Have Gone Right chords by Merle Haggard

• Capo on 1st

Key: F#

Intro:

Bb  F    C7  F




Verse 1:
    F                         Bb            F
Oh
I was born a good boy, my mama loved me so
        Bb            F                   G7             C7
And she gave me every chance she could to make my life a gold
      F                                    Bb                 F
But I fell in with the wrong crowd and the wrong crowd led me on
    Bb                F                     C7     F
But I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong

  C7                       Bb                 F
I went to the places where sin just waits for you
      C7                                Bb             F
And I fell in with the wrong crowd like sinners always do
    F                         Bb              F
Now here I sit in prison just waiting for the day
Bb                   F                     C7            F
When they'll lead me through that door and burn my life away


Chorus:
    F                           Bb              F
Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own
    Bb                F                     C7     F
For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong


Interlude:
Bb  F     C7  F


Chorus:
    F                           Bb              F
Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own
    Bb                F                     C7     F
For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong