Out Among The Stars chords by Merle Haggard

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Chords used:
        E A D G B e
        +-----------+
A/E      0 0 2 2 2 0
Am       0 1 2 2 0 x
B        x 2 4 4 4 2
B7       x 2 1 2 0 2
D/A      x 0 0 2 3 2
Eb       3 4 3 5 6 x
E        0 2 2 1 0 0
E/C#     4 5 4 6 7 x
E7       0 2 0 1 0 0
F#m      2 4 4 2 2 2
G        3 2 0 0 0 3
        +-----------+

Guitar intro:

(tabbed for the love of tabbing)
e|--14h16-16--16-16----16--14---12-12h14---12\--7-9---|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Intro:
E A/E E B7 E A/E F#m E B7 E A/E E


Verse 1:
N.C. E                              A/E
It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas
N.C. E                                  B7
Beneath the neon, close up has just begun.
N.C.   E                                  A/E       F#m
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol
N.C.     E               B7                     E
He can't find a job with man but he has found a gun


Verse 2:
N.C.    E                                 A/E
Well he pulls it off, no trace of confrontation
N.C.       E                      B7
He let the old man run out in the street.
N.C.   E                          A/E       F#m
But he knows soon they come, guns blazing
N.C.    E            B7                 E
And all ready he can feel that great relief.


Chorus:
E                         D/A  A/E
Oh how many travelers get weary
E                                    B7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
E                                      D/A    A/E
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
N.C. E              B7             E
and fly like eagles out among the stars.


Verse 3:
N.C. E                                  A/E
He pictures the arrival of their consternation
N.C.      E                           B7
Sees that old familiar anger in their tears
N.C. E                                           A/E     F#m
He knows as they pull their guns and shoot this loser
N.C.       E             B7             E    A/E
They'll be aiming at the demon in their eyes.


Chorus:
E                         D/A  A/E
Oh how many travelers get weary
E                                    B7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
E                                      D/A   A/E
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
N.C. E              B7            E     A/E E
And fly like eagles out among the stars


Verse 4:
N.C. E                              A/E
The evening news it carries all the details
N.C.   E                            B7
As he dies in every living room in town
N.C. E                     E7        A/E     F#m
And in a home a bottle is thrown in anger
N.C.    E                   B7              E
And his father cries "We'll never live this down."


Chorus:
E                         D/A  A/E
Oh how many travelers get weary
E                                    B7
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
E                                      D/A   A/E
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
N.C. E               B7            E     A/E
and fly like eagles out among the stars  and


Outro:
E                B7
fly like eagles out among
N.C. B Eb E/C#    A/E Am E
the        stars.


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