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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 14:56:02 -0600
From: Ken Keefover 
Subject: Big City by Merle Haggard

Big City
Written by Merle Haggard and Dean Holloway
c1981 Shade Tree Music
Performed by Merle Haggard

Verse 1:
    F (133211@1)                     BbI'm (x1333x@1)tired of this dirty old city.
  F (133211@1)                                   CEntirely (x32010@1)too much work and never enough play.
     F (133211@1)                        BbAnd (x1333x@1)I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks.
         F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)            FThink (133211@1)I'll walk off my steady job today.

Chorus:
F (133211@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)                          FTurn (133211@1)me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna.
                                CAnd (x32010@1)gimme all I got comin' to me,
    F (133211@1)                          Bb (x1333x@1)                FAnd (133211@1)keep your retirement and your so called social security.
                 C (x32010@1)                 FBig (133211@1)City turn me loose and set me free.

Verse 2:

Been working everyday since I was twenty.
Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done.
There's folks who never work and they've got plenty.
Think it's time some guys like me had some fun.

Chorus