#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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 Bb I'm tired of this dirty old city. F C Entirely too much work and never enough play. F Bb And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks. F C F Think I'll walk off my steady job today. Chorus: F Bb F Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montanna. C And gimme all I got comin' to me, F Bb F And keep your retirement and your so called social security. C F Big 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