Red Bandana
By Merle Haggard

Capo 1

D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1) 
We left home when we was barely past eleventeen 
     D (xx0232@1)                                    A (x02220@1)Been back and fourth and all around through hell and rain
     D (xx0232@1)                                         GI've (320003@1)loved you half of your life and I'll keep on lovin' you
    D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)But I can't change and live the way you want me to

We spend a lot of time out on the highway
Comin' from some town we played along the way ss
After 30 years of knowing me the way you do ||
You know I can't change and live the way you want me to-i

Chorus: But babe,
     A (x02220@1)                          D (xx0232@1)That red bandana tied around your auburn hair 
    A (x02220@1)                                  DYou (xx0232@1)look like you ought to be somebody's wife somewhere
          D (xx0232@1)                                         GYou (320003@1)ain't never going to be no Bobby McGee but you're tryin' to 
    D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)              DBut (xx0232@1)I can't change and live the way you want me to

Every time you leave the stage I know you've had your fill 
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will 
Hey, I'm 41 today still going on 22
But I can't change and live the way you want me to

Chorus

I can't change and live the way you want me to