'I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am' by Merle Haggard - Guitar Tutorial

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Things I learned in hobo jungle 
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Were things they never taught me in a class room 
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Like where to find a hand out 
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While bumming through Chicago in the afternoon 
  
Hey I'm not bragging or complaining  
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I'm just talking to myself man to man 
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This ole mental fat I'm chewing didn't take a lotta doing 
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But I take a lot of pride in what I am 
  
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I guess I grew up a loner 
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I don't remember ever having any folks around 
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But I keep thumbing through the phone books 
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And looking for my daddy's name in every town 
 
And I meet lots of friendly people  
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That I always wind up leaving on the lam 
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Hey where I've been or where I'm going didn't take a lotta knowing 
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But I take a lot of pride in what I am 
 
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I never travel in a hurry 
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Because I got nobody waiting for me anywhere 
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Home is anywhere I'm living 
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If it's sleeping on some vacant bench in City Square 
 
Or if I'm working on some road gang  
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Or just living off the fat of our great land 
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I never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title 
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And I take a lot of pride in what I am  
 
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I never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title 
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And I take a lot of pride in what I am