Good Old American Guest chords by Merle Haggard

GOOD OLD AMERICAN GUEST
Merle Haggard-  Big City album
?1981 Sony/ATV Songs

C                    C7
Well I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
    F                C
pull a slouch hat down low on my ears
                      C7
I'm yearnin' to leave this old town on the flight
     D7           G7
and lose all my trouble and cares
   C             C7
In this day of airplanes and highways
   F               C
Hey the slow way is sometimes the best
    F          C  A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
    D7     G7   C
and be a good old American guest
 C                         C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
 F             C
and spend a few days headed west
  F            C  A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
    D7     G7     C
and be a good old American guest

(solos follow verse changes)

C              C7
Well the pressures of life they got to me
   F             C
and they got down deep inside my soul
                      C7
I'm tired of the rat race wanna go back to the slow pace
     D7                G7
and hear a fast freight train rattle and roll
   C           C7
I wanna live out my days like a hobo
  F               C
and take myself that long needed rest
   F            C  A7
Hey I'm lookin' to ride on a freight train
    D7        G7   C
and be a good old American guest

C                       C7
I wanna live on the land that I've loved and I've labored for
   F             C
and spend a few days headed west
  F           C  A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
   D7      G7     C
and be a good old American guest
   F          C  A7
I'm longin' to ride on a freight train
     D7    G7    C
and be a good old American guest