I Could Have Gone Right chords by Merle Haggard

• Capo on 1st

Key: F#

Intro:

Bb F  C7 F




Verse 1:
  F             Bb      F
Oh
I was born a good boy, my mama loved me so
    Bb      F          G7       C7
And she gave me every chance she could to make my life a gold
   F                  Bb         F
But I fell in with the wrong crowd and the wrong crowd led me on
  Bb        F           C7   F
But I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong

 C7            Bb         F
I went to the places where sin just waits for you
   C7                Bb       F
And I fell in with the wrong crowd like sinners always do
  F             Bb       F
Now here I sit in prison just waiting for the day
Bb          F           C7      F
When they'll lead me through that door and burn my life away


Chorus:
  F              Bb       F
Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own
  Bb        F           C7   F
For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong


Interlude:
Bb F   C7 F


Chorus:
  F              Bb       F
Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own
  Bb        F           C7   F
For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong