haggard merle - "red bandana2"

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Red Bandana - Merle Haggard
Submitted by Bruce Mackay

D G
We left home when we were barely past eleven-teen
D A7
Been back and forth and all around through hell and rain
D
G
I???ve loved you half of your life and I???ll keep on loving you
A7 D
But I can???t change and live the way you want me too

D G
We spend a lot of time out on the highway
D A7
Coming from some town we played along the way
D G
After thirty years of knowing me the way you do
D A7 D
But I can???t change and live the way you want me too

A7
D
But babe, that red bandana wrapped around your auburn hair
A7 D
You look like you ought to be somebody???s wife somewhere
D
G
Yeah you???re never gonna be no Bobby McGee but your trying to
D A7 D
But I can???t change and live the way you want me too

D
G
Every time you leave the stage I know you???ve had your fill
D A7
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will
D G
Yeah I???m forty-one today still going on twenty-two
D A7 D
But I can???t change and live the way you want me too

A7 D
That red bandana wrapped around your auburn hair
A7 D
You look like you ought to be somebody???s wife somewhere
D
G
Yeah you???re never gonna be no Bobby McGee but your trying to
D A7
D
Yeah, but I can???t change and live the way you want me too
D A7 D
No I can???t change and live the way you want me too

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