Leonard Merle Haggard Recorded by: Merle Haggard Written by: Merle Haggard When [1] LEONARD finally [4] came to Cali-for-[1] nia He was twen-[4] ty-one years [1] old as I recall [5] He [1] loved to write a song [4] and pick the gui-[1] tar And he [4] came to hang a Gold [5] one on the [1] wall. The town [6m] in which he lived is not impor-[4] tant But you'll know which town I mean [1] by the time I'm thru [5] He [6m] soon became a famous enter-[4] tainer But LEONARD was a name [5] he never us (allcountrytabs.com)
Leonard Merle Haggard # #LEONARD #Recorded by: Merle Haggard #Written by: Merle Haggard # When [1] LEONARD finally [4] came to Cali-for-[1] nia He was twen-[4] ty-one years [1] old as I recall [5] He [1] loved to write a song [4] and pick the gui-[1] tar And he [4] came to hang a Gold [5] one on the [1] wall. The town [6m] in which he lived is not impor-[4] tant But you'll know which town I mean [1] by the time I'm thru [5] He [6m] soon became a famous enter-[4] tainer But LEONARD was a name [ (chordiearchive.chordie.com)
Leonard Merle Haggard [Verse] [D]When Leonard finally[G] came to [D]California He was [G]twenty-one years [D]old as I r[A]ecall He[D] loved to write a s[G]ong and pick the [D]guitar And [G]he came to hang a G[A]old one on the [D]wall. The t[Bm]own in which he lived is not i[G]mportant Bu[G]t you'll know which town I [D]mean by the time I'm t[A]hru He s[Bm]oon became a famous en[G]tertainer But l[G]eonard was a n[A]ame he never u[D]sed [Verse] [D]He was on his [G]way to having what he [D]wanted (azchords.com)
LEONARD KEY: D / = single strum INTRO: D A D VERSE: used VERSE: He was on his way to having what he wanted Just about as close as one could be Hey once he even followed Elvis Presley And he wrote a lot of country songs for me But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus For years he chose to let his music go But preaching wasn't really meant for Leonard But how in the hell was Leonard supposed to know VERSE: Well life began to twist it's way around him And I wondered how he carried such a l (azchords.com)