Leonard Merle Haggard
LEONARD
KEY: D
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INTRO: D A D
VERSE:
[D]When Leonard finally [G]came to Califon[D]ia
He was [G]twenty-one years [D]old as I re[A]call
He [D]loved to write a [G]song and pick the [D]guitar
And he [G]came to hang a [A]gold one on the [D]wall
The [Bm]town in which he lived is not im[G]portant
But you'll know the town I [D]mean by the time I'm [A]thru
He [Bm]soon became a famous enter[G]tainer
But Leonard was a [A]name he never [D]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 load
He came back again to try his luck in music
And lost his wife and family on the road
(Spoken):
[Bm/]After that he seemed to bog down[G/] even deeper
And I [G/]saw what booze and [D/]pills could really do[A/]
And I [Bm/]wondered if I'd ever see him sober[G/]
But I for[G]got about a [A]friend that Leonard [D]knew
VERSE:
Well Leonard gave me lots of inspiration
He helped teach me how to write a country song
And he even brought around a bag of groceries
Hey back before Muskogee came along
Really I'm not trying to hide his show name
Or the town in which this episode began
Somehow I had to write a song for ol' Tommy
If just to see the smiling faces in the band
VERSE:
Well when Leonard finally came to Califonia
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar
And he [G/]came to hang a gold[A/] one on the wall
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