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
J[G]ust about as cl[D]ose as one could b[A]e
Hey![D] Once he even fo[G]llowed Elvis Pr[D]esley
And [G]he wrote a lot of co[A]untry songs for [D]me.
But he [Bm]laid it all aside to follow J[G]esus
For [G]years he chos[D]e to let his music [A]go
But p[Bm]reaching wasn't really meant for [G]leonard
But ho[G]w in the hell was [A]leonard s'posed to [D]know.
[Verse]
Wel[D]l, life began to t[G]wist its way around [D]him
And[G] I wondered how h[D]e carried such a lo[A]ad
He came [D]back again to [G]try his luck in[D] music
And [G]lost his wife and [A]family on the r[D]oad.
(Spoken)
After[Bm] that he seemed to bog down even [G]deeper
An[G]d I saw what booze and [D]pills could really [A]do
And I[Bm] wondered if I'd ever see him [G]sober
But [G]I forgot about a F[A]riend that leonard k[D]new.
[Verse]
We[D]ll, leonard gave [G]me lots of i[D]nspiration
He he[G]lped teach me how to w[D]rite a country [A]song
And he e[D]ven brought ar[G]ound a bag of g[A]roceries
Hey! Ba[G]ck before M[A]uskogee came a[D]long.
Reall[Bm]y I'm not trying to hide his s[G]howname
Or the [G]town in which thi[D]s episode [A]began
Spoken: [SBm]omehow I had to write a song for [G]old Tommy]
If j[G]ust to see the smi[A]lin' faces in the ba[D]nd.
[Outro]
[D]When leonard finally [G]came to C[D]alifornia
He was [G]twenty-one years [D]old as I r[A]ecall
An[D]d he loved to write[G] a song and pick [D]the guitar
And [G]he came to hang a Gold [A]one on the[D] wall.
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