Capo IV

  G                          Cadd9    G
There's a little dive on a dead-end road
                                D       G
Called the Cross-Eyed Cricket Waterin' Hole
                                  Cadd9   G
Where you can hear the sound of a steel guitar
                            D G
An' get loud an' rowdy with PBR
            D                Cadd9 
But at the top of every hour, man, you can hear a pin drop
        D                             Cadd9
As ol' Jack drops a quarter an' plays Merle on that jukebox, an' we stop

Chorus:
G
An' tip our hats
      D                  Cadd9       G     D
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
            G
They say country's fadin'
    D                    Cadd9        G     D
But we still wavin' that flag around here
Cadd9                          G                   A
An' when it's time to go, you know you're welcome back
Cadd9                    D                 G
Where the people pledge allegiance to the Hag

G                               Cadd9      G
When the weekend comes an' the weather's clear
                           D          G
There's a high spot fifteen miles from here
                                Cadd9   G
Where you can always find a few dusty trucks
                                 D G
With the windows down an' the radio up
    D                               Cadd9
We sit there poppin' tops, shootin' bull an' singin' songs
     D                                Cadd9
But you can bet your boots that when Haggard comes on

(Repeat Chorus)

(if Merle is singing)
G                         Cadd9     G
One of these days when my time has come
                          D        G
You can take me back to where I'm from
              Cadd9     G
Put me on a westbound train
                         D      G
An' ship me off in the pourin' rain
D                         Cadd9
Don't cry for me when I'm gone
 D                                    Cadd9
Just put a quarter in the jukebox an' sing me back home

(Alternate Verse)
One of these days when they lay me down
And bury my bones in that cold hard ground
Just be sure you dig my grave
Within earshot of an old freight train
Don't cry for me when I'm gone
Just put a quarter in the jukebox an' sing me back home

G
An' tip your hats
     D                  Cadd9        G     D
An' raise your glasses of cold, cold beer
            G
They say country's fadin'
     D                    Cadd9        G     D
But just keep wavin' that flag around here
Cadd9              G              A
An' I know, it'll keep on comin' back
Cadd9                      D
Long as people pledge allegiance
       Em                   A
Where folks still pledge allegiance
Cadd9          D            G
I pledge allegiance to the Hag