Don't Get Married
By Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins
Album: Branded Man (1967)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
4/11/2016


D                          A
Julie, they've taken me to prison
  A                                   D 
I pulled a gun and robbed the jewelry store
    D                              A 
The only thing I took was that big diamond
    A                                  D
You know the one you said you wish was yours

The diamond in the window called for money
The price was just too much for me to pay
But the price I'm paying now is so much bigger
Oh Julie, don't I have the right to say


Chorus:
          G                       D
Don't get married, Julie wait for me
          A              G               D
Don't get married 'cause someday I'll be free


Julie, when I serve the time they gave me
I'll walk out through the gates and I'll be free
I hope you didn't only want the diamond
'Cause I pray that you also wanted me.


Chorus