In My Next Life
By Merle Haggard

Tabbed by Matellmon

C    X32010
F    133211
G7   320001
D    XX0232
G    320033
A7   X02020
D7   XX0213
C7   X32310


C  F G7 C G7 

    C                           F 
THE BLOOD RED SUN BEAT DOWN AND BAKED THE RED CLAY GROUND
G7                                   C     
DUST KICKED UP AROUND HIS JOHN DEERE WHEELS
                           F
NO TRACE OF RAIN IN SIGHT AGAIN HE'LL LOSE THE FIGHT
    G7                                 C
AND HAVE TO WATCH HIS CROPS DIE IN THE FIELDS


                                   F
THEY STOOD THERE BOTH IN TEARS,HIS WIFE OF MANY YEARS
     G7                               C
SAID JOHN YOU KNOW I HATE TO LOSE OUR FARM
                             F
HE LOOKED INTO HER EYES THEN LOOKED UP AT THE SKIES
    G7                             C     G7
AND TOLD HER AS HE HELD HER IN HIS ARMS


      C                           F
IN MY NEXT LIFE I WANT TO BE YOUR HERO
       G7                            C     G7
SOMETHING  BETTER THAN I TURNED OUT TO BE
           C                    C7         F 
I'VE LIVED THIS LIFE BEHIND THE PLOUGH AND HAY ROW
      G7                               C      F     G7   
IN MY NEXT LIFE I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME


    C                        F
THE MUSCLES IN HIS ARMS JUST LIKE HIS RUN DOWN FARM
     G7                       C 
SOON WITHERED AND SLOWLY DISAPPEARED
                      F
ONE HARD WORKIN' MAN, TWO HARD WORKIN' HANDS
     G7                        C      G7
WERE GIVIN' UP AFTER ALL THESE YEARS


    C                           F
HIS AGING EYES GREW DIM AND THE LADY THAT WORSHIPPED HIM
    G7                           C
SAT CRYIN' ON A CHAIR BESIDE HIS BED
                                    F
HER HANDS CARESSED HIS BROW AND SHE SAID IT'S ALRIGHT NOW
    G7                           C      G7
AND AS HE SLOWLY SLIPPED AWAY HE SAID


      C                           F
IN MY NEXT LIFE I WANT TO BE YOUR HERO
       G7                            C     G7
SOMETHING  BETTER THAN I TURNED OUT TO BE
           C                    C7         F 
I'VE LIVED THIS LIFE BEHIND THE PLOUGH AND HAY ROW
      G7                               C      F     G7   
IN MY NEXT LIFE I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME


Key change

      D                           G
IN MY NEXT LIFE I WANT TO BE YOUR HERO
         A7                            D     A7
SOMETHIN'  BETTER THAN I TURNED OUT TO BE
           D                    D7         G 
I'VE LIVED THIS LIFE BEHIND THE PLOUGH AND HAY ROW
      A7                               D
IN MY NEXT LIFE I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME

      A7                               D    
IN MY NEXT LIFE I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME