BIG CITY (Haggard - Holloway)
Performed by Merle Haggard (1982)


|E |E |A |A |E |E |B |B |E |E |


    E                        A
I'm tired of this dirty old city
   E                                      B
Entirely too much work and never enough play
       E                        A
And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks
          E            B              E
Think I'll walk off my steady job today


         E                     A                          E
Turn me loose, set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana
                                   B
And give me all I've got coming to me
     E                           A                    E
And keep your retirement and your so called social security
                  B                E
Big city turn me loose and set me free


|E |E |A |A |E |E |B |B |E |E |


       E                            A
Been working everyday since I was twenty
       E                                       B
Haven't got a thing to show for anything I've done
         E                                  A
There's folks who never work and they've got plenty
            E                  B            E
Think it's time some guys like me had some fun


         E                     A                          E
Turn me loose, set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana
                                   B
And give me all I've got coming to me
     E                           A                    E
And keep your retirement and your so called social security
                  B                E
Big city turn me loose and set me free
                  B                E
Big city turn me loose and set me free


TAB: guitar solo, triplet eighths

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         |  |  |     |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|------------------------|----------12------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-12-13-14----14---------|-------12---------------|
|-------------13----14-15|----------------14------|----13----13-12-11------|
|----------14------------|-------------------11-12|-13----------------14-11|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


    __    __    __    __           __    __    __          ___    __
   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |     |  |  |  |  |  |   |    | | |  |  |  |
|------------------------|----------12------------|------------------------|
|-------12---------------|-------12----------14---|-12---------------------|
|----13----13-12-11------|----------------13----11|--------13--------------|
|-13----------------14-11|-14---------------------|------14--11-14---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------11------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|



Outro, triplet eighths

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   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |     |
|----12------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------15-12------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------B----14-14-12---|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------B-----B-14|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-14-13-12-10-11---------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------S-----------|------------------------|