Fighting Side Of Me
Merle Haggard
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I hear people talking bad about the way we have to live here in this country.
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Harpin' on the wars we fight gripin' 'bout the way things ought to be.
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I don't mind them switchin' sides and standin' up for things they beleive in,
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When they're runnin' down my country man, they're walkin' on the fightin' side Of Me.
[Chorus]
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Yea walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
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Runnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep,
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If you don't love it, leave it, let this song that I'm singin' be a warnin',
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When you're runnin' down my country man, you're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
[Instrumental]
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I read about some squirley guy, who claims that he just don't beleive in fightin',
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And I wonder just how long the rest of us can count on bein' free.
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They love our milk and honey but, they preach about some other way of livin',
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When they're runnin' down my country hoss', they're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
[Chorus]
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Yea walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
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Runnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep,
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If you don't love it, leave it, let this song I'm singin' be a warnin',
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When you're runnin' down my country man, you're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
[Repeat Chorus - Advance ? Step to "F"]
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Yea walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
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Runnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep,
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If you don't love it, leave it, let this song I'm singin' be a warnin',
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When you're runnin' down my country man, you're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.