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Hanging On To What I Got

Buck Owens

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
F
D7××○
G7○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              C 
Well everybody got something on their mind  
 
F                      C 
That they like to talk about 
 
                                        
Well I got something that I'm proud of 
  
D7                      G7 
And it's worth shouting about 
 
  
   C 
Oh well I don't own a string of big fine cars 
  
      F                   C 
And I don't want no fancy yacht 
 
           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man 
  
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 
 
  
F 
I got a girl with two brown eyes  
 
    C 
And arms to hold me tight 
 
    F 
And I don't care if the sun don't shine 
  
    C                 G7 
And daylight turns to night 
 
  
     C 
Well if a dollar bill is not worth a dime  
 
           F                   C 
And if the whole world goes to pot 
 
           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man 
  
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 
 
  
                                         
Well I'll not worry about the world 
  
    F                  C 
And what it's a coming to 
 
  
Or if old Lady Jones has got a new hat  
 
D7                            G7 
Or if the browns had turned to blue 
 
  
     C 
Well if the London Bridge is a fallen down 
  
   F                  C 
Or if old Big Ben has stopped 
 
           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man  
 
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 
 
  
   C 
Oh well I don't own a string of big fine cars  
 
      F                   C 
And I don't want no fancy yacht 
 
           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man  
 
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 
 
 
           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man 
  
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got

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Chord set

C · F · D7 · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.