Jones and Haggard

Alan Jackson

CountryEasy for beginners2 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 1st fret
              
 
 
D A D 
 
D 
Daddy had a 1969 Ford 
When I was just about 10 years old 
         A                                  D 
We would listen to Jones and Haggard on the radio 
He sang She Still Thinks, I Still Care 
To a girl he used to know 
                      A                 D 
Old Jones and Haggard raised my country soul. 
 
 
                 A 
I learned how to sing and to shuffle my shoes  
             D 
Listenin' to Hag sing The Workin' Man Blues 
                                         A 
I never met ol' Merle, but we were awful close 
         D             
I cut my teeth on Swingin' Doors, and Mama Tried to Sing Me Home 
                      A                 D 
Ol' Jones and Haggard raised my country soul. 
  
D A D  
 
D 
I maybe raged, but I'm right 
I got 5 dollars and it's Saturday night 
  A                                              D 
O George sure put a lot of heart in the songs he sang 
And everytime daddy got a little bit tight 
Walk through this world make him cry 
                      A                 D 
Ol' Jones and Haggard raised my country soul. 
 
Chorus: 
                    A                      D    A D 
Ol' Jones and Merle they raised my country soul.

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Chord set

D · A

Practice tip

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