#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:58:24 -0600 From: BMackay@ILSCO.com Subject: Red Bandana by Merle Haggard Red Bandana - Merle Haggard Submitted by Bruce Mackay D G We left home when we were barely past eleven-teen D A7 Been back and forth and all around through hell and rain D G I???ve loved you half of your life and I???ll keep on loving you A7 D But I can???t change and live the way you want me too D G We spend a lot of time out on the highway D A7 Coming from some town we played along the way D G After thirty years of knowing me the way you do D A7 D But I can???t change and live the way you want me too A7 D But babe, that red bandana wrapped around your auburn hair A7 D You look like you ought to be somebody???s wife somewhere D G Yeah you???re never gonna be no Bobby McGee but your trying to D A7 D But I can???t change and live the way you want me too D G Every time you leave the stage I know you???ve had your fill D A7 And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will D G Yeah I???m forty-one today still going on twenty-two D A7 D But I can???t change and live the way you want me too A7 D That red bandana wrapped around your auburn hair A7 D You look like you ought to be somebody???s wife somewhere D G Yeah you???re never gonna be no Bobby McGee but your trying to D A7 D Yeah, but I can???t change and live the way you want me too D A7 D No I can???t change and live the way you want me too