Karaoke Track: Bar In Bakersfield, A by Merle Haggard (Harris Studios) - Karaoke Nerds

SOME YEARS AGO
SOME STARS AND I
FORMED THIS BIG BAND
THEY WENT ON
TO BE SOMEBODY
AND I'M THEIR GREATEST FAN

I HELPED
WRITE THE MUSIC
THAT SET THEIR SHIP A-SAIL
AND I'M STILL PLAYIN' GUITAR
IN A BAR IN BAKERSFIELD

THIS TOWN
HAD A NEW SOUND
AND WE FOUND IT ON A GIG
GOD BLESS THE BOYS
THAT USED IT
AND WENT OFF
TO MAKE IT BIG

I COULDA LEFT
AND DONE IT T00
I COULDN'T
LEAVE THIS CITY
'CAUSE SHE'S
THE DAD-GUM BAR MAID
IN A BAR IN BAKERSFIELD

HEY I COULDA
BUSTED OUT
SOME YEARS AGO
BUT YOU

KEPT BEGGIN' ME
NOT TO GO

THERE WAS TIMES
WHEN THINGS
WERE ROUGH 0N US
BUT WE NEVER MISSED
N0 MEAL
EXISTIN' PLAYIN' GUITAR
IN A BAR IN BAKERSFIELD

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

I'VE BEEN BUSY
PLAYIN' RHYTHM
AND LEARNIN' LEAD GUITAR
HAD TO STAY
AND MAKE A LIVIN'
HAD N0 TIME TO BE A STAR

0H I'LL NEVER MAKE
THE BIG TIME
AND I'LL NEVER BE N0 WHEEL
DAMN IT, I'M BOOKED
SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK
IN THIS BAR IN BAKERSFIELD

HEY I COULDA
BUSTED OUT
SOME YEARS AGO
AH, BUT YOU

KEPT BEGGIN' ME
NOT TO GO

THERE'S BEEN TIMES
WHEN THINGS WERE
ROUGH 0N US
BUT WE NEVER MISSED
N0 MEAL
EXISTIN' PLAYIN' GUITAR
IN A BAR IN BAKERSFIELD

I'VE BEEN SURVIVIN'
PLAYIN' GUITAR

IN A BAR IN BAKERSFIELD

Title: Bar In Bakersfield, A
Artist: Merle Haggard
Brand: Harris Studios
Code: VH104-04
Genres: country, honky tonk, traditional country