Merle Haggard – (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers

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Oh the love you promised would be mine forever,
I would have bet my bottom dollar on.
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever,
Just once I turned my back and you were gone.

Chorus:

I’m all through ever trusting anyone.
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers,
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone.

It amazes me not knowing any better,
Than to think I had a love that would be true.
Well I should be taken out and tarred and feathered,
To have let myself be taken in by you.

Sing Chorus
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone.

recorded by Merle Haggard

capo on the 3rd fret

There’s a certain hill outside of town called Sam Hill
And a certain guy used to go there every day
They said a certain girl lived up in Sam Hill
Aw, a pretty girl, not hep to city ways

This certain guy would come down the hill a smilin’
Headed back to town at the crack of dawn
And he had ‘em all a wonderin’ what he was doin’
Yeah, wonderin’ what in Sam Hill’s goin’ on

We knew this certain guy was not a goldminer
Cause he never took a shovel or a pick
He only took a little box of candy
And disappeared in Sam Hill mighty quick

We tried to follow him to his destination
But he had a secret path and soon he was gone
And he had us all a wonderin’ what he was doin’
Yeah, wonderin’ what in Sam Hill’s goin’ on

I know that you have wondered too about Sam Hill
You’ve probably asked “What in Sam Hill’s goin’ on?”
All I can say in answer to your question
Is the goin’s on are still goin’ on

This certain guy’s still takin’ up his candy
He’s 99 and all his youth is gone
But he climbs that hill and still comes down a smilin’
And we’re wonderin’ what in Sam Hill’s goin’ on
Wish I knew
What in Sam Hill’s goin’ on
He won’t tell us'
What in Sam Hill’s goin’ on
He just snickers
What in Sam Hill’s goin’ on

transcribed by Tom Marr, marrt@synapse.net