By Merle Haggard
Intro: D Dsus D D G D
Spoken
I remember it all started in 1929 when me and Diana came to Alaska
to home stead some of this free government land
Verse 1:
-------Acappella------------------- D
Forty miles from the nearest gravel road
[G]we cut our life in the [Em]ponderosa [A7]pines[A7sus]
[D]we sweated hard to beat the winter snow
but the c[G]abins up and [A7]we got lots of t[D]ime[C]
Chorus:
[D]what have you got [G]planned tonight [D]Diana
would [G]you consider [Em]lying in my [A7]arms[A7sus]
[D]I love you more then [G]ever now [D]Diana
[G]Im sure your the [A7]reason I was [D]born
Verse 2:
[D]Jim was born the first year we were here
[G]look at him my [Em]god he's almost [A7]grown[A7sus]
[D]baby's in the cradle fast asleep
[G]just think in no time [A7]he'll be up and [D]gone[C]
Chorus:
Verse 3:
[D]well time sure doe's fly doesn't it Diana
[G]it's been almost 2 years [Em]now sense, [A7]sense you been [A7sus]gone
[D]speaking of time I guess you know that mine is about up
[D]Im gonna see you tonight [G]just another b[A7]reath or 2 and I'll be home, by the [D]way[C]
Chorus:
Intro: D Dsus D D G D
Spoken
I remember it all started in 1929 when me and Diana came to Alaska
to home stead some of this free government land
Verse 1:
-------Acappella------------------- D
Forty miles from the nearest gravel road
[G]we cut our life in the [Em]ponderosa [A7]pines[A7sus]
[D]we sweated hard to beat the winter snow
but the c[G]abins up and [A7]we got lots of t[D]ime[C]
Chorus:
[D]what have you got [G]planned tonight [D]Diana
would [G]you consider [Em]lying in my [A7]arms[A7sus]
[D]I love you more then [G]ever now [D]Diana
[G]Im sure your the [A7]reason I was [D]born
Verse 2:
[D]Jim was born the first year we were here
[G]look at him my [Em]god he's almost [A7]grown[A7sus]
[D]baby's in the cradle fast asleep
[G]just think in no time [A7]he'll be up and [D]gone[C]
Chorus:
Verse 3:
[D]well time sure doe's fly doesn't it Diana
[G]it's been almost 2 years [Em]now sense, [A7]sense you been [A7sus]gone
[D]speaking of time I guess you know that mine is about up
[D]Im gonna see you tonight [G]just another b[A7]reath or 2 and I'll be home, by the [D]way[C]
Chorus:
