If Anyone Ought To Know Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
If Anyone Ought To Know
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Bonnie Owens and Merle Haggard
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Sittin' in a road side tavern
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only cowboy
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seated here
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alone
Every night some lonely lady wants to
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Tell me all about her broken
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home
It's like they can see inside my mind
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act as if they know I'll under
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stand
I guess they know it when they hear my name
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feel it when they touch my tremblin€
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Ahhh but if anyone ought to
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know
The loneliness of a
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It ought to be
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me I've always been
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If anyone ought to
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know
Of things like hurt and mise
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It oughta be
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Lord in heaven
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knows it oughta be
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If anyone ought to
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know
The loneliness of a
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me that's the reason I'm
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know
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Lord in heaven
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knows it oughta be
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FAQ
Who sang the the song If Anyone Ought To Know?
- The song If Anyone Ought To Know was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
