It's All In The Game Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
It's All In The Game
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Carl Sigman
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Many a
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tear has to
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fall
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all
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in the
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game
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All in the wonderful
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game
That we
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know
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as
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love
You had words with
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him
And your
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future's
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looking
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dim
But these things your heart can
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rise
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above
Once in a while he won't
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call
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all
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in the
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game
Soon he'll be there by your side
With a
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sw-
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bou
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quet
And he'll kiss your
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caress
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your waiting
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fingertips
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heart your heart will
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fly
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way
FAQ
Who sang the the song It's All In The Game?
- The song It's All In The Game 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.
